Beat by beat
Term for variation in beat-to-beat pulse amplitude due to changing systolic pressure
Pulsus alternans
Term for objects or materials which are able to transmit infection if contaminated
Fomite (accept fomes)
Class of diuretics associated with hypercalcemia
Thiazides
Term for type of immunity dependent on the entry of a foreign agent or antigen to stimulate immune mechanism formation
Adaptive immunity
Viral pathogen commonly associated with outbreaks of diarrhea on cruise ships
Norovirus
Most common conduction disturbance with inferior myocardial infarction
Sinus Bradycardia
Primary treatment for post-kidney transplant BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy
Decrease immunosuppression
Urinary substance resulting in formation of Maltese-cross sign on polarized microscopy
Lipids (accept fat; cholesterol esters)
Type of hypersensitivity reaction medicated by immune complexes
Type 3
Most effective and safest non-medical method of preventing high altitude illness
Gradual ascent (accept staged ascent)
Eponym for syndrome of chest pain, diffuse ST-segment elevation, PR depression and pericardial friction rub 2 weeks after MI
Dressler syndrome
Systemic reaction to endotoxin-like products released by the death of harmful microorganisms following initiation of antibiotic treatment
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
Two types of kidney stones whose formation depends on acidic urine
Uric acid and cystine
Most common site of symptoms associated with pollen-associated food allergy syndrome
Oro-pharynx
Infection known as 'break-bone fever'
Dengue
Heart failure therapy involving biventricular pacing to improve cardiac output
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D)
Bacterial species associated with bacillary angiomatosis
Bartonella
Complement component severely reduced in acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
C3
Gas used to diagnose asthma by measuring fractional excretion
Nitric Oxide
Genus of mosquito most commonly associated with transmitting dengue, yellow fever, Chikungunya and Zika viruses
Aedes
Two valves whose regurgitation can cause a pulsatile liver
Tricuspid and Aortic
Antibiotic treament of choice for infection with the waterborne intestinal protozoan Cyclospora cayetanensis
Trimethoprim-sulfomethoxazole
Juxtaglomerular neoplasm associated with severe hypertension, potassium wasting, and hypokalemia
Reninoma
Hypersensitivity reaction caused by administration of nonhuman sera or foreign proteins
Type III hypersensitivity reaction (accept immune complex-dependent reaction or serum sickness)
Typical eye-finding in Acute Chagas disease
Romana sign: localized swelling and redness of the eyelid