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Specificity formula

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TN over (TN + FP)
*Proportion of patients who have a negative test result among all those who don't have the disease of interest
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sensitivity formula

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  • TP over (TP + FN)

* Proportion of true positives among all those who don’t have the disease of interest

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HSV genital ulcers presentation

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painful + tender LAD + pustules, vesicles, or small ulcers on an erythematous base

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INitial workup of suspected bronchiectasis after hi res CT chest

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Immunoglobulin quantitation, sputum culture and smear, CF testing (need to rule out reversible causes, including CVID and chronic infection)

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return to play guidelines after concussion

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graduated return to play protocol (athletes evaluated for recurrence of symptoms while performing stepwise increases in physical activity)

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treatment of G6PD

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avoid oxidative stressors (medications, fava beans, infection, metabolic abnormalities)

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timing of G6PD presentation

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typically 2-4 days after an oxidatively stressful event

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C-peptide level in insulinoma

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normal to high

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Initial workup of dyslipidemia

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TSH (hypothyroidism is a common cause of dyslipidemia)

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Pericarditis clinical features

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  • pleuritic chest pain (worse when leaning back and improved with leaning forward)
  • fever
  • pericardial friction rub
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Mediastinitis clinical features

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  • typically following open heart surgery

- fever + chest pain + signs of sternal wound infection (purulent drainage)

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latent TB treatment options

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  • INH + rifapentine weekly for 3 months
  • INH mono therapy for 6-9 months
  • Rifampin for 4 months
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Silent brain infarcts are correlated with an increased risk of

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dementia (vascular dementia)

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Factitious disorder

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falsifying symptoms for the purpose of assuming the sick role

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silicosis clinical features

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  • upper lung fields
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silicosis sequela

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  • increased risk of lung cancer and active TB
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Other features of minimal change disease

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  • can be explosive-onset with heavy proteinuria

- can be following a URI

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Next step after suspected minimal change disease

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biopsy

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Erythema multiforme clinical feature

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  • frequently after bacterial or viral infection
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holter monitor vs. loop recorder

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  • always loop recorder if very infrequent
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Midbrain stroke (Weber syndrome) clinical features

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  • ipsilateral cranial nerve III palsy

- contralateral lower facial weakness, hemiplegia

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Lateral medulla stroke (Wallenberg syndrome) clinical features

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  • ipsilateral horner syndrome
  • contralateral loss of body pain and temperature
  • hoarseness, dysphagia
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Medial medulla stroke clinical features

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  • ipsilateral tongue weakness

- contralateral hemiplegia

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cerebellar stroke clinical features

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  • nystagmus, ataxia, nausea, vomiting
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localization of acute CN deficits in stroke

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Brainstem (most cranial nerves originate in the brainstem + many motor and sensory fibers cross the midline in the brainstem)

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TST interpretation in a patient with recent TB exposure

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IF less than 5 mm, repeat TST in 8-12 weeks (may take a while to become positive because of immune response)

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Management of flu outbreak in nursing homes

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  • prophylactic antiviral therapy for all residents (even if previously vaccinated)
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Antibiotics for skin abscesses

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  • bactrim or doxy

* not keflex (no MRSA coverage?)

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Indications for antibiotics with skin abscesses

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  • greater than 2 cm
  • extensive surrounding cellulitis
  • systemic signs of infection
  • neutropenia
  • multiple abscesses
  • extremes of age
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Relation of hyperthyroidism to hypercalcemia

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  • thyrotoxicosis can cause parathyroid hormone-independent hypercalcemia (thyroid hormone acts on osteoclasts to increase bone turnover)
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labs in hyperthyroid bone disease

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  • hypercalciuria

- PTH is suppressed

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Medications causing NAGMA

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  • carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (topiramate, acetazolamide)
  • chemo (ifosfamide, cisplatin)
  • antibiotics (ahminoglycosides, bactrim)
  • amphotericin B
  • lithium
  • pentamidine
  • rifampin
  • inhaled toluene
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mixed connective tissue disease clinical features

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(overlap of systemic sclerosis, SLE, polymyositis)

- swollen hands, myositis, synovitis, Raynaud’s

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Antibody associated with systemic sclerosis

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  • RNA polymerase II and III

- Scl-80 and anti-topoisomerase I

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Antibody associated with limited scleroderma

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centromere

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Antibody associated with poly and dermatomyositis (general name)

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Aminoacyl-tRNA syntheses

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Antibody associated with MPA

