The threshold to give steroids for ITP
What is <30,000?
Most frequent metastatic organ site of melanoma.
What are the Lungs?
The goal of hemoglobin S % after exchange transfusion
What is <30%?
The definition of neutropenia
What is ANC <1500?
Goldfish!
What is the snack that smiles back?
Medication that is the most common cause of drug induced immune mediated thrombocytopenia.
What is heparin?
The treatment of choice for this associated leukemia (the only one they'll associate these with on boards):
What is ATRA?
The type of breast cancer characterized by this clinical finding
What is Inflammatory breast cancer?
The expected timing of ANC nadir after chemo.
When is 7-14 days?
The Capital of Wyoming
What is a Cheyenne?
Toxin produced by E-Coli that causes MAHA
According to the MCG antibiogram, this is the preferred antibiotic for patients presenting with neutropenic fever.
What is cefepime?
The term for the time from when a cancer treatment is started until that treatment is no longer controlling the tumor.
What is progression-free survival?
Chemotherapy agents that causes irreversible cardiotoxicity
What are anthracyclines (e.g. doxorubicin)?
(will accept 2 or more specific drugs as well)
This day in history Feb 26th 1857, this holiday was celebrated for the first time in the Big Easy
What is Mardi Gras?
Treatment for ITP that is used only in Rh(+) patients
What is Anti-Rho(D)?
The cancer complication of Sjögren syndrome
What is Lymphoma?
(accept non-Hodgkin lymphoma, MALT)
Eponym for hereditary disorder of renal carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors
What is von Hippel-Lindau disease?
The mechanism of action of Pembrolizumab (Keytruda).
What is a monoclonal antibody that binds to PD-1?
The names of Dr. Schwade's cats.
(This is the second time this question has been featured in Medicine Jeopardy. Will you break Mark's heart again?)
Who are Daisy and Rosie?
Characteristic peripheral smear finding in addition to thrombocytopenia in Bernard-Soulier syndrome and May-Hegglin anomaly
What are Giant platelets?
(accept macrothrombocytes or abnormally large platelets)
This rash:
What is cutaneous t-cell lymphoma?
Vitamin deficiency syndrome associated with carcinoid syndrome
What is Pellagra?
(accept niacin, vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid deficiency)
The components of RCHOP
What are:
Rituxumab
Cyclophosphamide
Hydroxidanorubicin (or doxirubicin)
Vincristine
Prednisone
The chorus of this sea shanty:
There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy O' Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh)
What is:
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go