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Avoid initiating this medication for primary prevention of CVD in geriatric patients
What is aspirin?
First-line intrapartum antibiotic for prophylaxis for GBS
What is penicillin G?
At what age does the USPSTF recommend biannual breast cancer screening for women?
This pediatric vasculitis presents with persistent fever, conjunctivitis, mucosal changes, rash, extremity swelling, and enlarged cervical lymph nodes
What is Kawasaki disease?
From the 1850s-1880s, various doctors trialed infusions of this common household item instead of blood.
What is milk?
What is hyperkalemia and hyponatremia?
This medication should be started between 12-28 weeks for pregnant patients at high risk for pre-eclampsia
How many cigarettes does one need to smoke in order to qualify for the recommendation of a one-time abdominal aortic aneurysm?
What is 100?
This electrolyte and acid-base disturbance is likely to be seen with pyloric stenosis
What is hypochloremic metabolic acidosis?
From the 1840s until early 1900s, "Mrs. Winslow's Syrup" combined dangerous doses of these 2 ingredients for a common cure to teething children
What is alcohol and morphine?
Name a condition that is an exception to the 8-week recommended max duration of PPI treatment in geriatric patients with GI/reflux symptoms
What is erosive esophagitis, Barrett's, pathologic hypersecretory condition, on oral corticosteroids, chronic NSAIDs, recurrence
According to ACOG, all reproductive-aged women should take this daily amount of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects
What is 400 micrograms? 0.4mg?
According to USPSTF, all adults should be screened at lest once for this disease, regardless of risk factors.
What is hepatitis C?
Asthma symptoms occurring more than twice weekly with nighttime awakenings 3-4 times a month qualify as this asthma category
President Jimmy Carter made it his post-presidential goal to annihilate this rare disease from the world
What is Guinea Worm Disease?
This class of medication can cause patients to be at higher risk of urogenital infections and euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis
What are sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors?
What is the glucose level cutoff for 1hr GTT that automatically results in a Gestational Diabetes diagnosis?
What is 31?
The leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes
What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
What is brain freeze?
These two medications are the preferred choice for antidepressants in adults older than 60
What are escitalopram (Lexapro) and sertraline (Zoloft)?
Recommended antibiotics and dosage for suspected intraamniotic infection in a patient without penicillin allergy?
What is ampicillin 2g q 6hr
Gentamicin 2 mg/kg IV load followed by 1.5 mg/kg q 8hrs or 5 mg/kg IV q 24hrs
The USPSTF recommends screening for this infection in all sexually active women 24 years or younger and in women 25 years or older who are at increased risk
What is chlamydia?
This disorder is characterized by sudden onset OCD symptoms and motor tics following a streptococcus infection
What is Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
This smelly trend starting in Australia (1800s) involved placing rheumatism patients in this strange environment to cure their disease
What is inside a dead whale?