Jimmy Stewart, MD Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Division of General Internal Medicine and Hypertension Program Director, Med/Peds Program University of Mississippi Medical Center
Screening Vaccinations Prophylaxis Education
All adult ages yo 40+ or 10 years prior to relative FOBT, flex sig for “average risk” Colonoscopy - every 5-10 years for high risk
PSA - NOT recommended for routine screening Greatest sens in AA or high risk group
High Risk (CAD or equivalent) – statin LDL > 190 mg/dL – statin ASCVD risk > 7.5 % - statin
MMR* Oral Polio Nasal influenza Yellow fever Smallpox Typhoid BCG Varicella (including Zostavax)
HBV Influenza Pneumococcal Hib MMR/Td
Asplenia >65 yo every 5 years Chronic disease (including DM)
Yearly >50 yo Healthcare workers Childcare workers Household contacts of above
>55 yo? History of zoster not important
Meningococcal - not against “B”, college freshmen Cholera - DOESN’T WORK
Flouroquinolones Azithromycin Must take daily
Mild: 1-2 stools/day - loperamide Mod: 3 stools/day - single dose Abx Sev: 6 stoos/day - Abx x 3 days with loperamide
Flouroquinolones Azithromycin
Chloroquine-resistant - Mefloquin (neuro SE’s) Chloroquine Others - doxy, primaquine, azithromycin
Gray - resistant; Blue - sensitive
Rifampin Cipro Rocephin - pregnancy
Smoking cessation Firearm safety Bladder Cancer Folate supplementation Osteoporosis CVA
Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) Methanol (wood alcohol) Ethylene Glycol Salicylates Acetaminophen Theophylline Lithium Tricyclics PCP Anticholinergics Cholinergics CO Cyanide Pb Insecticides
CNS depression Osmolal gap Early lavage Hemo/peritoneal dialysis
Visual changes AG met acidosis Treat with ETOH, folate, dialysis, fomepizole
Ca oxalate crystals AG met acidosis Treat with ETOH, bicarb, calcium, dialysis, fomepizole
Calcium Oxalate: “folded box”
AG met acidosis Classic presentation: AG with pH 7.4 and history Treatment - lavage, alkalinization, hemodialysis, charcoal
N - acetylcysteine Early gastric emptying Normogram
Seizures Treat with diazepam, lavage, charcoal, cathartic
MS changes, Parkinsonian DO NOT GIVE CHARCOAL Lavage, electrolytes/fluids, hemodialysis
Tachycardia, long QT, PR, QRS Hemodialysis INEFFECTIVE Alkalize Lidocaine/phenytoin
Agitation, seizures, dystonia, HTN Give ammonium Cl to acidify the urine Diazoxide for HTN
“Red as a beet, dry as a bone, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, and hot as a hare” Supportive care Physostigmine
Scopolamine Antihistamines Antipsychotics Antispasmotics Cyclic antidepressants Mydriatics
“SLUDGE” “DUMBELS” Skin cleansing Atropine 2-PAM for organophosphates
CNS depression mild-mod: 15-30% mod-sev: >30% Fatal: >50% O2
Almond breath, bright red venous blood Amyl nitrate 3% Na nitrite Sodium thiosulfate
Autonomy Beneficence Nonmaleficence Cultural differences Confidentiality Brain death - NO EEG REQUIRED!
Clinical Risk Functional Capacity Risk of Surgery
History PE ECG (men >40 yo, women >55 yo, CAD)
Excellent: >7 METs Moderate: 4-7 METs (angina walking >2 blocks) Poor <4 METs (angina walking 1-2 blocks)
Low - endoscopy, local biopsy, breast biopsy, vasectomy, cataract Mod - CEA, intraperitoneal, intrathoracic, orthopedic, prostate, head and neck High - emergencies, long procedures/fluid shifts, CVS (cross- clamping aorta or bypass
Moderate risk with poor functional capacity Moderate risk with good functional capacity and high risk surgery High Risk - all
Exercise stress treadmill Dipyridamole thallium Dobutamine stress echo
Low risk patient goes directly to surgery without testing Moderate risk patient with good functional capacity goes directly to nonvascular surgery High risk patient need further workup
Glaucoma Retinal Detachment Retinal Vascular Occlusion Optic Neuritis Vitreous Hemorrhage Alkali/Trauma Iridocyclitis Keratoconjunctivitis Viral conjunctivitis Bacterial conjunctivitis Neisseria conjunctivitis Endophthalmitis
Asian American with severe acute nausea, headache while in movie theater Ocular emergency Pupillary constriction
Acute trauma to head/globe Flashes/streaks of light, showers of black dots Ocular emergency
Sudden, PAINLESS BLINDNESS Mostly embolic Ocular emergency
Ocular pain with eye movement, loss of vision MS
Sudden painless loss of vision Must look for retinal detachment
VA Anterior chamber: hyphema, corneal laceration, subconjunctival hemorrhage, pupil distortion Irrigation for alkali Referral
VA decreased Pain Photophobia Pre-auricular adenopathy Discharge
Ocular pain, photophobia, ciliary flush Emergent referral Behcet’s AK IBD JRA Reiter’s Syndrome Sarcoid Syphillis TB Lyme disease
Elderly, middle-age women Graves disease RA Sarcoid
Most common cause of red eye Pre-auricular LAD
Staph, strep, H. flu, Pseudomonas, Moraxella Antibiotic treatment: Polytrim, gent, tobra, fluoroquinolones
Hyperacute course MUST TREAT WITH SYSTEMIC ABX! 3rd generation Cephalosporin IM/IV
Eye pain with movement Chemosis Hypopyon Fever Eye discharge
Alkali Trauma Orbital Cellulitis Central retinal artery occlusion Acute angle closure glaucoma Optic nerve infarction in giant cell arteritis
Penetrating injury Endophthalmitis Retinal detachment Keratitis/keratoconjunctivitis
Cental Retinal vein occlusion Optic neuritis Vitreous detachment/hemorrhage