Define Km value of an enzyme.
In types of enzyme inhibition..Where does the value km and where does the value Vmax decrease?
It is the substrate concentration at which reaction rate is half the maximum rate.
Study links!
http://medicowesome.blogspot.ae/2013/12/competitive-and-non-competitive.html
http://medicowesome.blogspot.ae/2013/11/competitive-vs-non-competitive.html
In types of enzyme inhibition..Where does the value km and where does the value Vmax decrease?
Vmax decreases in non competitive inhibiton.
Kmax in competitive.
There is one more thing.. Uncompetitive inhibition.
Anybody knows about that?
Some placental enzyme inhibited by phenylalanine. Donno for sure.
Biochemistry.. It's fun when you have recently read it.
Review questions! Which are the types of parasites for malaria?
Plasmodium species!
Vivax, falciparum, ovale, malariae.
One more.
Plasmodium knowelsi.
How do you differentiate cause of malaria based on the fever
It's quartan in malarie.. After every third day.
It's tertian in the rest of them.. Every alternate day.
What's algid malaria?
Circulatory collapse
Fever and shock. That's algid malaria.
Which are the rapid diagnostic test for malaria?
Dip stick test
Pfhrp
Pfldh
Of HRP and LDH , which is specific for falciparum malaria?
HRP?
True.
LDH just shows infection with plasmodium. Not which sub type.
But what was the significance of LDH? I read somewhere it's super important.
It detects all other forms. Hrp is just to check whether it is falci or not.
Which forms have a latent phase in liver?
P. vivax & P. ovale
What is the clinical significance of liver forms?
They remain dormant in ovale & vivax, also known as hypnozoites & they cause relapse.
Yes.
Drug of choice for relapse?
Primaquine!
Why do we give primaquine in P. Falciparum malaria?
To destroy gametes!
Yes. Gametocides. It helps in control of spread. 45 mg is gametocidal.
Which test is more preferred if you are suspecting relapse?
Peripheral blood smear is preferred.
Correct!
Why don't you perform rapid diagnostic test when you are suspecting a relapse for malaria?
You don't do rapid diagnostic test cause.. These remain positive several weeks after an initial infection.
So it will show positive even if it's fever for some other cause.
I was asked this in viva, why we combine chloroquine and primaquine in combination?
In Vivax, primaquine is used for hypnozoites.
Which is the gold standard for detecting malaria?
Gold standard is that centrifuge thing.
QBC? Quantitative Buffy Coat? We add acridine orange?
Hmm. Peripheral blood smear is gold standard. Never heard of buffy test. Could be because in the buffy coat what you get is WBC's in maximal amount. Plasmodium are within RBC.
How will you diagnose cerebral malaria?
You can't diagnose malaria by CSF.
It's on clinical symptoms. Based on altered sensorium and coma you diagnose it.
Interesting.
But first you infuse glucose to rule out hypoglycaemia..If the patient fails to improve then its cerebral malaria.
Yes, I remember that.
Which anti malarial drug can cause hypoglycaemia?
Quinine and chloroquine too.
Correct!
When do complications of typhoid happen? Which week?
3rd week, intestinal perforation.
Correct. 3rd week is the week for complications.
Describe fever in typhoid?
Step ladder..the fever increases in the first week step by step. Later it becomes continuous.
When do rose spots appear?
End of first week.
Shape of ulcers?
Typhoid are longitudinal or parallel to the axis of the gut.
Most sensitive test?
WIDAL?
Widal is neither sensitive or specific.
Bone marrow for typhoid?
Yes, typhoid infects the RE cells..Hence, if the culture is inconclusive, there is higher chance of positivity from a bone marrow culture.
Urine and gall bladder cultures can also be performed.
Name some hyperdynamic states
Fever, anemia
Beriberi
Infections
Paget disease
Hyperthyroidism
Infections are hyperdynamic cause they cause fever.
Hahaha true
What about any valvular heart disease?
Aortic regurgitation
Pregnancy
AV malformation
Correct!
Why beri beri is a high CO state which leads to heart failure?
I don't know but is it due to Beri beri due to B1 deficiency?
For carbohydrate metabolism, B1 is required so for fulfilling body energy demands body has to burn other fuels fats and protein. They are limited and generate less energy so body need more cycles/min with more CO to wash out the products of metabolism to maintain metabolism. If condition not treated the heart gets hypertrophied and will eventually fail.
Yes. Beri beri leads to increased metabolic demand and increased need for blood flow causing high output cardiac failure.
*Review question session on SLE*
Which is the most sensitive antibody?
ANA
Most specific?
Ds DNA
Drug induced lupus?
