Bones and Joints
This medication Inhibits microtubules and impairs neutrophil function. It is most commonly employed for gout and acute calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis (pseudogout). it is also used to treat hypersensitivity vasculitis and familial Mediterranean fever.
Colchicine
This syndrome is characterized by Chest pain localized to an area on the front of the chest wall, usually made worse by movement of the arms or trunk or by pressure on the chest wall. The syndrome is caused by inflammation of 1 or several rib cartilages and symptoms may persist for months
Tietze’s syndrome
Medullary thyroid cancers, pheochromocytoma and neuromas and Inheritance type
MEN 2B , Auto dominant
Mixing alcohol with this class of drug may raise your blood pressure
Anti-Depression medication
3 Risk factors for nongonococcal gram-negative joint infections
Injection drug use, advanced age, an immunocompromised state, prosthetic joints
This radiographic finding is seen with symmetric erosions occurring mainly in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) and to a lesser extent, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints.
Radiographs reveal a “gull-wing” deformity, (resulting from marginal sclerosis and osteophytes on the distal side of the joints, whereas the proximal side is centrally eroded or collapsed and thinned).
This drug is now rarely used to treat certain forms of Hansen’s disease(leprosy) and Behçet’s syndrome. Associated with Teratogencity
Thalidomide
This disease is also known as active inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. * It is an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves. * It is characterized by rapid onset of ascending weakness & paralysis. It typically begins with weakness and/or abnormal sensations of the legs. * Although many cases are mild, some pts are virtually paralyzed.
GB syndrome
This medication is the antidote for Lead poisoning
CaEDTA
What skin infection is suspected when a patient comes in and says "I got bit by a spider"
MRSA
This treatment is used to treat osteoarthritis of the knee refractory to PO medications and steroid therapy of the knee
viscosupplementation (hyaluronic acid injections)
This procedure is used for measuring the pressure of the fluid within the eye, usually performed by an ophthalmologist during an eye examination
Tonometery
Inherited condition characterized by three specific features: achalasia, Addison disease, and alacrima (a reduced or absent ability to secrete tears).
Triple A Syndrome
Rapid acting depression treatment useful at the end of life
Methylphenidate
This patient has vomiting and had explosive diarrhea due to the Norovirus. When can he return to work?
48 hours after you last vomit/have diarrhea
Three indications for use of allopurinol
tophi, uric acid containing stones, and frequent attacks of gout in an overproducer
This disease is caused by whipworm. Children are most commonly affected. Infestation occurs when eggs are ingested and develop into adult worms in the intestines. Severe infestation may cause bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Treatment is with anthelmintic drugs.
Trichuriasis
hemoptysis, anemia, and the collection of substances such as iron in the lungs (pulmonary infiltrates), No known cause
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Bupropion is a monocyclic antidepressant that is structurally similar to amphetamine and inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine. This EKG finding can be found in patient with bupropion toxicity
QRS prolongation
Empiric antibiotic therapy for health care–associated meningitis
Vancomycin plus cefepime or meropenem
Three conditions in which the SSA (Ro) antibody can be positive
Sjogren's syndrome, cutaneous lupus, and maternally transmitted fetal heart block
This disease is a serious inherited metabolic disorder (see metabolism, inborn errors of) that causes premature death. The cause is deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase A, which results in a buildup in the brain of a harmful substance.
Tay–Sachs disease
Inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by rapidly progressive early-onset parkinsonism, central hypoventilation, weight loss, insomnia and depression.
Perry Syndrome
Treatment for Hypereosinophilic syndrome that works on IL5 inhibitors
mepolizumab
Three medicine approved for treatment of Intensive phase of Multi drug resistant TB
fluoroquinolones (levofloxacin or moxifloxacin), bedaquiline and linezolid