USPSTF
Tool we use to screen for depression
PHQ-2/9
Beta blockers that reduce mortality in systolic heart failure (3)
Metoprolol, carvedilol, and bisprolol
Charcot's triad
Use me as an atrial fibrillation rate controller
Diltiazem
Intrapartum GBS
Penicillin G
Ages that we screen men who have ever smoked 100 cigarettes or more for AAA
65-75
Lenient heart rate goal for atrial fibrillation with RVR
110
Beck's triad
Muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins, and hypotension
Use me to diagnose Cushing syndrome... why is my perineum tingling?
Dexamethasone
Outpatient community-acquired pneumonia in a 65 year old
Augmentin and azithromycin
Criteria for stopping cervical cancer screening at age 65 (2)
Three normal paps OR two paps with co-test. Last test within 5 years.
First line treatment for hemodynamically stable supra-ventricular tachycardia
Virchow's triad
Stasis, hyper-coagulability, and vessel injury
Use me to fight Lyme
Doxycycline
Acute cholecystitis
Ceftriaxone and metronidazole
Risk factors that warrant hepatitis B screening (4/5)
Birthplace (or US born unvaccinated with parent from endemic region), HIV+, IVDU, household/sexual contact with person with HBV, MSM
Drug classes that are the four pillars of systolic heart failure treatment (GDMT)
Angiotensin pathway inhibitors (ARNI>ACE>ARB), beta blockers, mineralocorticoid antagonist, and SGLT2 inhibitors.
Female athlete triad
Disordered eating, amenorrhea, and decreased bone density
I'm an antitumor antibiotic that can mess up your heart
Doxorubicin
Bacterial meningitis in a 60 year old
Ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and ampicillin.
Criteria for stopping annual low dose CT scans for lung cancer screening (2)
Has reached cessation for 15 years or develops another condition that is life-limiting that would make poor surgical candidate
Useful addition to patients maxed out on statin therapy with refractory hyperlipidemia
Ezetimibe or PCSK9 inhibitors
Unhappy triad
ACL tear, MCL tear, and meniscus tear
Use me as a blood thinner
Dabigatran
Neutropenic fever
Zosyn or ceftazidime (vancomycin if line-associated or skin source)