Class of diuretics acting at the distal tubule
Thiazide diuretics
Term for inflammation of the bony insertion site of tendons or ligaments
Enthesitis
Patient characteristic measured by the Karnofsky and Zubrod scales
Performance status
Three component tests included in the CDC-recommended initial blood test for HIV infection
HIV-1 antibody, HIV-2-antibody, p24 viral antigen (accept 'HIV 1 and 2 antibodies and p24 viral antigen', do not accept 'viral load')
Initial diagnostic test in patients who have an intermediate pretest probability of PE as recommended by ACP
Sensitive D-dimer (accept D-dimer)
Most common drug class associated with resistant hypertension
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Arthritis that arises following a genitourinary or gastrointestinal infection in which microorganisms cannot be recovered from the joint
Reactive arthritis
Physical tumor dimension incorporated in the staging of melanoma
Thickness (accept depth)
Term for strains of enteric Escherichia coli capable of producing Shiga toxin
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (accept enterhemorrhagic E. coli)
The best confirmatory test for hypertension as recommended by USPST
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (accept ABPM)
Method to estimate urinary ammonium excretion
Urine anion gap or urine osmolal gap (either)
Uric acid breakdown enzyme present in most mammals but absent in humans
Uric acid oxidase (accept uricase)
The two hallmark findings of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia
Most frequently fatal rickettsial disease in the US
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Name of the criteria recommended by ACP to be used prior to screening low pretest-probability patients for PE with D-dimer measurements
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria
(PERT score)
Serum sodium and urine specific gravity findings associated with beer potomania
Hyponatremia and low specific gravity
This type of destructive inflammatory arthritis of the upper limb girdle caused by basic calcium phosphate deposition
Milwaukee shoulder
This treatment shown to decrease incidence of symptomatic brain metastasis in limited-stage small-cell lung cancer
Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI)
Organism responsible for cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae (do not accept Bartonella alone)
Aspirin is no longer recommended by USPSTF for primary prophylaxis of this medical condition (NOT cardiovascular disease)
Colorectal cancer
Most common condition causing secondary IgA nephropathy
Chronic liver disease (accept alcoholic cirrhosis or cirrhosis)
Besides smoking cessation, this is the treatment of choice for painful ulcers seen in thromboangiitis obliterans.
Intermittent pneumatic compression
Most common drug associated with hemolytic anemia
Piperacillin
Parasitic infection that can cause Pulmonary HTN
Schistosomiasis
Treatment for all adult patients with chronic insomnia disorder as recommended by ACP
Cognitive behavioral therapy