Heart of Gold
Two beta blockers approved for heart failure
What is metoprolol succinate and carvedilol?
Drug class of sevelamer and lanthanum.
What are phosphate binders?
The sign when an electrical shock down the spine when bending forward in MS.
Lhermitte sign
This gene is important in the production of active wafarin
What is VKORC1?
What is the formula for number needed to treat (NNT)?
What is 1 / ARR?
Drug that starts with "D" that is a class III anti-arrhythmic
What is Dofetilide?
The current version of MELD
What is MELD 3.0?
The name of the sign when there is an audible click when pressing two metatarsal heads together in Morton's neuroma.
What is Mulder's sign?
This gene, when mutated, is the most common cause of cystic fibrosis, leading to defective chloride channels and resulting in thick, sticky mucus in various organs
What is CFTR?
What is the formula for positive likelihood ratio?
What is +LR = Sensitivity / (1-Specificity)?
Factor Xa inhibitor shown to be non-inferior to warfarin in stroke prevention in AFib
What is Rivaroxaban?
Histological cause of renal artery stenosis in persons age <40
What is fibromuscular dysplasia?
The sign when there is a carpal spasm induced by inflating a blood pressure cuff above systolic pressure, indicative of hypocalcemia.
What is Trousseau's sign?
This tumor suppressor gene, responsible for Li-Fraumeni syndrome, plays a crucial role in preventing cancer by regulating the cell cycle and triggering apoptosis in response to DNA damage
What is TP53?
What is the formula for corrected calcium in hypoalbuminemia?
Corrected Ca = 0.8*(Normal albumin - Pt's albumin) + Serum Ca
Presence of these antibodies [2] in a pregnant mother increases the risk of congenital complete heart block
What is Anti-Ro and Anti-La?
The treatment of scleroderma renal crisis in pregnancy.
What is ACE-inhibitor (Captopril)?
The sign for BP greater in legs than arms in aortic regurgitation.
What is Hill sign?
This gene plays an important role in metabolizing s-warfarin to its inactive form
What is CYP2C9?
What is the formula for stool osmotic gap?
Stool Osmolality - 2*(Stool Na + Stool K)
>100 suggests osmotic (ex. celiac, lactase deficiency, chronic pancreatitis)
EKG shows RBBB in this genetic syndrome that predisposes to sudden cardiac death
What is Brugada syndrome?
Calciphylaxis
The sign when a patient is asked to tense the abdominal muscles by lifting the head and shoulders from a supine position while the examiner palpates the abdomen -> Increased pain during muscle tensing indicates that the pain originates from the abdominal wall rather than the internal organs.
What is Carnett's sign?
Screening test for hypersensitivity to abacavir
What is HLA B-5701?
This non-parametric test compares the distribution of two independent samples to determine if they come from the same population, often used when data does not meet parametric test assumptions.
What is Mann-Whitney U test?