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1
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Absence seizures

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Ethosuximide

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Acute gout attack

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NSAIDs

Colchicine is second line

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APML

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All-trans retinoic acid

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ADHD

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Mehylphenidate

Amphetamines

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Alcohol abuse

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AA+disulfiram for patient

Al-Anon for family

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6
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Alcohol withdrawal

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Benzodiazepines

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Anorexia

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SSRI’s

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Anticoagulation in pregnancy

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Heparin

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

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Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

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10
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B12 deficiency

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Vitamin B12

Workup cause with Schilling test

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11
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BPH

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Tamulosin

Finasteride

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Bipolar disorder

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Lithium
Valproate
Carbamazepine
Lamotrigine

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13
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Breast cancer in postmenopausal women

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Aromatase inhibitor such as anastrozole

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14
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Beurger’s disease

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Stop Smoking

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15
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Bulimia

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SSRI’s

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Candida albicans

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Amphotericin B for systemic

Nystatin for oral thrush and esophagitis

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17
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Carcinoid syndrome

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Octreotide

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18
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Doxycycline or Azithromycin (plus ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection)

Erythromycin eye drops for prophylaxis in infants

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19
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Chronic gout

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Probenecid in an underexcreter

Allopurinol in an overproducer

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20
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Chronic hepatitis

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IFN-alpha

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21
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CML

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Imatinib

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22
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Clostridium botulinum

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Antitoxin

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Clostridium difficile

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Oral metronidazole

If refractory, oral vancomycin

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24
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Clostridium tetani

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Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

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25
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Crohn’s disease

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Corticosteroids, infliximab

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

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27
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Cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis

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Mesna

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28
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Cystic fibrosis

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N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

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29
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CMV

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Ganciclovir

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30
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Depression

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SSRI’s

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31
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Diabetes insipidus

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Desmopressin (central)

Hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

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32
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T1DM

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Dietary intervention + insulin replacement

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33
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T2DM

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Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin

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34
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DKA

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Fluids
Insulin
K+

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35
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Enterococci

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Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

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36
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ED

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Sildenafil

Vardenafil

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37
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ER + breast cancer

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Tamoxifen

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38
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Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

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Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Also can give ethanol

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39
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Haemophilus influenza B

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Rifampin (prophylaxis)

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40
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Generalized anxiety disorder

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Buspirone

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41
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Heparin toxicity (acute)

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Protamine sulfate

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42
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HER2/neu positive breast cancer

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Trastuzumab

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43
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Hyperaldosteronism

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Spironolactone

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44
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Hypercholesterolemia

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Statin

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45
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Immediate anticoagulation

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Heparin

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46
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Infertility

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Leuprolide

Pulsatile GnRH

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47
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Influenza

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Rimantadine

Oseltamivir

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48
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Legionella pneumophila

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Erythromycin

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49
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Long term anticoagulation

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Warfarin

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50
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Malaria

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Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont)

Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

51
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Malignant hyperthermia

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Dantrolene

52
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Medical abortion

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Mefepristone

53
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Migraine

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Sumatriptan

54
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MRSA

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Vancomycin

Clindamycin in kids

55
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Multiple sclerosis

A

beta-interferon
Immunosuppression
Natalizumab

56
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TB

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Rifampin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol

57
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline or azithromycin for Chlamydia treatment)

58
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Neisseria meningitidis

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Penicillin/ceftriaxone

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

59
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Neural tube defects

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Prenatal folic acid supplementation

60
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Osteomalacia/rickets

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Vitamin D supplementation

61
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Osteoperosis

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Bisphosphanates

Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation

62
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PDA

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Indomethacin

63
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Pheochromocytoma

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alpha-antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

64
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Pneumocystis jirovecii

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TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

65
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Prolactinoma

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Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

66
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Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

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Leuprolide

GnRH (continuous)

67
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Prostate carcinoma

68
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

69
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)

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Sildenafil
Bosentan
Epoprostenol