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Myeloperoxidase

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Antibody associated with GPA

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proteinase-3

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rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis clinical features

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  • can also be in maxillary or orbital area

- uncontrolled diabetic with frequent DKA

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primary ovarian insufficiency presentation

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  • amenorrhea + menopausal symptoms (hot flashes, dyspareunia)
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41
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primary ovarian insufficiency lab features

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elevated FSH + low estradiol

42
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Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea clinical featrues

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relative caloric deficiency (endurance athlete, etc)

43
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Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea lab features

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  • low GnRH, FSH, estrogen
44
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treatment of ascites in decompensated cirrhosis

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high-dose spironolactone
low dose furosemide
(Oral lasix 40, aldactone 100)
*therapeutic para if refractory
*don't use IV lasix (increased risk of acute prerenal azotemia)
45
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additional treatment of NSTEMI

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  • beta blockers
46
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Treatment of parkinson’s disease in relatively young and old people

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IF severe disease OR older 65 – levodopa, carbidopa
IF younger than 65 or mild to moderate disease – dopamine agonists (pramipexole) (fewer motor fluctuations)
*anticholinergics if under 70 and just have a tremor

47
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Other features of Cushing’s syndrome

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  • DM2 with no FH
  • proximal muscle weakness
  • fungal skin infections
  • amenorrhea
  • hypokalemia
48
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COPD step up therapy

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SABA
THEN – add LAMA (tiotropium) or LABA
THEN – LABA + ICS
THEN - LAMA + LABA + ICS (triple therapy

49
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Management of patient with high pretest for PAD but normal ABI

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exercise testing with repeat ABI

50
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ABI cutoff for PAD

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less than 0.9

51
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Cause of postoperative hyponatremia

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  • infusion of fluids or surgical stress-related vasopressin release
52
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Treatment of sigmoid volvulus

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  • sigmoidoscopy
53
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sigmoid volvulus radiographic features

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  • elderly patient + unstructured + X-ray showing large air-filled sigmoid colon with *absence of air in the rectum (due to twisted colon)
  • CT with dilated sigmoid colon creating a bird beak appearance
54
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How to monitor respiratory status of patients with myasthenic crisis

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  • serial measurements of vital capacity + maximal inspiratory (FIC)
  • Intubate when VC below 20 ml per kg
55
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Treatment of myasthenic crisis

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plasma exchange or IVIG + high-dose steroids

56
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Low fat compared to low carbohydrate diets in terms of weight loss and CV mortality

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  • similar long term weight loss and improvement in BP.
  • low-carb diets can produce rapid weight loss and may decrease CV and all cause mortality but are associated with increased incidence of GI side effects
57
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Management of bilateral renal artery stenosis

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1) diuretic
2) ACE or ARB (bilateral renal ischemia induces RAAS activation)
* If failed medical therapy or recurrent flash pulmonary edema or heart failure – renal angioplasty with stenting

58
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Indication for mammography after Chest radiaion

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  • any patient who has chest radiation needs mammogram annually starting 8 years after radiation therapy
  • annual TSH also recommended
59
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Mean length of time between exposure to radiation therapy and presentation of breast cancer

60
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Frequent complications of gastric bypass surgery

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  • stomal stenosis
  • cholelithiasis
  • dumping syndrome
61
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Treatment of ovulatory dysfunction in subclinical hypothyroidism

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  • synthroid

* ovulatory dysfunction is common in both overt and subclinical hypothyroidism

62
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Treatment of ovulatory dysfunction in PCOS

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  • initial is weight loss

- then clomiphene citrate (verify)

63
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Presentation of migraine with brainstem aura

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woman with history of migraine having migraine + brainstem symptoms (vertigo, dysarthria, ataxia, diplopia)

64
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Initial step in management of migraine with brainstem aura

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MRI and MR angiography (rule out posterior cerebral circulation lesions like basilar aneurysm and TIA, which can mimic symptoms)

65
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Typical migraine aura symptoms

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  • visual – flickering light, diagonal lines
  • sensory (numbness)
  • aphasia
66
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Abx for suspected MRSA secondary PNA

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  • vanc or linezolid (preferred in hospitals where a major portion of MRSA isolates have a vanc mimimum inhibitory concentration of greater than 2)
67
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Management of zoster involving face (zoster ophthalmic)

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  • IV acyclovir + urgent ophtho evaluation
68
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Why do patients with DM2 gradually require more treatment?

