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The Karpouzas Category
D is for Drugs!
High 5
100
This class of antiarrythmic drug decreases mortality in CHF patients
What is beta blockers
100
This is the number needed to treat with a relative risk reduction of 50% and absolute risk reduction of 12.5%
What is 8 (1/ARR)
100
Testing for antiphospholipid syndrome includes lupus anticoagulant and these two antibodies
What is Beta-2 microglobulin and anticardiolipin antibodies
100
Drug used to cause muscle relaxation in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
What is Dantrolene
100
This virus has been associated with multicentric castleman's disease in HIV patients
What is HSV-8
200
It is what CRT-D stands for
What is Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator
200
This is the corrected calcium for a serum calcium of 7.4 and an albumin of 2
What is 9
200
The eponymous name for catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
What is Asherson's Syndrome
200
HCTZ plus triamterene
What is Diazide
200
Steroids are added to PCP treatment in these two situations
What is PaO2<70 or A-a gradient >35
300
Two beta blockers approved for the treatment of heart failure
What is metoprolol succinate and carvedilol
300
Stool osmotic gap with a stool osmolality of 300, stool sodium of 20 and stool potassium of 80
What is 100 (stool osmolality - 2x(stool Na + stool K)) Greater than 100 is osmotic
300
Name of classification for APS
What is modified/updated Sapporo
300
Anti-thrombin inhibitor
What is Dabigitran
300
Esophagitis in HIV patients with multinucleated giant cells on histology
What is HSV
400
EKG that often shows an usual RBBB in this genetic syndrome which can predisposes people to sudden cardiac death
400
Positive likelihood ratio with a sensitivity of 0.8 and a specificity of 0.2
What is 1 (Positive likelihood ratio = sensitivity/1-specificity)
400
The association of antiphospholipid antibodies with livedo reticularis and recurrent strokes is known as this
What is Sneddon's Syndrome
400
May cause elevated CPK and is inhibited by surfactant
What is Daptomycin
400
Screening test for hypersensitivity to abacavir
What is HLA B-5701
500
The epsilon wave has been classically decried in patients with this syndrome
What is arrythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
500
This is the LDL cholesterol in a patient with a total cholesterol of 190, HDL of 90 and TG of 50
What is 90 (LDL=TC-HDL-TG/5)
500
Eponymous name for antiphospholipid syndrome
What is Hughes Syndrome
500
This drug causes a downsloping ST segment depression, also known as the "reverse tick" or "reverse check
What is digoxin
500
Test that must be done before starting maraviroc
What is viral tropism assay
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