An alcoholic extract or solution of a plant or other chemical substance for medical use
Tincture
Psychiatric disorder occurring commonly following stroke
Depression
Most appropriate blood test for a woman with headache, oligomenorrhea and galactorrhea
prolactin level
Organism ingested by internist Barry Marshall to prove its infectivity and association with disease
Helicobacter pylori
Professional title derived from the Latin word docere
Doctor
Class of anesthetic agents to be avoided in patients with myasthenia gravis
Neuromuscular blocking agents
Most common psychiatric disorder in women over the age of 65 years
Generalized anxiety disorder
Period of time after intercourse levonorgestrel is effective in preventing pregnancy
72 hours
Parasitic disease whose name derives from the Italian 'bad air'
Malaria
Principle confirms the right of patients to make own health care decisions, even if unwise
Autonomy
Receptor competitively inhibited by flumazenil
Gamma-amino-butyric-acid (accept GABA)
Eponym for disorder in which a patient believes that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical imposter
Capgras delusion or Capgras syndrome
Bleeding disorder most commonly associated with menorrhagia
von Willebrand disease
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)
Federal Act of 1996 contains rules about privacy of medical records
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Pharmaceutical agent used in rapid sequence intubation that decreases cortisol production for 24 to 48 hours
Etomidate
Antipsychotic medication requiring routine blood monitoring for agranulocytosis
Clozapine
Drug treatment of transient diabetes insipidus of pregnancy
desmopressin
First to describe breath sounds by auscultation
René Laennec (invented the stethoscope in 1816)
An advance directive appointing a surrogate who will make decisions if the patient is unable to do so
Durable power of attorney (for health care)
Vitamin deficiency associated with long-term treatment with metformin
Vitamin B12 deficiency (accept cobalamin or cyanocobalamin deficiency)
The SCOFF questionnaire screens for this psychiatric disorder
Eating disorder (accept anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa)
Vaccine administered to women between 27 and 36 weeks' gestation in all pregnancies
Tdap
Physician credited with first describing digital clubbing
Hippocrates (also known as Hippocratic fingers or nails; considered the oldest sign in clinical medicine)
Process by which a patient can express future wishes regarding treatment or designate a surrogate decision maker
Advance care planning