Infectious Disease
Which antibiotic class is associated with tendon rupture?
What are fluoroquinolones?
What is the preferred ventilator strategy for ARDS?
What is low tidal ventilation (6mL/predicted body weight)
What medications has demonstrated mortality benefit in both HFpEF and HFrEF
What is SGLT2s, MRAs (MRAs have decreased CV mortality)
What screening test has the highest sensitivity for acromegaly?
What is the IGF-1 level?
A patient presents with asthma, eosinophilia, neuropathy, and pulmonary infiltrates. What is the diagnosis?
What is eosinophilic GPA
What can cause cyclic fevers in a traveler returning from sub-Saharan Africa?
malaria due to plasmodium species
The hemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension includes mean PAP greater than?
20
What is the MOA of a patient with severe AS developing syncope?
What is fixed cardiac output with exertional vasodilation
What is the most common cause of recurrent fasting hypoglycemia in a patient without diabetes?
What is exogenous insulin use or sulfonylurea use
What crystals are seen in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (pseudogout)?
What are calcium pyrophosphate crystals?
What antibiotic is associated with thrombocytopenia and seratonin syndrome?
Linezolid
Which anti arrhythmic has the lowest risk of torsades de point?
What is amiodarone
A patient has elevated calcium, elevated PTH, and low urinary calcium excretion. The diagnosis is:
familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
A patient with recurrent gout, ferritin elevation, diabetes, and chondrocalcinosis should be evaluated for:
What is hereditary hemochromatosis?
What are the 2 major Duke's Criteria?
positive blood culture, evidence of endocardial involvement (by TTE)
What is the strongest risk factor for developing ARDS?
What is sepsis
What is the strongest predictor of mortality after STEMI?
What is LVEF
A patient with MEN1 is most likely to develop tumors in these 3 organs
What are the parathyroids, pancreas, and pituitary glands
What antibody is associated with diffuse systemic sclerosis and ILD?
What is anti-topoisomerase (Scl-70)
What is infection is associated with freshwater exposure in Africa?
What is schistosomiasis
A patient on VC ventilation has a peak pressure of 45 cm H2O and plateau pressure of 20 cm H2O. The most likely physiologic abnormality is
What is increased airway resistance like bronchospasm, mucus plugging, kinked ETT
What EF should someone with severe chronic aortic regurgitation should someone undergo surgery?
What is EF <55%
What is a genetic mutation commonly seen in papillary thyroid cancer?
What is BRAF?
What is Adult onset Stills Disease?