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MUDPILES
What is differential of elevated anion-gap metabolic acidosis?
100
Cardiac Output(CO)= Heart Rate(HR) x ____
What is Stroke Volume(SV)?
100
Berger's Disease
What is IgA nephropathy?
100
auto-antibody present in 90-95% of patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.
What is antimitochondrial antibody?
100
One term president who's famous father signed the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798
Who is John Quincy Adams?
200
Lead poisoning, iron deficiency, sideroblastic anemia, Beta-thalassemia trait
What is differential diagnosis of hypochromic, microcytic anemia?
200
CO= VO2/Ca-Cv used to calculate cardiac output VO2= Oxygen consumption Ca= oxygen concentration in arterial blood Cv= mixed venous O2 concentration
What is the Fick Equation?
200
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of vertebrae
What is Pott's Disease?
200
vasopressor for use in shock with purely alpha 1 agonist activity
What is phenylephrine?
200
Official Code name for the Allied Invasion of Europe during WWII
What is Operation Overlord?
300
non-small cell lung cancer, Grave's disease, chronic hypoxia, Inflammatory bowel disease, cirrhosis, ILD
What is differential diagnosis of digital clubbing?
300
pCo2 = 1.5(HCO3) + 8 +/- 2
What is Winter Formula?
300
Hexosaminidase A deficiency leading to fatal accumulation of sphingolipids.
What is Tay-Sachs disease?
300
Most common subset of ischemic stroke, accounting for about 30%.
What is cryptogenic stroke?
300
July 4th was the date of death of these 3 U.S. Presidents
Who are John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe?
400
pregnancy, polycythemia, chronic liver disease, thyrotoxicosis, RA, diabetes mellitus
What is differential diagnosis for palmar erythema?
400
pH = pK + log HCO3/0.03(PaCO2)
What is Henderson-Hasselbach Equation?
400
Afferent pupillary defect often seen in Giant Cell Arteritis and some cases of Multiple Sclerosis
What is a Marcus-Gunn pupil?
400
Leading cause of primary nephrotic syndrome and most common primary glomerular disease leading to ESKD in the US
What is Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis?
400
Name of Michelangelo's famous sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus.
What is the Pieta?
500
myeloma, methanol ingestion, ethylene glycol ingestion, ethanol intoxication, mannitol infusion
What is differential diagnosis of an elevated osmolar gap?
500
(FIO2 * (pAtm - pH2O)) - (pCO2 / RespQuot) + (pCO2 * FIO2 * (1 - RespQuot) / RespQuot) - paO2
What is A-a gradient?
500
Hereditary syndrome consisting of parathyroid, pituitary, and pancreatic islet cells tumors.
What is Wermer's Syndrome(or MEN type 1)?
500
Rare manifestation of sarcoidosis presenting as fever, parotid enlargement, and uveitis.
What are Lofgren's syndrome and Heerfordt-Waldenström syndrome?
500
Name given to a 4-dimensional cube.
What is a tesseract?
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