Cardiovascular Medicine
Treatment to prevent SCD in high-risk patients with HCM
ICD
Treatment for outpatient CAP in otherwise healthy patients
Amoxicillin, doxycycline, or a macrolide (if regional pneumococcal resistance <25%)
CPAP treatment alternative for mild/moderate OSA
Oral appliance
Diagnostic test for masked hypertension
Ambulatory or home BP monitoring
Typical duration of mild TBI symptoms
Within 7-10 days
Immediate diagnostic test for acute limb ischemia
Invasive angiography
Salt water exposure, cellulitis with hemorrhage bullae
Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection
Initial test for cystic fibrosis
Sweat chloride
Most common causes of AKI in hospitalized patients
Prerenal AKI and ATN
Shaking, tunnel vision, <1 min loss of consciousness, immediate recovery
Convulsive syncope
Acute severe mitral regurgitation after STEMI
Papillary muscle rupture
Preferred antibiotic therapy for MRSA bacteremia
Vancomycin or daptomycin
Diagnosis suggested by asymptomatic bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
Pulmonary sarcoidosis
Treatment of anti-GBM antibody disease
Plasmapheresis, glucocorticoids, cyclophosphamide
Initial Parkinson disease therapy for patients aged <60 years with high dyskinesia risk
Pramipexole, ropinirole, rotigotine
Diagnostic criteria for acute pericarditis
Pleuritic chest pain plus one of the following: pericardial friction rub, new ECG changes, new effusion, inflammatory biomarker elevation, imaging indicative of pericardial inflammation
Treatment for group A Streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis
Surgical debridement, penicillin and clindamycin
Drug treatments for high-altitude pulmonary edema
Nifedipine, PDE-5 inhibitor
Diagnosis that includes criteria for MGUS plus renal insufficiency
Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance
Diagnosis suggested by dementia, apathy, disinhibition, changes in eating behaviors, hyperorality, compulsiveness
Behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia
Three most common genetic conditions that require screening for aortic disease
Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos, and Turner syndromes
Specialized viral testing after HIV diagnosis
Genotype viral resistance
Most common posterior mediastinal mass
Neurogenic neoplasms
Antibody associated with primary membranous nephropathy
Anti-PLA2R
Prophylactic treatment for vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Nimodipine