Rheumatology
This disease is also known as silk road disease and associated with a positive pathergy test
Behcets disease
MAB approved for eosinophilic esophagitis
What is duplimumab?
Name of Belgian study that demonstrated reduced hospital stay with acetazolamide added to lasix for diuresis
What is ADVOR trial
Name for widespread lepromatous leprosy
What is Lucios phenomenon?
This is the inverse of ARR (absolute risk reduction)
NNT
This HLA genotype is associated with Behcets disease
HLA B51
C5 inhibitor used to treat PNH, atypical HUS and Myasthenia gravis
What is eculizumab?
Name of trial which demonstrated that ticagrelor significantly improves cardiovascular outcomes compared to clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndrome, with a notable reduction in the risk of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke
The PLATO trial in 2009
Name of zoonotic gram negative infection from dog bite causing serious septic shock and sometimes limb loss
What is Capnocytophaga canimorsus?
Name for practice where a physician performs an unnecessary test, treatment or procedure to avoid exposure to malpractice litigation
Defensive medicine
Treatment for elevated methotrexate levels
What is Glucarpidase?
New long acting monoclonal antibody for RSV
What is Nirsevimab?
Name for trial that demonstrated the efficacy of Keppra, fosphenytoin and valproate for benzodiazepine refractory epilepsy
What is ESETT trial?
Name for parasite causing Visceral larva Migrans
Toxocara Canis
Name of graphical plot used to estimate survival over time from lifetime data. It is used to plot survival probabilities against time
What is Kaplan-Meier survival curve?
Name for instrument to measure joint angles in Ehlers Danlos syndrome to determine hypermobility
What is Goniometer?
Monoclonal of choice in HIV1 treatment
Ibalizumab
Name of trial that showed efficacy of rivaroxaban with aspirin as superior to aspirin alone in PAD
What is COMPASS trial?
Name for cutaneous TB causing facial deformity
Lupus Vulgaris
Eponym for likelihood of hypothesis and is defined as the ratio of the likelihood of one particular hypothesis to the likelihood of another hypothesis
What is Bayes factor?
Name for scale used in Ehler's Danlos syndrome to measure hypermobility
What is Beighton scale?
How long should bevacizumab be held before surgery?
What is 28 days?
Name of RCT population-based study done in Norway, Sweden, Poland and Netherlands which showed that screening colonoscopies are safe and significantly reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer.
The NordICC trial 2022
Name of classification system for leprosy
What is Ridley-Jones system?
A graphical tool for estimating how much the result on a diagnostic test changes the probability that a patient has a disease
What is Fagan nomogram?