Statistically Impossible
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Blood and other things
Hospitalist Lane
You are what you eat
100
Proportion of negative results that are true negative results
Negative predictive value (NPV)
100
Systemic disease most commonly associated with arteriovenous nicking
Hypertension
100
Linear cytoplasmic inclusions in blasts suggestive of acute myelogenous leukemia
Auer rods
100
Blood pressure above which thrombolytics are contraindicated in acute ischemic stroke
185/110
100
Most commonly used serum marker for hepatocellular carcinoma
AFP
200
A test's ability to designate a person without a disease as negative
Specificity
200
Yellow protein and lipid deposits in macular degeneration
Drusen
200
Vitamin derivative used in treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)
200
Iterative four-step approach to change that is often used in quality improvement initiatives
Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle
200
Initial medical therapy for primary biliary cholangitis
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA, ursodiol)
300
Positive likelihood ratio of 5 increases the probability of disease by approximately this amount
30 percent
300
Ocular finding of redness without exudate that can occur with leptospirosis
Conjunctival suffusion (subconjunctival hemorrhage, circumcorneal conjunctival congestion, and chemosis)
300
Enzyme whose low plasma levels support the diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
ADAMTS13
300
Direct oral anticoagulant with the lowest risk of gastrointestinal bleeding
Apixaban
300
Diabetes medication class shown to improve nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) irrespective of weight loss
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists
400
Eponymous ratio of the likelihood of one particular hypothesis to the likelihood of another
Bayes factor (Bayesian model comparison)
400
Eye drop that causes blood vessel blanching in episcleritis used to differentiate it from scleritis
Phenylephrine
400
Condition characterized by an elevated myeloblast count and symptoms of decreased tissue perfusion
Leukostasis syndrome (symptomatic hyperleukocytosis)
400
Drug of choice for the first episode of nonfulminant Clostridioides difficile colitis based on 2021 IDSA guidelines
Fidaxomicin
400
The most common cause of lymphocytic gastritis
Celiac disease
500
Nonparametric statistic used to estimate the survival function from lifetime data
Kaplan-Meier estimator (Kaplan-Meier, Kaplan-Meier curve, or product limit estimator)
500
Vitamin deficiency associated with Bitot's spots
Vitamin A
500
Complement-mediated red blood cell destruction diagnosed by absence of CD55 and CD59 on flow cytometry
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
500
Preferred anticoagulant in patients with severe renal impairment and HIT
Argatroban
500
Eponymous stratification tool that identifies upper GI bleeding patients who are “low risk” and candidates for outpatient management
Glasgow-Blatchford score