Cardiology
Dscribed as acute coronary plaque rupture, platelet adhesion, aggregation, acute thrombosis
What is a STEMI?
Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody
What is the preferred screening test for celiac disease?
This infectious disease classically progresses through catarrhal, paroxysmal, and convalescent stages.
what is pertussis?
what is normal pressure hydrocephalus?
A patient presents with bilateral itchy, red eyes, watery discharge, and seasonal sneezing, especially in the spring or summer.
what is allergic conjunctivitis?
After an acute coronary syndrome treated with PCI, this duration of dual antiplatelet therapy is recommended in most patients
What is 12 months?
glucocorticoids in setting of IBD
what is the drug of choice for remission of IBD
In this patient population, asymptomatic bacteriuria should be screened for and treated to prevent complications.
who are pregnant people?
This subtype of dementia often presents before age 65 with personality changes, disinhibition, or apathy rather than memory loss.
what is frontotemporal dementia?
This is the age at which all immunocompetent adults are routinely recommended to receive pneumococcal vaccination.
what is 65 yrs old?
This NSTEMI clinical feature overrides risk scores and mandates immediate invasive management regardless of initial troponin level.
What is recurrent or ongoing chest pain (ischemia) or hemodynamic instability?
In a patient with ascites, hepatomegaly, and underlying hypercoagulable risk, Doppler ultrasound showing absent hepatic vein flow confirms this diagnosis.
what is budd-chiari syndrome?
This additional antibiotic should be added to vancomycin and ceftriaxone in adults over age 50 or those who are immunocompromised.
what is ampicillin?
A young adult presents with unilateral, painful vision loss, especially with eye movement, and decreased color vision. This is the most likely diagnosis.
What is optic neuritis?
Screening does not begin before this age in average-risk women, regardless of sexual activity, because the risk of cervical cancer is extremely low.
what is 21 yrs old?
Aortic valve intervention is indicated when patients are symptomatic or meet any of these echocardiographic criteria.
What are mean gradient ≥40 mmHg, peak velocity ≥4 m/s, or aortic valve area ≤1.0 cm²?
Treatment for Crohn disease resistant to glucocorticoids or immunomodulators
what is TNF alpha inhibitor?
This antibiotic is first-line for moderate to severe traveler’s diarrhea in regions with high fluoroquinolone resistance.
What is azithromycin?
Patients with this syndrome often experience worsening of symptoms at night and relief with movement; evaluation should include checking this lab value.
what is ferritin?
An elderly patient on tricyclic antidepressants, first-generation antihistamines, and bladder antimuscarinics develops delirium, constipation, and urinary retention. This pharmacologic property explains these side effects and is particularly dangerous in older adults.
what is an anticholinergic medication?
Patient with hypotension, back pain, and drop in hemoglobin level after femoral artery access for cardiac catheterization
what is a retroperitoneal hemorrhage?
Preferred induction treatment for ulcerative colitis unresponsive to 5-ASA
what is infliximab?
This laboratory finding in the cerebrospinal fluid confirms the diagnosis of neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection.
What is West Nile virus–specific IgM in the CSF?
Sudden onset vertigo, nausea, and ataxia, plus ipsilateral cranial nerve deficits and contralateral hemiparesis, should raise suspicion for this vascular territory infarct.
what is a brainstem stroke?
When you want to determine the incidence of a disease after exposure and can follow participants forward in time, this study design is preferred over case-control studies.