Most Commons Flashcards
Most Common Abused opioid by medical professionals
Meperidine and fentanyl
Most Common Accidental suffocation
Overlying
Most Common Adolescent hip disorder
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Most Common Adrenal tumor in adults
Pheochromocytoma
Most Common Adrenal tumor in children
Neuroblastoma
Most Common Adverse effect of ASA
Gastric upset
Most Common Adverse effect of diuretics
Hypokalemia (except K-sparing diuretics)
Most Common Affected segment in radiation enteritis
Terminal ileum
Most Common Affected type of collagen in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Type III
Most Common Age group with endometriosis
3rd and 4th decade
Most Common Aneurysm site, cerebral
Anterior communicating artery (PComm is 2nd)
Most Common Ankle injury
Inversion
Most Common Anomaly of splenic embryology
Accessory spleen
Most Common Ascending aorta aneurysm complication
Aortic insufficiency
Most Common ASD
Ostium secundum (80%)
Most Common Benign tumor of the lung
Hamartoma
Most Common Benign tumor of the rib
Osteochondroma
Most Common Biliary-enteric fistula
Gallbladder-duodenum
Most Common Bone tumor of the hand
Endochondroma
Most Common Carcinoid tumor (GI)
Appendix (2nd: Ileum)
Most Common Cardiac tumor
Metastasis
Most Common Cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy (systolic dysfunction)
Most Common Cause of acute cholecystitis
Cystic duct obstruction
Most Common Cause of acute mastitis
Staph aureus
Most Common Cause of ARF
ATN (death most common in initial oliguric phase)
Most Common Cause of ARF in children
HUS
Most Common Cause of ARF in surgical patients
Hypovolemia
Most Common Cause of aneuploidy
Meiotic nondisjunction
Most Common Cause of anuria on 1st day of life [male]
Posterior urethral valves
Most Common Cause of athlete’s foot
Trichophyton (Tinea pedis)
Most Common Cause of bloody nipple discharge
Intraductal papilloma
Most Common Cause of bowel incarceration
Femoral hernia
Most Common Cause of bowel obstruction in neonates
Hirschsprung disease
Most Common Cause of burns in civilian setting
Scalds
Most Common Cause of CAH
21-hydroxylase deficiency (90%)
Most Common Cause of chronic constrictive pericarditis
Viral infection
Most Common Cause of congenital chronic hemolytic anemia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
Most Common Cause of CPC of the liver
R-sided heart failure
Most Common Cause of CPC of the lung
L-sided heart failure / Mitral stenosis
Most Common Cause of Cushing’s syndrome
Iatrogenic (steroid treatments)
Most Common Cause of epistaxis
Nosepicking
Most Common Cause of erythema multiforme
Infectious (HSV, then Mycoplasma pneumoniae)
Most Common Cause of esophageal rupture
Iatrogenic (post-endoscopy)
Most Common Cause of [hereditary] mental retardation
Down syndrome
Most Common Cause of hereditary thrombophilia
Factor V Leiden (resistant to activated protein C); second most common is Prothrombin 20210A tranistion
Most Common Cause of hyperprolactinemia
Prolactinoma
Most Common Cause of hypertension in young men
Excessive ethanol
Most Common Cause of hypertension in young women
OCP use
Most Common Cause of hypoparathyroidism
Surgical
Most Common Cause of infectious mastitis
Staph aureus
Most Common Cause of infertility, female
Endometriosis
Most Common Cause of lower GI bleed in pts >40
Diverticulosis
Most Common Cause of mycotic aneurysm
Treponema pallidum
Most Common Cause of non-gonococcal urethritis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Most Common Cause of osteomyelitis
Staphylococcus (in HbS patients, Salmonella, in IV drug users, Pseudomonas)
Most Common Cause of otitis externa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Most Common Cause of otitis media
Strep pneumo, then H. influenzae, Moraxella sp.
Most Common Cause of nephrotic syndrome (adults)
Membranous GN
Most Common Cause of nephrotic syndrome (children)
Minimal change disease
Most Common Cause of preventable blindness worldwide
Chlamydia trachomatis (trachoma)
Most Common Cause of persistent jaundice in infancy
Biliary atresia
Most Common Cause of poor wound healing
Tissue hypoxia
Most Common Cause of primary amenorrhea
Turner syndrome
Most Common Cause of prostatitis in young adult males
Chlamydia trachomatis
Most Common Cause of pneumaturia
Bladder-GI fistula; usually in diverticulitis
Most Common Cause of postpartum hemorrhage
Uterine atony
Most Common Cause of pulmonary hypoplasia
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (more commonly L)
Most Common Cause of pyogenic osteomyelitis in sickle cell patients
Salmonella
Most Common Cause of retrograde menstruation (anomaly)
Imperforate hymen
Most Common Cause of SAH
Trauma (1st Aid CK) / Berry aneurysm
Most Common Cause of secondary amenorrhea
Pregnancy
Most Common Cause of septic arthritis in children <2 yrs
H. influenza
Most Common Cause of skin graft loss
Hematoma/seroma formation
Most Common Cause of testicular pain over 12 years old
Testicular torsion
Most Common Cause of testicular pain 2-11 yrs
Torsion of appendix testes
Most Common Cause of vulvar pruritus
Candidal vulvovaginitis
Most Common Cerebral hemorrhage [syndrome]
Putaminal hemorrhage
Most Common Cervical disc herniation level
C6-C7 (wrist drop)
Most Common Childhood supratentorial tumor
Craniopharyngioma
Most Common Chromosomal disorder
Down syndrome
