Endo
Most sensitive indicator of thyroid function in ambulatory patients with intact pituitary function
Serum TSH level
Preferred route of nutrition for patients with severe acute pancreatitis
Enteral
Recommended kidney imaging modality in patients with CKD
US
Interpretation of a reactive HIV 1/2 antigen / Ab combination immunoassay followed by a negative result on confirmatory testing
false positive test result
2 recommended tests for men and non menstruating women with iron deficiency anemia
EGD
Colonoscopy
Syndrome defined by medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma and primary hyperparathyroidism
MEN 2A
Common dietary cause of chronic diarrhea
Excess ingestion of artificial sweeteners
Urinalysis finding that distinguishes hemoglobinuria from hematuria
Absence of erythrocytes
Tuberculin skin test reading considered positive in a patient with recent active tuberculosis contact
>=5mm
Diagnostic test of choice for suspected chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Ventilation- perfusion lung scan
Drug used in preventing an hypertensive crisis during resection of pheochromocytoma.
Phenoxybenzamine
Phentolamine
Three common medications associated with pill-induced esophagitis
Alendronate
Tetracycline
Doxycycline
Potassium chloride
Ferrous sulfate
Ambulatory blood pressure threshold for initiating pharmacologic therapy
BP average >= 125/75 mm Hg
Adjuvant therapy for tuberculous meningitis
Glucocorticoids
Indications for thrombophilia testing in a patient with a first provoked DVT
none
Diagnosis of gradual onset of diabetes in older patients with autoimmune markers
Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood
Treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis
Topical corticosteroids
Recommended treatment for elderly patients with ESRD & a high burden of comorbid conditions & poor functional status
Palliative care ( non dialysis therapy)
Paradoxical worsening of symptoms in patients who recently began appropriate antiretroviral therapy
IRIS ( Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome )
Viral infection resulting in acquired pure red cell aplasia
Parvovirus B 19
Electrolyte abnormality that impair PTH secretion
Hypomagnesemia
Therapy for early stage primary biliary cirrhosis that reduces the need for liver transplantation
Ursodeoxycholic acid
Diagnosis associated with hyperkalemia , a normal anion gap metabolic acidosis and a urine pH < 5.5
type 4 RTA
Post exposure prevention of varicella infection in an immunocompromised person
Varicella zoster immunoglobulin
2 diseases with a prolonged APTT ( activated partial thromboplastin time ) that fully corrects with a mixing study
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B