These four viruses can cause infectious myocarditis.
What are coxsackie, adenovirus, HIV, Hepatitis C?
A 58-year-old man collapses in the hospital. Monitor shows polymorphic VT consistent with torsades de pointes. He has a pulse. The best initial treatment is...
What is IV magnesium sulfate?
Name this.
What is a glomerulus?
A 42-year-old woman presents with RUQ pain, fever, and jaundice. The triad is most suggestive of this biliary condition.
What is acute cholangitis (Charcot's triad)?
This is considered the powerhouse of the cell.
What is mitochondria?
This is the time in pregnancy when Congenital Rubella Syndrome is most likely to have the most devastating effects. The effects are.....
What is the first trimester?
Cataracts, PDA, sensorineural deafness
A 63-year-old man with a history of hypertension presents with acute chest pain radiating to the back. BP 210/110 in the right arm, 160/90 in the left. Initial EKG is normal. The next best step is....
What is CT angiography of the chest/abdomen (aortic dissection)?
A 25-year-old male presents with hemoptysis and reduced urine output. Name the marker for this disorder.
What are Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies?
After eating questionable gas-station sushi, this symptom sends you sprinting to the bathroom faster than Usain Bolt.
What is diarrhea?
A unique bony-armored mammal is a common cause of this in the US.
What is Leprosy?
This organism causes intense nocturnal perianal pruritus.
What is Enteromobius vermicularis (pinworm)?
This is caused by an accessory pathway called the Bundle of Kent.
What is Wolff-Parkinson-White?
These are indications for emergent dialysis...
What are Acidosis, Electrolyte imbalance, Intoxication, Volume Overload, and Uremia?
These conditions give you LFTs over 1000.
What are fulminant hepatitis, Tylenol, shock liver, and alpha-amanitin toxin (in death cap mushrooms) ingestion?
This is the MOA of the leukemia drug, which targets BCR-ABL protein, infamous for causing bilateral peripheral edema.
What is Imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor?
A 31-year-old woman develops fever, malaise, and a maculopapular rash that begins on the trunk and spreads outward sparing palms and soles. Two weeks later, she develops symmetric arthritis of the hands, wrists, and knees.
What is parvovirus B19 infection?
A 19-year-old man collapses during basketball. Autopsy shows asymmetric septal hypertrophy and myocyte disarray. This medication should be avoided....
What is digoxin?
Increases contractility, worsens obstruction
A 40-year-old patient with recurrent kidney stones has hexagonal crystals on urinalysis. The sodium cyanide-nitroprusside test is positive.
What is cystinuria?
A 35-year-old woman with fatigue and pruritus has elevated alkaline phosphatase, normal bilirubin, and a liver biopsy showing inflammatory duct lesions with lymphocytic infiltrate.
What is primary biliary cholangitis?
This attending had a possum named Snowball/Rat face.
Who is Dr. Dabit?
A 55-year-old patient with leukemia develops fever and pneumonia while neutropenic. CT shows nodular lesions with a halo sign. Serum galactomannan is positive. The next best therapy is...
What is voriconazole (for invasive Aspergillus)?
The first human-to-human heart transplant was performed in 1967 in this country.
What is South Africa (by Dr. Christiaan Barnard)?
This is the most common mutation found in cystic fibrosis.
What is the deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 in the CFTR gene?
This landmark case established a clinician's "duty to warn" when a patient makes a credible threat to harm a third party.
What is the Tarasoff decision?
Both Harry Potter and his creator, J.K. Rowling, celebrate their birthday on this date.
What is July 31st?