Thyroid
Pit
DM
Adrenal
Bones
100
Most common cause of hyperthyroidism
Grave's Disease
100
Likely diagnosis for thunderclap headache, bitemporal hemianopsia, and hypotension
Pituitary apoplexy (accept pituitary hemorrhage or pituitary infarction)
100
ADA recommends this as the first line therapy for pre-diabetes
Lifestyle modification (accept exercise and weight loss)
100
Physical examination finding that differentiates primary from secondary adrenal insufficiency
Increased pigmentation
100
Eye finding associated with osteogenesis imperfecta
Blue sclera
200
Preferred medical treatment of hyperthyroidism during the first trimester of pregnancy
Propylthiouracil (accept PTU)
200
Initial drug therapy for pituitary apoplexy
Hydrocortisone (accept steroids)
200
Test to distinguish exogenous from endogenous hyperinsulinemia
Plasma C-peptide
200
All normotensive patients with adrenal incidentaloma are screened for these 2 endocrine disorders
Pheochromocytoma and Cushing syndrome
200
Common term for persistent hypocalcemia after parathyroidectomy for severe, prolonged hyperparathyroidism
Hungry bone syndrome
300
Endocrine Society recommends treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism when TSH is above this level
10 mU/L
300
Pituitary hormone often with elevated baseline levels in polycystic ovary syndrome
Luteinizing hormone (accept LH)
300
Minimum duration of albuminuria needed to diagnose diabetic nephropathy
3 months
300
Two initial laboratory tests for suspected primary hyperaldosteronism
Plasma aldosterone and plasma renin activity (accept aldosterone and renin activity; aldosterone/renin ratio)
300
Most common cause of oral vitamin D 'resistance'
Vitamin D malabsorption
400
Next diagnostic step for thyroid nodule associated with low TSH
Thyroid scintigraphy (accept iodine or technetium scan or nuclear scan)
400
Initial laboratory test used to diagnose acromegaly
Insulin-like Growth factor-1 (accept IGF-1)
400
Statin therapy increases the risk of this metabolic disease
Diabetes
400
Adrenal incidentaloma threshold size suspicious for malignancy
> 4 cm
400
Diagnostic test to rule out familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
24-hour urine calcium excretion
Bonus: Confirmatory test if very low urine Ca?
500
Name for this finding associated with obstructive substernal goiter
Pemberton's sign (Pemberton's maneuver)
500
First two tests to evaluate secondary amenorrhea after excluding pregnancy
FSH and prolactin
500
Major metabolic complication of selective inhibitors of sodium-glucose cotransporters
Ketoacidosis (accept euglycemic DKA)
500
Prednisone threshold dose of any duration that does not require perioperative testing or replacement to prevent adrenal crisis
Less than or equal to 5 mg/day
500
Next best step in hypercalcemia, suppressed PTH, and this CXR:
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D level