Nephrology
Neurology
Pulmonary
Time to Give Thanks
Heme-Oink
100

This type of renal injury is known by the finding of "muddy brown casts"

Acute Tubular Necrosis

100

This cause of altered mental status is characterized by "waxing and waning"

Delirium

100

Also known as "Lofgren Syndrome" this triad of bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, acute arthritis and erythema nodosum is 95% specific for this diagnosis

Sarcoidosis

100

Under which President did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln

100

Name the general therapy for this hematologic malignancy best known for abundant Auer rods.

All-trans retinoic acid

200

This drug administered intravenously is considered the safer alternative for methanol toxicity.

Fomepizole

200

This type of dementia is characterized by severe personality changes (disinhibition, hypersexuality) and loss of executive function

Frontotemporal dementia

200

This strategy has helped reduce the amount of ventilator-induced lung injuries in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Low-tidal volume, high PEEP

200

Which president was the first to give a turkey a presidential pardon?

Ronald Reagan

200

Name this gene mutation found primarily in polycythemia vera

JAK 2

300

This cause of hyponatremia is defined by low urine osmolality and urine sodium.

Primary polydipsia / Beer potomania

300

The so-called "Thunderclap Headache" is indicative of this severe condition 

Subarachnoid hemorrhage 

300

Diagnosis of this disease is suspected in young women with dyspnea plus interstitial changes with normal or increased lung volumes on chest x-ray, spontaneous pneumothorax, or chylous effusion.

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

300

How long was the original Thanksgiving?

3 days

300

Name this common non-heart failure related cardiovascular complication of tyrosine kinase inhibitors 

Hypertension

400

Name this dreaded dermatologic consequence of gadolinium-based MRI contrast in people with low GFRs

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

400

This oral medication has good evidence in preventing migraine frequency

Topiramate

400

This finding on spirometry when combined with a low total lung capacity is indicative of interstitial lung disease

Low DLCO

400

How many pumpkin pies (in millions) are estimated to be eaten each Thanksgiving?

Fifty

400

The preferred empiric therapy for neutropenic fever covers for which microbe

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

500

Now known by Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis, this is the complement pattern usually observed 

Low C3, Normal C4

500

This medication has been the main-stay therapy for acute multiple sclerosis flares

High-dose Glucocorticoids (methylprednisolone, prednisone)

500

This asthma-variant is diagnosed by proximal bronciectasis, pleural thickening, transient infiltrates and high IgE titers

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

500

What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?

A snood

500

In steroid-refractory warm hemolytic anemia, this procedure is often required

Splenectomy

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