Anti histone
I have mnemonics on these!
Please share!
http://immense-immunology-insight.blogspot.ae/2013/12/its-never-lupus-mnemonics.html
Most common type of lung involvement in SLE?
Pleurisy
Skin changes in SLE?
Malar rash
Discoid rash
Butterfly rash, discoid lesions
And?
Photosenstivity
Good.
How do you differentiate between discoid lupus and SLE?
Discoid lupus is a milder form of SLE.
I will approach the question in a different way.. Do we do skin biopsy in SLE?
Yes.
And what test we do?
Band test.
Correct!
Where?? Which level of the skin?
Between dermis and epidermis.
Dermo-epidermal junction. Correct!
So what do you think will be the difference in DLE and SLE?
Skin biopsy shows a green band under fluorescence.
In DLE..you will have a positive band test only in regional areas.
Whereas in SLE..the test is common all over the body, and not only the affected areas.
Ok so this differentiates DLE vs SLE.
Never heard about this thing. Thanks all!
This crazy skin test.
I didn't know this either. Amazing.
Also, nephritis is much more common in SLE.
Wire loop deposit.
Great!!
Which drugs cause drug induced SLE?
There is a very big list for sure.
The most common causes to remember are
1) Procainamide
2) Hydralazine
3) Isoniazid
Easy question would be..Which drugs don't cause SLE.
Yes. Because they are related to acetylators. The slow and fast acetylators.
Can you explain I mean how does it effect? The slow and fast acetylators?
I'm not sure.. But the slow acetylators are more prone to DILE. I'll cross check and let you know
Slow acetylators metabolize the drug slowly.. Hence a higher chance of toxicity.
Presumably, this is because acetylation of the aromatic amine or hydrazine functional group leads to a non-toxic product. Several other drugs which have been implicated in drug-induced lupus also contain an aromatic amine or hydrazine group. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of drug-induced and idiopathic lupus are similar but the degree to which the pathophysiological mechanisms are related, if at all, is unknown.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7011656
Complex.
Ok so which symptoms you won't see in drug induced lupus?
Donno.. I know they'll disappear on discontinuation of the medication.
You won't see
CNS involvement and renal involvement in drug induced.
One last.
What happens to complement levels in lupus flare up?
Decreases.
Brilliant.
And what happens to dsDNA in flare up?
And what about levels of complement and anti ds Dna in drug induced lupus?
Anti dsDNA levels decrease in the lupus flare up.
Lol hope I am not bugging you guys!! Haha so I will answer the last one!!
Oh you're not. Medicine is addicting.
If we knew the answers we'd be jumping and answering :P
Haha yeah medicine is addicting once you get to know some of it.
You just can't back off! If when you have learnt there is much more that you don't know!
Complement levels and anti dsDNA levels are normal in drug induced lupus.
They do have positive ANA.
Ah. Makes sense.
Alright guys! It was wonderful! Keep learning medicine.
And keep rocking!
What is secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome?
Anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome?
In antiphospholipid syndrome, your body mistakenly produces antibodies against proteins that bind phospholipids.
Antibodies bind with phospholipid of every cell membrane?
It can be idiopathic or secondary when associated with another autoimmune dissorder as lupus. Oh, secondary can also be caused by infections (syphilis, HIV) or medication
It causes thrombosis, abortions, strokes...
Treatment?
Steroids.
Any specific steroid that is preferably used?
Don't know.
Mainly blood thinners and steroidal
Sapporo criteria used for APLA.
Interesting.
APLA is also a cause of recurrent abortions.
In fact I have seen a case female reproductiveage group having habitual abortions and anticardiolipin antibodies positive.
What is the significance of anticardolipin antibody?
(Microbiology related)
Syphillis test?
Yes, it gives false positive results.
APLA is differential diagnosis for false positive for syphilis.
Cool!
Here's an interesting thing I read.. Let me put it in a form of a hypothetical question.
A person suffers from chronic hemolysis due to sickle cell anemia. Has a high MCV. Which vitamin is he most likely to be deficient in?
Folic acid.
Correct!
Why not B12?
Cause it is stored in the body in high doses.
Yes :D
Folic acid on the other hand gets extinguished very fast.
Exactly!
And in every case of excessive RBC production..you always give folic acid supplements. Like even in thalassemia.. And other various chronic hemolytic conditions.
Ooh.
Why are alcoholics more prone to B9 deficiency?
Cause they eat less maybe. The commonest cause of deficiency is reduced intake in case of folic acid.
Correct!
Alcohol affects the body's ability to absorb folate and also increases folate in the urine. Many alcohol abusers have poor quality diets that do not provide the suggested intake of folate.
