The Heart
These medication classes comprise the 4 pillars of GDMT
What is BB, ACE/ARNI, SGLT-2i, and MRAs
This electrolyte abnormality is a common cause of U waves on EKG
What is hypokalemia?
This metabolic derangement often leads to decreased effectiveness of vasopressor medications
What is acidosis?
This disease often presents with facial rash and joint pain
what is lupus?
This life threatening disease typically presents after treatment initiation for liquid tumors and is characterized by significant electrolyte derangements and renal injury
What is TLS?
This modality of afib treatment was shown to have lower risk of poor cardiovascular outcomes in the EAST AFNET4 trial
What is rhythm control?
This commonly used antibiotic can cause an increase in serum creatinine without a true decline in GFR
What is bactrim?
This life threatening lung pathology is associated with absent unilateral breath sounds and causes shock through decreased venous return 2/2 high intrathoracic pressures
What is tension PTX?
This disease is characterized by hypertension, episodic headaches, pallor, and palpitations
What is a pheochromocytoma?
This life threatening pathology can be seen in liquid cancers such as AML and is characterized by symptoms such as headache, dizziness, blurry vision, and shortness of breath
100 bonus if treatment is named
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What is PLEX?
This anti platelet medication is commonly used after PCI and may cause severe dyspnea in patients with underlying COPD
What is Brilinta (ticagrelor)? (14-21% of patients)
This equation is used to calculate the expected PaCO₂ in metabolic acidosis to determine if appropriate respiratory compensation is present.
200 bonus if entire formula is correct
What is winters formula
PCO2 = (1.5 x HCO3) + 8 +/- 2
This pulmonary pathology presents with dry crackles and can be associated with other systemic disease such as polymyositis
what is ILD?
This disease is characterized by rhinonasal lesions, renal injury, and pulmonary involvement (cough/hemoptysis)
what is GPA?
(accept wegener's but with a sad face and some education)
This organ is the most common metastatic site in patients with colon cancer
What is the liver?
This post MI complication can be seen in patients with severely depressed ejection fraction and is typically managed with warfarin therapy
What is LV thrombus?
This transfusion reaction presents with acute respiratory distress, bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema within 6 hours of transfusion.
what is TRALI?
This is the formula that is calculated as RR/TV and helps predict success of weaning mechanical ventilation
What is RSBI (rapid shallow breathing index)?
This rare cause of pulmonary-renal syndrome is characterized by anti-GBM antibodies targeting type IV collagen.
what is goodpasture syndrome?
This life threatening intrabdominal pathology is typically seen in patients undergoing chemotherapy and presents with fever, RLQ pain, and bloody diarrhea
What is neutropenic enterocolitis (typhilitis)?
These are the 3 values that are required to diagnose severe AS
What is valve area < 1cm2, peak aortic valve jet velocity > 4 m/s, and transvalvular gradient > 40 mmHg
This blood product is typically given in TTP alongside PLEX to replace ADAMTS13
what is FFP?
Intubation in this disease should be avoided unless absolutely necessary despite it often presenting with profound tachypnea and acidosis
What is DKA? (also accept salicylate toxicity!!)
This disease presents with severe hyperglycemia, weight loss, and necrolytic migratory erythema
what is a glucagonoma?
This mutation can be seen within melanoma patients and tends to predict a better response to therapy
What is BRAF (V600E or V600K)?