GI
Validated clincial scale that classifies human feces into seven categories
Bristol stool scale (accept Bristol stool form scale; Bristol stool chart)
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')
Platelet transfusion threshold for patients undergoing major non-neurologic surgery
50,000
Type of anemia related to LVAD or prosthetic heart valves
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
B blocker heart rate goal for HFrEF
55-65
Medication that delays progression and improves survival in primary biliary cholangitis
Ursodeoxycholic Acid
Mechanism: inhibits the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine and the secretion of cholesterol into bile, decreasing biliary cholesterol saturation
Term for strains of enteric Escherichia coli capable of producing Shiga toxin
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (accept enterhemorrhagic E. coli)
Name and dosing of high intensity statin therapy
Atorva 40-80mg/d, Rosuva 20-40mg/d
This test result confirms vitamin B12 deficiency when level is borderline (high or low?)
elevated methylmalonic acid
Cause of acute severe mitral regurgitation after STEMI
Papillary Muscle Rupture
Two subtypes of microscopic colitis
Lymphocytic and collagenous
Name of reclassified genus for Clostridium difficile
Clostridioides
Preoperative Lab testing in patients with CKD
Serum electrolytes and Creatinine levels (BMP)
target hemoglobin levels in those receiving ESA in those with CKD
11-12 g/dL
Duration of DAPT after ACS (CABG)
12 months
Valvular disorder associated with gastrointestinal angiodysplasia
Aortic stenosis
Heyde Syndrome
Aspergillus-specific serum immunoassay potentially useful in diagnosing invasive infection
Galactomannan assay
Indications for high intensity statin therapy for the primary prevention of ASCVD.
1) LDL >190, 2) those age 40-75 w/10 year ASCVD risk >20%
Treatment of rapidly recurring malignant pleural effusion
indwelling pleural catheter or pleurodesis
Lab values required to calculate CO using Fick
SaO2, SvO2, and Hgb
Antibodies against this species of yeast found in patients with Crohn disease
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (accept Saccharomyces)
Non specific to CD/UC but + test in antibody panel with symptoms has >90 sensitivity
Genetic disorder associated with fulminant infection in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (accept G6PD deficeincy)
Initial treatment of urinary urgency and incontinence
Bladder training and timed voiding
Initial treatment of symptomatic brain metastases
Glucocorticoids
Indications for emergent surgery in acute aortic dissection (3)
1) Shock, 2) Type A dissection 3) Type A intramural hematoma