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  • progressive insulin deficiency (patients are generally insulin resistant initially, this causes pancreatic beta cells to overproduce insulin to compensate, but beta cells eventually decline and produce less insulin)
  • this is why patients gradually typically require more therapy over time to maintain glycemic control
69
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Medication for antithrombotic therapy of mechanical valves

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Aspirin + warfarin

70
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Target INR in mechanical valves

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IF no RFs – 2-3

IF high risk RF’s – 2.5-3.5

71
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High risk features indicating higher INR in mechanical valve antithrombosis

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  • AF, EF less than 30%, prior thromboembolism, *mechanical mitral valve
72
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is

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  • neoplasm or metastatic disease involving brain and spinal cord
73
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Cancer types in which leptomeningeal carcinomatosis occurs

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  • breast, lung, melanoma

* same cancer types associated with brain mets

74
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m avium treatment

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  • macrolides, ethambutol, rifamycins
75
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Typical setting + presentation + cause of refeeding syndrome

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  • refeeding or giving D5-containing fluids to nutritionally depleted individuals
  • new onset weakness
  • severe hypophosphatemia
76
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Work up of gastroparesis

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  • first step always EGD to rule out mechanical or mucosal causes
  • definition of gastroparesis requires proving delayed gastric emptying in the absence of obstruction
77
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Chronic Subdural hematoma clinical features

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  • elderly patient –> (history of falls and alcohol abuse) –> new confusion + headache + focal weakness + lethargy
78
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Indications for aldosterone antagonists

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1) Post STEMI with LVEF less than 40% + symptomatic or DM2

2) NYHA class II to IV heart failure with EF less than 35%

79
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When to avoid aldosterone antagonists in heart failure patients

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  • creatinine clearance less than 30

- K greater than 5

80
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Initial step in management of insomnia

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2 week sleep diary

81
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Pathogens necessitating catheter removal in CLABSI

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  • pseudomonas
  • staph aureus
  • fungi
82
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Cancer which Klinefelter’s syndrome patients are at risk for

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  • breast cancer
83
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Treatment of hypothyroidism in celiac disease

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  • increasingly high synthroid requirements (malabsorption of levothyroxine)
84
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Management of thyroid strom

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Initial treatment: beta-blocker + PTU

Subsequently: steroids (given afterward to inhibit peripheral T4 to T3 conversion)

85
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Management of patient with new diagnosis of AF and RVR following cardioversion

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  • still need anti arrhythmic therapy
86
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Preferred antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with AF

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IF no CAD or structural heart disease – flecainide or propafenone
IF LVH – amiodarone
IF CAD without heart failure – sotalol or dronedarone
IF heart failure – amio

87
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Gilbert’s syndrome presentation

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  • asymptomatic + isolated unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia typically after hemolysis or infection or medication use
88
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Clinical + pathologic features of weakness from colchicine

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  • symmetry myopathy

- cytoplasmic vacuolization

89
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papillary muscle rupture presentation with acute MR

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  • sudden onset hypotension + pulmonary edema

- systolic murmur

90
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LV free wall rupture presentation

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  • tamponade + chest pain + PROFOUND shock + rapid progression to PEA and death
91
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Ventricular septal rupture vs. acute MR after STEMI

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  • based on murmur
  • septal rupture = loud holosystolic murmur at left lower sternal border
  • MR = systolic murmur at apex
  • (both can present with hypotension and CHF)
92
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Presentation of phenytoin toxicity

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  • nystagmus, ataxia, slurred speech, mental status changes
93
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Unique SE of omeprazole as opposed to other PPIs

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  • inhibits P450, leading to increased serum phenytoin levels
94
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medical term for charcot joint

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diabetic neuropathic arthropathy

95
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charcot joint presentation

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diabetic patient + foot or ankle erythema, warmth, swelling + often looks septic but is not
(its progressive bony and soft tissue destruction that leads to joint dislocation and deformities)

96
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treatment of charcot joint

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  • casting, avoid weight bearing
97
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis clinical features

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  • low back, flank pain
  • CKD due to perioartic fibrosis
  • ureteral obstruction without ureteral dilation
98
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Malaria clinical features

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  • acute febrile illness + anemia + splenomegaly + jaundice
99
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tertiary syphilis features

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  • sensory ataxia
  • lancinating pains
  • argyll robertson pupil
  • cardiovascular syphilis
100
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physiology of pseudothrombocytopenia

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EDTA-induced platelet clumping

101
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Management of nocturnal angina

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  • work up for OSA

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