Trent Shared "Made up ones" - 5 Picmonics
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Made up ones
Mifepristone
- Induces 1st trimester abortion
- Progesterone antagonist
- Increases uterine contractions
- Blastocyst detatchment
Neuroblastoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Crosses midline
- N-myc overexpression
- Variable clinical presentation
- Abdominal Distention is a common finding
- Elevated ESR is most common lab finding
- Elevated HMA and VMA*** (Not pheochromocytoma)
- Neuron-Specific Enolase Positive
- Gastrin-Releasing peptide is tumor marker
- Homer Wright Rosettes
- Deletion of part of chromosome 1
- X-ray shows calcific stippling
Bortezomib
- Proteasome inhibitor
- Boronic acid dipeptide
- Multiple myeloma
- Promotes apoptosis
Narcolepsy
- Daytime Sleepiness
- Hallucinations
- Cataplexy
- Awake feeling well-rested
- Begin with REM sleep.
- Reduced hypocretin-1
- Lateral hypothalamus
Fenoldopam
- D1 receptor PARTIAL agonist
- Malignant Hypertension
- Renal arteries
- Useful in pts with kidney damage
- Increased cAMP
- Vasodilates Arterioles
