NBME 23 Thromboxane A2 (NBME Answers)

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A 65-year-old man is brought to the emergency ...
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submitted by jrod77(30),

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I nhkti ethy mghti be nciebrisgd t.ann..agino s.eru XAT2 si spreilnseob rof etpleatl geiooangras,gt ti yma eb gnbtcruinito ot ,rshtosomib uths maiecshi to het acdcrai ussi.te

sympathetikey Agreed. I'm pissed though because PGE2 mediates pain, which is why I picked it. +36

he.sanchez14 If im not mistaken, the question describes unstable angina. Unstable angina is due to thrombosis with incomplete occlusion. So, yes TXA2 is responsible for the thrombus that is causing the symptoms in this patient. I'm also pissed because I also went straight for the PGE2 +5

vik hahah, seems like all in same boat like me +

yb_26 thromboxane A2 is also vasoconstrictor, so my thoughts were about vasospastic angina +6

youssefa Went for PGE2 ... shit +

need_answers I went for leukotriene B4, what the hell was I doing....SHIT +15

hopsalong I picked Leukotrine B4 thinking that the neutrophil infiltration was the source of the pain, seems wrong lol. +

bballhandler11 Sometimes it helps me to think of it in a general, non med school textbook kind of way. When answering, I narrowed it down to PGE2 and TXA2 as well. Then I asked myself, if someone is experiencing chest pain, would I recommend Aspirin or Advil? That's helped on a few over the counter pharm questions. +9

ususmle same here I M PISSED PGE2 +3

krewfoo99 Maybe PGE2 isint the answer because it mediates pain and fever during episodes of acute inflammation? Thus making TXA2 more likely. +3

djtallahassee ditto on the looked at it for 2 seconds and went PGE2 +1

veryhungrycaterpillar My knee jerk reaction was to go with PGE2 for pain was well, but we must not forget that PGE2 is also a direct vasodilator. It also inhibits platelet aggregation. +

kungfupanda I'm on a whole new level. i thought this might be an asthma attack and i choose LTB4 +1

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submitted by wheredidbuzzwordsgo(4),

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makinallkindzofgainz this is all irrelevant. the dude is having an MI so the answer is Thromboxane A2 +

drschmoctor Bruh, you gotta read all the 2008 papers. It was a fire year for obscure shit you need to know in 2020. +14

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submitted by asteroides(5),

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submitted by thotcandy(89),

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L4D = ncooovcisttnisar + tcosnccntrinbiorhoo - osde it veah a oerl ni ?pizrmtalen I pkcedi shit tinkighn vmassaosp ude ot oa.restcehilssor

2EGP = pina + e.fvre os i pseuspo ubeasce s'it iesihcam and ton an ,aionamiltfmn hsat't nto eht ?nsewra

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