Cardiology
Office measurement to identify lower extremity peripheral artery disease
Anke Brachial Index (ABI)
Headache characterized by increased intracranial pressure and papilledema without identifiable structural pathology
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (accept pseudotumor cerebri)
Name of ventilator pressure required to promote alveolar recruitment and increase aerated lung volume
Positive end-expiratory pressure (accept PEEP)
Test of choice to screen for acromegaly
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (accept IGF-1, somatomedin C)
Vitamin derivative used in treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)
Second-degree heart block with progressive prolongation of the PR interval until a beat is dropped
Wenckebach (accept Mobitz type 1)
Eponym for progressive spreading of jerking activity along a limb in focal motor status epilepticus
Jacksonian march
PaO2/FiO2 ratio for severe ARDS
≤100 (accept <100)
Radiologic description suggestive of a flattened or absent pituitary gland
Empty sella (accept empty sella syndrome)
Complement-mediated red blood cell destruction diagnosed by absence of CD55 and CD59 on flow cytometry
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
First FDA-approved oral direct thrombin inhibitor
Dabigatran (accept Pradaxa)
Most common primary brain tumor, traditionally associated with the dural tail sign
Meningioma
Ratio of spontaneous tidal volume to respiratory rate used in ventilator weaning
Tobin index (also accept Tobin ratio, Yang Tobin index, rapid shallow breathing index [RSBI])
Additional endocrine disorder initially cotreated in patients with suspected myxedema coma
Adrenal insufficiency
Autoantibodies directed toward complexes of heparin and this protein result in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Platelet factor 4
Eponymous name for method of determining cardiac output using the arteriovenous oxygen concentration difference
Fick method (accept Fick principle)
Acronym for the three-step oculomotor exam used to help differentiate central versus peripheral cause of acute vestibulopathy
HINTS
Antihistamine used in the management of serotonin syndrome
Cyproheptadine (accept Periactin)
Rare complication of antithyroid drugs that presents as fever in 92% of cases
Agranulocytosis
Condition characterized by an elevated myeloblast count and symptoms of decreased tissue perfusion
Leukostasis syndrome (accept symptomatic hyperleukocytosis)
SA node Modulator which was FDA approved for the treatment of heart failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Ivabradine (accept Procoralan or Corlanor)
Eponymous bilateral temporal lobe disorder characterized by inappropriate sexual behavior and mouthing of objects
Klüver-Bucy syndrome
Pharmaceutical agent used in rapid sequence intubation that decreases cortisol production for 24 to 48 hours
Etomidate
Eponymous phenomena occurring when excess iodine intake acutely inhibits thyroid hormone synthesis
Wolff-Chaikoff effect
Scoring system used to predict ADAMTS13 deficiency in suspected thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
PLASMIC score