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HLA subtype positive in 92% of White persons with axial spondyloarthritis
What is HLA B27
Iterative four-step approach to change that is often used in quality improvement initiatives
What is PDSA? plan-do-study-act
Diagnosis with low TSH but normal T4 and T3 levels
What is subclinical hyperthyroidism?
Mechanism of hypoxemia with normal A-a gradient in the presence of normal FiO2
What is hypoventilation?
Liver condition most commonly associated with anti-smooth muscle antibody
What is autoimmune hepatitis?
Autoimmune condition in which most patients have positive anti–cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies
Nursing namesake for the palpable umbilical nodule indicative of metastatic cancer
What is Sister Mary Joseph?
Monoclonal antibody that inhibits osteoclast activation
What is denosumab?
WHO group for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
What is IV?
Opioid antagonist approved for opioid-induced constipation
What is methylnaltrexone?
Condition characterized by objective keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia with autoantibodies
What is Sjogren's syndrome
French physician who invented the stethoscope
Who is Rene Laennac?
Eponymous decrease in thyroid hormone production due to an exogenous iodine load
What is the Wolff-Chaikoff effect?
Chronic lung disease of the major airways associated with cystic fibrosis
What is bronchiectasis?
Initial medical therapy for primary biliary cholangitis
What is ursodiol?
Maternal antibodies associated with neonatal lupus
What is Anti-SSA (accept SSA, Ro, anti-Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A autoantibodies, anti-Ro)?
Federal law mandating hospitals provide a medical screening exam to patients regardless of ability to pay
What is EMTALA?
Hypercalcemic disorder due to parathyroid hyperplasia following prolonged parathyroid stimulation
What is tertiary hyperparathyroidism?
Pulmonary cause for cryptogenic stroke
What is Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (accept PAVM, pulmonary shunt, or pulmonary arteriovenous fistula)
Recommended initial treatment for confirmed dyssynergic defecation
What is biofeedback therapy?
Disease in which presence of the melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody is associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease
What is dermatomyositis?
Victorian-era toy creating sound akin to pulses felt in aortic regurgitation
What is water hammer?
This condition is listed as a black box warning for GLP1-RA medications
What is thyroid C-cell tumors (i.e. medullary thyroid carcinoma)
Interstitial lung disease associated with working in the yarn and fabric industries
Vesicular rash in celiac disease caused by granular deposition of IgA
What is dermatitis herpetiformis?