Time duration that differentiates sustained from non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
30 seconds
Syndrome of gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in the presence of aortic stenosis
Heyde syndrome
Viral pathogen commonly associated with outbreaks of diarrhea on cruise ships
Norovirus
Commonly used rule that differentiates transudates from exudates
Light's Criteria
Most common cause of acute cyanide toxicity in industrialized countries
Domestic fires (accept smoke inhalation)
Follow up testing for Ankle-Brachial Index > 1.4
Toe-brachial index
Maddrey Discriminant Function score threshold to initiate steroids in alcoholic hepatitis
32 or greater
Condition characterized by fever, hypotension, diffuse erythroderma, and multiple organ involvement
Toxic shock syndrome
Lung ultrasound finding that excludes pneumothorax
Lung sliding
Vitamin deficiency associated with long-term treatment with metformin
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Name of criteria for evaluating acute myocardial infarction in the setting of left bundle branch block
Sgarbossa criteria
Syndrome characterized by common hepatic duct obstruction caused by an extrinsic compression from an impacted stone in the cystic duct
Mirizzi syndrome
Aspergillus-specific serum immunoassay potentially useful in diagnosing invasive infection
Galactomannan assay
Best initial imaging test to evaluate magnitude of a pulmonary arteriovenous shunt
Bubble echocardiography
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)
Left ventricular ejection fraction threshold indicating need for mitral value surgery in an asymptomatic patient
Less than 60%
The three original laboratory values needed to calculate the MELD score
Serum creatinine, total bilirubin, and international normalized ratio (INR)
Infection known as 'break-bone fever'
Dengue
Name of fluoroscopic maneuver to confirm unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis
Sniff test
Eponymous phenomena occurring when excess iodine intake acutely inhibits thyroid hormone synthesis
Wolff-Chaikoff effect
Eponym for this T-wave inversion pattern in the precordial leads without ST segment elevation associated with acute LAD ischemia
Wellens syndrome
Hepatitis virus associated with circulating Dane particles
Hepatitis B (accept HBV)
Tropical protozoal disease associated with this finding
Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi) - Romana sign (swelling due to infection of the eyelid by T. cruzi)
Hyperthermia and myoclonus syndrome caused by the drug 'Ecstasy'
Serotonin syndrome
Post-kidney transplant monitoring parameter predictive of long-term graft function and mortality
Proteinuria