Musicals and Medicine
Fantine's cause of death in the musical "Les Miserables".
What is Tuberculosis?
STEMI
What is an ST-elevation myocardial infarction?
Old term for therapeutic phlebotomy thought to prevent or cure many diseases.
What is bloodletting?
Height in cm x weight in kg divided by 3600
What is Body Surface Area (BSA)?
Mar A Logo, Florida
Who is Trump?
Mimi, from the opera "La Boheme", died from this infectious disease.
What is Tuberculosis?
Ductal cacinoma in situ, invasive ductal cacrinoma, and invasive lobular carcinoma
What are types of breast cancer?
Nebulized hydrogen peroxide, drinking bleach, drinking methanol, drinking boiled betel nuts, taking colloidal silver, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin
What are ineffective treatments for COVID-19?
Weight in kg divided by height in meters squared
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Who is Kennedy?
This infection was the cause of death of Angel in the musical "Rent".
What is AIDS?
In a total hip arthroplasty, these bony structures are replaced by hardware.
What are the femoral head and the acetabulum?
Id, Ego, and Superego
What is Freudian Psychoanalysis?
Stroke Volume (SV) x Heart Rate (HR)
What is Cardiac Output?
Kennebunkport, Maine
Who is Bush?
Died by gunshot wound in a duel during the song "The World Was Wide Enough".
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Anti-amyloid antibody intravenous infusion therapies including Donanemab (Kisunla™) and cholinesterase inhibitors including Donepezil (Aricept®).
What are treatments for Alzheimer's?
Neurosurgical treatment used in the past for psychiatric and neurological disorders.
What is a frontal lobotomy?
Stroke Volume (SV) divided by End Diastolic Fraction (EDF)
What is Ejection Fraction?
Monticello, Virginia
Who is Jefferson?
The disorder Nessarose appeared to have in the musical "Wicked".
What is an in utero spinal cord injury?
Adenocarcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Small Cell Carcinoma, Carcinoid, Pancoast Tumor, Mesothelioma
What are types of lung cancer?
Opium and tobacco enemas were used to treat this diarrheal illness in the 1890s.
What is cholera?
pH=pk + log HC03-/0.03 (PaCO2)
What is the Henderson Hasselbeck Equation?
Hyde Park, New York
Who is Roosevelt?