Allergy & Immunology
Urticaria pigmentosa, recurrent anaphylaxis, and elevated tryptase level
Mastocytosis (also accept cutaneous mastocytosis)
Acute MI mimicker that occurs predominantly in older women who may have normal coronary arteries but an abnormal echocardiogram
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (accept Takotsubo syndrome, TTS, stress cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome)
Most commonly used antipneumocystis medication
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (accept trim-sulfa, Bactrim, Septra)
Name of connective tissue that runs from the ilium to the anterolateral aspect of the proximal tibia
Iliotibial band
Infectious disease prevention practice named for the Italian words meaning 40 days
Quarantine (quaranta giorni - holding arriving ships at anchor for 40 days before landing)
Gas used to diagnose asthma by measuring fractional excretion
Nitric oxide
Antiplatelet prodrug that requires two enzymatic conversions in the liver before being active
Clopidogrel (accept Plavix)
Drug used in treatment of malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene (accept Dantrium, Revonto, Ryanodex)
Rheumatologic condition classically associated with the plain film radiographic finding of joints of the hands and feet described as a 'pencil-in-cup' deformity
Psoriatic arthritis
Parasitic disease whose name derives from the Italian 'bad air'
Malaria
Resin found in poison ivy and mango peel that causes dermatitis
Urushiol
Anti-anginal medication associated with reduced intracellular calcium levels and QT-prolongation
Ranolazine
Gold standard diagnostic test for cardiac allograft rejection
Endomyocardial biopsy (accept biopsy)
Most common parenchymal pulmonary complication associated with ankylosing spondylitis
Apical pulmonary fibrosis (accept pulmonary fibrosis)
Organism ingested by internist Barry Marshall to prove its infectivity and association with disease
Helicobacter pylori
Hypersensitivity reaction caused by administration of nonhuman sera or foreign proteins
Type III hypersensitivity reaction (accept immune complex-dependent reaction or serum sickness)
Restrictive cardiomyopathy that has a 'speckled pattern' in echocardiogram
Cardiac amyloidosis (accept amyloidosis)
Chloride salt infusion used to treat methemoglobinemia and refractory septic shock
Methylene blue (accept methylthioninium chloride)
Likely joint involved in patients with rheumatoid arthritis presenting with hoarseness or stridor
Cricoarytenoid
Physician credited with first describing digital clubbing
Hippocrates (also known as Hippocratic fingers or nails; considered the oldest sign in clinical medicine)
The most common inherited early complement component deficiency
c2
Pacing mode most commonly associated with pacemaker syndrome
Single-chamber VVI pacing (accept VVI pacing)
Pharmaceutical agent used in rapid sequence intubation that decreases cortisol production for 24 to 48 hours
Etomidate
Rheumatologic disease in which the presence of anti-transcriptional intermediary factor-1 antibody is associated with an increased risk of malignancy
Dermatomyositis
German physician credited for the discovery of the causative organism for tuberculosis
Robert Koch