Pulmonology
Cardiology
Nephrology
Infectious Disease
Hematology
100

Mechanism of hypoxemia with normal A-a gradient in the presence of normal FiO2

Hypoventilation 

100

Acute MI mimicker that occurs predominantly in older women who may have normal coronary arteries but an abnormal echocardiogram

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (accept Takotsubo syndrome, TTS, stress cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome)

100

High-risk genotype associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and other kidney diseases

Apolipoprotein L1 gene (accept APOL1, apolipoprotein 1)

100

Color which gram-positive organisms stain when viewed with light microscopy

Purple

100

Inborn error of metabolism that precludes use of rasburicase

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (accept G6PD deficiency)

200

WHO group for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Group 4

200

Antiplatelet prodrug that requires two enzymatic conversions in the liver before being active

Clopidogrel (accept Plavix)

200

Antihypertensive class contraindicated in pregnancy as they interfere with renal morphogenesis if taken in the second trimester

ACE inhibitor, (accept angiotensin II receptor blocker, ARB, AT1 antagonist, renin inhibitor, direct renin inhibitor)

200

Genus and species for the causative spirochete of syphilis

Treponema pallidum

200

Eponymous syndrome characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia

Evans syndrome

300

Occupational pneumoconiosis found in patients working in mining, denim sandblasting, and engineering stone industries

Silicosis

300

Restrictive cardiomyopathy that has a 'speckled pattern' in echocardiogram

Cardiac amyloidosis (accept amyloidosis)

300

Aquaretic medication used to slow the increase in kidney size and the decrease in function in adult polycystic kidney disease

Tolvaptan (accept Samsca, Jynarque)

300
​​​​Common antibiotic that can be used for malarial prophylaxis anywhere in the world

Doxycycline

300

Hematologic condition for which crizanlizumab is approved to treat

Sickle cell disease

400

Most sensitive test for detecting chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

 Ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scan

400

First SGLT2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in adults with and without type 2 diabetes

Dapagliflozin (accept Farxiga)

400

Composition of kidney stone most commonly seen after ileostomy

Calcium oxalate

400

Parasitic infection causing vitamin B12 deficiency

Tapeworm

400

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule used in the staging of multiple myeloma

Beta-2 microglobulin (accept B2M)

500

Interstitial lung disease associated with working in the yarn and fabric industries

Byssinosis

500

Pictured arrhythmogenic syndrome 


Long QT syndrome (accept long QT, LQTS)

500

Most common antibody associated with idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis

Anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibody (accept anti-PLA2R)

500

Candida species intrinsically resistant to fluconazole

C. krusei

500

Scoring system used to predict ADAMTS13 deficiency in suspected thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

PLASMIC score

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