Neurology
Routine immunization indicated for patients with multiple sclerosis to decrease the risk of relapse/infection.
What is flu shot?
Three indiciations for mechanical kidney stone removal.
What is large stone (>10mm), failed medical management, complicated nephrolithiasis?
Optimal time for first f/u appointment following discharge for patients hospitalized for HF.
what is 7 days?
Two additional treatments for patients with high-risk thyroid cancer after resection.
What is adjuvant radioactive iodine and levothyroxine suppression therapy?
Expected time to improvement in patients with appropriately treated ventilator-associated pneumonia.
What is 72 hours?
Imaging required for patients with clinically diagnosed hand osteoarthritis
What is none?
Potential cause of precipitous neurological decline after head trauma, occurring immediately or after a lucid interval
What is epidural hematoma?
Type of kidney disease associated with elevated levels of IgG4.
What is IgG4-related interstitial nephritis?
Congenital abnormality characterized by upper extremity hypertension and a radial artery-to-femoral artery pulse delay.
What is aortic coarctation?
Treatment indicated for hyperglycemia associated with chronic pancreatitis
What is Insulin?
Management of patients who remain febrile 72 hours after appropriate antibiotic therapy for pyelonephritis/
What is kidney imaging with U/S, CT, or MRI
treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica
What is low dose prednisone?
Effective pharmacological agent for treatment of fatigue associated with multiple sclerosis.
What is modafinil?
Condition associated with hypovolemia, metabolic alkalosis, and increased concentrations of urine sodium and urine chloride.
Drug class that should be discontinued 24-48 hours before cardiac stress testing to diagnose coronary artery disease
What is beta blocker?
Recommended management of an asymptomatic microprolactinoma
What is clinical surveillance?
What is tenofovir-emtricitabine and raltegravir
What is Chlamydia trachomatis?
Two pharmacologic agents with efficacy in treatment of chronic migraine.
What is topiramate and onabotulinumtoxinA?
Common cause of decreased serum creatinine in the elderly in the absence of any change in kidney function.
Management of accelerated idioventricular rhythm occurring within 24 hours of reperfusion therapy.
What is no treatment required?
Three pharmacologic treatment options for diabetic polyneuropathy
What is antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and topical capsaicin?
Clinical manifestation of late complement deficiency.
What is invasive meningococcal or gonococcal infections?
Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis inadequately controlled with mehtortrexate
What is addition of TNFalpha inhibitor?
Neurologic condition characterized by brief episodes of lancinating pain affecting either the second or third distribution of the 5th cranial nerve
What is trigeminal neuralgia?
Acid-base disorder associated with laxative abuse.
What is normal anion gap metabolic acidosis?
First-line treatment of acute pericarditis following myocardial infarction.
what is ASA?
Preferred diagnostic strategy for a patient without diabetes mellitus with an episode of symptomatic hypoglycemia while fasting
What is glucose and hypoglycemic studies preceding and during a supervised 72 hour fast?
Two-drug empiric therapy for brain abscess from odontogenic source.
Intravenous penicillin and metronidazole
Four clinical findings highly suggestive of cyroglobulinemic vasculits.
What are multisystem vasculitis, low C4, normal C3, and positive RF