70
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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Doxycycline

Chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

71
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Ringworm infections

A

Terbinafine
Griseofulvin
Imidazole

72
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Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

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5-HT2A antagonists (second generation antipsychotics)

73
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Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

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D2 receptor antagonists (first and second generation antipsychotics)

74
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SIADH

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Demeclocycline
Lithium
Vasopressin receptor antagonists

75
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Sickle cell anemia

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Hydroxyurea (increased fetal hemoglobin)

76
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Sporothrix schenckii

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Oral potassium chloride

77
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Stable angina

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Sublingual nitroglycerin

78
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Staphylococcus aureus

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MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin
MRSA: vancomycin

79
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Streptococcus bovis

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Penicillin prophylaxis

Evaluation for colon cancer linked to endocarditis

80
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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Penicilin/cephalosporin (systemic infection/pneumonia)

Vancomycin (meningitis)

81
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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Penicillin prophylaxis

82
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Temporal arteritis

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High dose steroids

83
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Tonic clonic seizures

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Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

84
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Toxoplasma gondii

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Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

85
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Treponema pallidum

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Penicillin G

86
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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Metronidazole (patient and partner)

87
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Ulcerative colitis

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5-ASA

Infliximab

88
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UTI prophylaxis

89
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Warfarin toxicity

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Fresh frozen plasma (acute)
Vitamin K (chronic)
90
Q

Wegener’s granulomatosis with polyangitis

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Cyclophosphamide

Corticosteroids

91
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Pituitary tumor

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Prolactinoma, somatotropic acidophile” adenoma”

92
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Primary amenorrhea

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Turner syndrome (45XO)

93
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Primary bone tumor (adults)

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Multiple myeloma

94
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Primary hyperaldosteronism

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Adenoma of adrenal cortex

95
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Primary hyperparathryoidism

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Adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma

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Primary liver cancer

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, A-1-A deficiency)

97
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Pulmonary hypertension

98
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Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities

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Buerger’s disease (strongly associated with tobacco)

99
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Renal tumor

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Renal cell carcinoma: associated with VHL and cigarette smoking; paraneoplastic syndrome (EPO, renin, PTH, ACTH)

100
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Right heart failure due to pulmonary cause

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Cor pulmonale

101
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)

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Increased ventricular filling- left to right shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure (CHF)

102
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S4 (presystolic gallop)

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Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle– aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy

103
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism

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Hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease

104
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STD

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Chlamydia– usually coinfected with gonorrhea

105
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SIADH

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Small cell carcinoma of the lung (oat cell)

106
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Site of diverticula

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Sigmoid colon

107
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Sites of atherosclerosis

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Abdominal aorta > coronary artery > popliteal artery > carotid artery

108
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Stomach carcinoma

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Adenocarcinoma

109
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Stomach ulcerations and high gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)

110
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t(14;18)

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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)

111
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t (8;14)

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Burkitt’s lymphoma (c-myc activation)

112
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t(9;22)

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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl fusion gene)

113
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Temporal arteritis

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Risk of ipsilateral blindness due to thrombosis of ophthalmic artery; polymalgia rheumatica

114
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Testicular tumor

115
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Thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

116
Q

Tumor in women

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Leiomyoma- estrogen dependent, not precancerous

117
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Tumor in infancy

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Hemangioma- usually regresses spontaneously by childhood

118
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Tumor in men

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Lipoma is most common (according to Goljan)

119
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (adults)

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Pheochromocytoma (usually benign)

120
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Tumor of the adrenal medulla (children)

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Neuroblastoma (malignant)

121
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Type of Hodgkin’s

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Nodular Sclerosis

Mixed cellularity

Lymphocytic predominance

Lymphocytic depletion

122
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UTI

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E. coli, Staph saprophyticus (young women)

123
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Viral encephalitis affecting the temporal lobe

124
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Vitamin deficiency (U.S)

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Folate– pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3 to 4 month supply; prevents neural tube defects

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