Ethics
Right of patients to make decisions about their medical care
What is autonomy?
This is the complementary base pair for adenosine in RNA
What is uracil?
This anti-arrhythmic is famous for causing slate-blue skin discoloration, phototoxicity, and pulmonary fibrosis
What is amiodarone?
What is pseudotumor cerebri or idiopathic intracranial hypertension?
This term refers to a patient's ability to make an informed medical decision
What is capacity?
A positive dihydrorhodamine test indicates this X-linked disease
What is chronic granulomatous disease?
This antibiotic has a well known reaction causing red, flushed skin
What is vancomycin?
Under a polarized microscope, a synovial fluid sample from a patient with pseudogout may appear positively birefringent due to the presence of these crystals
What is calcium pyrophosphate?
Federal law mandating hospitals provide a medical screening exam to patients regardless of ability to pay
What is EMTALA?
This term refers to the tendency for certain repeat expansion disorders to have an earlier and more severe onset as it is passed down through generations
What is anticipation?
This common sedative can turn your urine green
What is propofol?
This complication of Clostridiodes difficile results in a fake skin-like layer on the bowel wall
What is pseudomembranous colitis?
The opposite of egoism is this, referring to a physician's duty to serve others' interests first
What is altruism?
This genetic condition is associated with a smiling, happy demeanor and a fascination with water
What is Angelman syndrome?
Treating for H pylori may cause black stools, due to this component of quadruple therapy
What is bismuth?
This neurologic condition is defined by sudden, uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying that do not match how a person actually feels - most commonly seen in neurodegenerative conditions such as ALS or Parkinson disease
What is pseudobulbar affect?
The phrase "first, do no harm" is often attributed to Hippocrates, however it is more likely that it was first written by this English physician who also gives his name to a disease characterized by abnormal rapid, jerking movements
Who is Thomas Sydenham?
This HIV medication requires mandatory HLA-B*5701 testing prior to administration
What is abacavir?
This oral antibiotic has a rare side effect of causing grey/black discoloration of the tongue
What is minocycline?
This rare psychological and physical condition where a person genuinely believes they are pregnant and develops many actual physical symptoms of pregnancy, even though no fetus exists
What is psuedocyesis?