G.I.
Initial diagnostic test of choice for suspected Budd-Chiari syndrome
What is doppler ultrasonography?
Term for variation in beat-to-beat pulse amplitude due to changing systolic pressure
What is pulsus alternans?
Type of dermatomyositis with cutaneous involvement but no muscle inflammation
What is amyopathic dermatomyositis?
(AKA dermatomyositis sine myositis)
Hormone precursor used as a biomarker for bacterial infection
What is procalcitonin?
Chemical warfare agent that led to the use of alkylating agents for treatment of leukemia
Mustard gas (accept nitrogen mustard)
Most common presenting sign of ampulla of Vater cancer
What is jaundice?
Anti-anginal medication associated with reduced intracellular calcium levels and QT-prolongation
What is ranolazine?
First-line drug class to preserve renal function in scleroderma renal crisis
What are ACE inhibitors?
Most common viral cause of recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis
First human organ to be successfully transplanted between identical twins
Kidney (1954)
Inflammatory bowel condition associated with celiac disease
What is microscopic colitis?
Mechanism responsible for pacemaker syndrome
What is atrioventricular dyssynchrony?
Five most common anatomical locations for primary localized osteoarthritis
What are: hands, feet, knee, hip, and spine?
Eponym for area of parenchymal lung consolidation with involvement of adjacent lymph nodes in primary tuberculosis infection
What is a Ghon complex?
Most common autoimmune disorder associated with inherited complement deficiency
SLE
Valvular disorder associated with gastrointestinal angiodysplasia
Selective aldosterone receptor antagonist that limits ventricular remodeling after MI
What is eplerenone?
Vasculitis associated with microaneurysms within the renal vasculature
What is polyarteritis nodosa?
Recommended initial antimicrobial therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV infection
What is amphotericin B plus flucytosine?
Diagnosis suggested when lateral inward digital pressure over a skin lesion produces central dimpling
Dermatofibroma
Syndrome of abdominal pain, bloating, and difficulty belching following fundoplication
What is gas-bloat syndrome?
Congenital cardiac condition that may cause platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
What is patent foramen ovale?
Chronic immunosuppressant treatment for dry eyes associated with Sjogren syndrome
What is topical cyclosporine?
Bacterial species associated with bacillary angiomatosis
What is Bartonella?
Systemic infection associated with markedly increased risk for sulfonamide drug reactions
HIV