Cardiology
Diagnosis for 3 or more consecutive ventricular beats at a rate of 100/min and lasting <30 seconds
Non sustained ventricular tachycardia
Most common drug class associated with resistant hypertension
NSAIDs
Two direct oral anticoagulants approved as initial therapy without heparin for venous thromboembolism disease
Apixaban and rivaroxaban (accept eliquis and xarelto)
Type of viral hepatitis with the highest maternal mortality in pregnancy
Hepatitis E
S. aureus (accept MRSA)
QRS measurement that best predicts benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy
>150 msec
Condition associated with D-lactic acidosis
Short gut syndrome or short bowel syndrome
Autoantibodies directed toward complexes of heparin and this protein result in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Platelet factor 4 (do not accept only platelet factor)
Gastric disorder associated with 'watermelon stomach' appearance on endoscopy
Gastric antral vascular ectasia (do not accept GAVE alone)
Antibiotic treatment duration for Lyme arthritis without neurologic involvement
28 days
Most common cause of reduced LV function in the first year after cardiac transplantation
cardiac allograft vasculopathy (post transplant coronary artery disease)
Clinical presentation of patients with thin glomerular membrane disease
Hematuria
Common term for the t(9;22) translocation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Philadelphia chromosome
Preferred drug class for primary prevention of variceal bleeding
Non selective beta blockers (do not accept beta blockers alone)
The two antiretroviral drugs indicated for HIV preexposure prophylaxis
Tenofovir-emtricitabine (do not accept Truvada)
Eponym for visible pulsations in fingernail beds in patients with aortic regurgitation
Quincke's sign or Quincke's pulse
Alcohol ingestion associated with normal anion gap and elevated osmolar gap
Isopropyl alcohol
Eponymous syndrome defining two or more immune cytopenias
Evans syndrome
Recommended treatment of constipation due to dyssynergic defecation
Biofeedback therapy (accept pelvic floor retraining)
Adjuvant treatment for tuberculous meningitis
Autoimmune disease most commonly associated with distal (type 1) renal tubular acidosis
Sjogren syndrome
Diagnosis accounting for absence of CD55 and CD59 on erythrocytes and granulocytes
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Most specific physical examination finding for the presence of ascites
Fluid wave (positive likelihood ratio =5)
Three component tests included in the CDC-recommended initial blood test for HIV infection
HIV-1 antibody, HIV-2-antibody, p24 viral antigen (accept 'HIV 1 and 2 antibodies and p24 viral antigen', do not accept 'viral load')