Rheumatology
Endocrinology
Nephrology
Neurology
ID
100
A clinical condition associated with the frontoparietal 'en coup de sabre' lesion
Linear scleroderma (accept scleroderma)
100
Potential metabolic complication of insulin treatment during 'honeymoon phase' of type 1 diabetes mellitus management
Hypoglycemia
100
Site of action of the diuretic effect of acetazolamide
Proximal tubule
100
Repetitive, stereotyped, suppressible movements
Tics
100
Laboratory test required to calculate the CURB-65 risk score for community acquired pneumonia
Blood urea nitrogen (accept BUN; urea)
200
Autoantibodies characteristic for drug-induced lupus
Anti-histone antibody
200
Type of bone most affected by imbalanced remodeling in osteoporosis
Cancellous (accept trabecular or spongy)
200
Indications for primary hyperaldosteronism screening
- Resistant Hypertension
- Unexplained hypokalemia
- Incidental adrenal mass
- Stroke at age <40 years
200
Preferred initial drug therapy for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Acetazolamide (accept carbonic anhydrase inhibitor)
200
Malaria species most likely to cause severe disease or death
Plasmodium falciparum (accept Plasmodium falciparum or falciparum)
300
Laboratory measurement included in the Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) for rheumatoid arthritis
C-reactive protein (accept CRP)
300
Most common electrolyte abnormality following thyroid surgery
Hypocalcemia (from parathyroid injury)
300
Most common cause of primary nephrotic syndrome in adults
Membranous nephropathy
300
Diagnostic study for prolonged altered mental status following convulsive status epilepticus
24-hour continuous EEG monitoring
300
Clinical triad defining hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Acute renal failure (accept acute kidney injury), microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia
400
Crystal associated with the Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
Basic calcium phosphate (accept calcium hydroxyapatite disease or deposition disease)
400
Hypercalcemic disorder due to parathyroid hyperplasia following prolonged parathyroid stimulation
Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
400
Circulating protease inhibitor biomarker for GFR less affected by age, gender, and muscle mass than creatinine
Cystatin C (accept gamma trace, post-gamma-globulin, or neuroendocrine basic polypeptide)
400
Diagnosis associated with anti–N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibodies
Autoimmune encephalitis (accept limbic encephalitis)
400
Main Manifestations of Lyme carditis
AV nodal block
500
Virus associated with multicentric Castleman disease
Human herpesvirus 8 (must indicate number)
500
Diagnosis suggested by acne, gynecomastia, small testes, low gonadotropins, erythrocytosis
Anabolic steroid abuse
500
Treatment of IgA nephropathy
ACE inhibitor or ARB
500
Recurrent throbbing headache, that occurs ONLY during sleep, typically occurring after the age of 50
Hypnic headache
500
Chronic skin infection after contact with fish tanks, fish, shellfish
Mycobacterium marinum
To date, there is no clinical trial available which could suggest optimal management of M. marinum infections
Non-complicated: doxycycline, cotrimoxazole-trimethoprim, clarithromycin have demonstrated positive outcomes
Invasive forms: the combination use of 2 active agents including ethambutol, clarithromycin/ azithromycin or rifampicin for 3 to 4 months has been reported to be effective adjunct therapy together with surgical debridement