Cardiology
Most important risk factor for the development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Hypertension
Recommended testing for patients with suspected masked hypertension
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
This bursitis is associated with knee swelling and pain over the front of the knee
Prepatellar bursitis
Common pituitary side effect of antipsychotic drugs
Hyperprolactinemia (accept galactorrhea)
The most common bacterium infecting adult joints
S. aureus (accept MRSA)
Likely cause of painful groin mass hours following femoral arterial puncture
Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm (accept pseudoaneurysm)
Kidney stone name most commonly associated with neurogenic bladder
Struvite (accept magnesium, ammonium, phosphate)
Formula for estimating the age-adjusted upper limit of normal for ESR in women
(Age in years + 10)/2
Percentage range of LDL cholesterol reduction associated with medium-intensity statin therapy
30% to 50%
Antibiotic treatment duration for Lyme arthritis without neurologic involvement
28 days
Most common valvular disorder associated with tetralogy of Fallot repair
Pulmonary valve regurgitation
Gastrointestinal disorder that can cause D-lactic acidosis
Short-bowel syndrome (accept jejunoileal bypass or small bowel resection)
Procedure involving an ophthalmoscope to distinguish primary from secondary Raynaud's disease
Nailfold capillary microscopy (accept bedside capillary magnification)
The time period in years following menopause in which the benefits of hormone replacement therapy are likely to exceed risks
10 years
Initial skin decontamination procedure for exposure to HIV containing fluid
Wash with soap and water
Diagnosis for regular bradycardia and variable intensity of S1
Complete heart block ( accept 3rd degree heart block)
Serum bicarbonate threshold for which oral alkali therapy is indicated in CKD [ image ]
Less than 23 mEq/L (accept 23 mEq/L)
Syndrome of fever, polyserositis, and arthritis that improves with colchicine [ image ]
Familial Mediterranean fever
In addition to bone density measurement, the two most important patient-related risk factors for osteoporosis fracture
Age and previous fracture
Name of toxin responsible for S. aureus toxic shock syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (accept: Toxic shock syndrome toxin, TSST, or TSST-1)
Most common noncancer cause of superior vena cava syndrome
Fibrosing mediastinitis or (vena cava) thrombosis (either)
Fractional excretion measurement to diagnose prerenal AKI in a patient taking diuretics
Fractional excretion of urea
The Yamaguchi criteria are used to diagnose this disease
Adult Still's disease (accept Still's disease)
Two additional treatments for high-risk thyroid cancer following resection
Radioactive iodine and levothyroxine suppression therapy (accept thyroid suppression therapy)
The two antiretroviral drugs indicated for HIV preexposure prophylaxis
Tenofovir-emtricitabine (do not accept Truvada)