Gen IM 1
HIT drug treatment
Argatroban or rivaroxaban
Ascites leukocyte count diagnostic for SBP
≥250/µL
Empagliflozin
Anterior hip pain associated with glucocorticoid use, SLE, sickle cell anemia, or alcohol use disorder
Osteonecrosis of hip
First-line drugs for alcohol dependence
Naltrexone and acamprosate
Epidermal detachment with pressure adjacent to bullae.
Diseases- SJS, TEN, Pemphigus Vulgaris
Acute pancreatitis lab tests predicting poor outcome
Elevated hematocrit and BUN
Diagnostic tests for IgA vasculitis
Kidney or skin biopsy
Primary prognostic feature for melanoma
Depth of invasion (Breslow depth)
Sudden-onset peripheral vertigo and hearing loss
Labyrinthitis
Drug with highest extrapyramidal side effetcs
Haldol
Patient presents with AKI, fever, rash and eosinophilia. What is the treatment? What is the next treatment if first line treatment does not work?
Diagnosis is AIN. Treatment is to remove offending agent or underlying cause. If not improving, consider treating with steroids.
Age to begin osteoporosis screening in average-risk women
65 years old
First nonstatin added to maximal statin therapy for secondary ASCVD prevention in patients not considered at very high risk
Ezetimibe
Fluid-filled swelling caused by herniated synovial tissue surrounding tendon sheaths or joints
Ganglion cyst
Major chemotherapeutic agent for most metastatic colorectal cancers
5 Flourouracil
Screenings before TNF inhibitor therapy?
Interferon-γ release assay, HBV and HCV serologic testing, HIV screening
Indications for high-intensity statin therapy for the primary prevention of ASCVD per AHA/ACC guidelines
LDL cholesterol level ≥190 mg/dL; age 40-75 years with 10-year ASCVD risk ≥20%
eGFR contraindication to metformin therapy
<30 mL/min/1.73 m2
A 58-year-old man is evaluated because of a 7-month history of tingling and numbness involving the right index finger, thumb, and adjacent palm associated with recent onset of reduced grip strength. Sensory symptoms are worse at night.
On physical examination, there is right thumb abductor weakness and thenar eminence atrophy. Nerve conduction studies show median nerve sensorimotor denervation.
Next Step in management?
Decompression surgery
Name any 4 oral agents that can be used to treat community acquired MRSA infection
Bactrim
Doxycyline
Clindamycin
Linezolid
Rifampin
Drug treatments for high-altitude pulmonary edema
Nifedipine, PDE-5 inhibitor
Cholecystectomy indications for asymptomatic gallstones
Gallstones >3 cm, porcelain gallbladder, gallbladder polyp >1 cm
First-line treatment of acute aortic dissection without shock
IV β-blocker
Indication for recombinant zoster vaccine
Age 50 years or older or 19-49 years and immunodeficient/immunocompromised