Pulmonology & Critical Care
Low-risk patients with lung nodules smaller than this size require no further follow-up
6mm
These are the four "CRAB" criteria in multiple myeloma
C: Calcium elevation
R: Renal dysfunction
A: Anemia
B: Bone lesions (lytic)
This is the definitive treatment for typical atrial flutter
Catheter ablation
Patients with mutations in the APC gene should undergo this intervention
Total colectomy
This English doctor is considered the father of epidemiology and is known for identifying the Broad Street water pump as a source of a cholera outbreak in 1848
John Snow
This test can be used to assist in diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
BAL or serum Galactomannan
This type of kidney stone is associated with ethylene glycol toxicity
Calcium oxalate
Patients with high bleeding risk should maintain dual anti-platelet therapy for this duration after elective stent placement
3 months
This is the classic antibody associated with primary biliary cirrhosis
Anti-mitochondrial antibody
The number of bones in the foot
26
This diagnostic imaging is an initial test to rule out WHO Group IV pulmonary hypertension
Ventilation/perfusion scan
This antibody is associated with membranous nephropathy
Anti-PLA2R antibodies
Diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy requires non-voltage criteria as well as R-waves in aVL to be this size
>11mm
In patients with IgA deficiency, this test is required to diagnose Celiac Disease
Anti-deamidated gliadin peptide IgG
or
Tissue Transglutaminase IgG
Louis Pasteur, the namesake of milk pasteurization, is also credited with development of the first vaccines for these three diseases
Anthrax
Rabies
Cholera
Name and list the criteria used to diagnose ARDS
Berlin Criteria
Respiratory failure that is:
1) Within 1 week of initial insult or new/worsening symptom onset
2) Bilateral opacities on CXR/CT not explained by effusions, nodules, or atelectasis/lobar/lung collapse
3) Respiratory failure not fully explained by cardiac failure/fluid overload
This medication was approved in 2018 for slowing the the decline of renal function in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Tolvaptan
One of the two imaging modalities indicated in patients with mitral regurgitation in whom the symptom severity and transthoracic echo severity are discordant
TEE or cardiac MRI
This is the treatment of choice for serous cystadenomas
Reassurance
This 1994 New York Times best-seller written by Richard Preston recounts origins and true incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers, such as the Ebola virus and Marburg virus
The Hot Zone
A form of congenital central sleep apnea, named after a Greek mythologic figure who placed a curse on her unfaithful lover
Ondine's Curse
This rare genetic disease mimics the use of loop diuretics
Bartter's Syndrome
This rare syndrome is characterized by allergen-induced anginal pains, occasionally even leading to ischemia
Kounis Syndrome
Before initiating treatment for dermatitis herpetiformis, this should be evaluated
G6PD activity
This class of medications was originally synthesized from the venom of the Brazilian Viper
ACE inhibitors