History
Developer of the Mini Mental State Exam
Folstein
Dental finding associated with bulimia
Enamel erosions
Calculated as proportion of those with disease who have a finding divided by the proportion of those without disease who have same finding
Positive likelihood ratio (accept positive LR)
Most states require this consent prior to immunization of an adolescent
Parental consent
Most common diagnosis accounting for elbow swelling
Olecranon bursitis
First to describe breath sounds by auscultation
Laennec
Eponym for respiratory pattern associated with metabolic acidosis
Kussmaul respiration
Best end-point for measuring the effect of a cancer screening intervention
Cause specific mortality (accept overall mortality or mortality)
Unethical activity with a patient even if patient initiates or consents to the activity
Sexual contact
Disease most commonly associated with "capillary dropout" on nailfold capillary microscopy
Systemic sclerosis (accept scleroderma)
Translation of belladonna
Beautiful lady (accept beautiful woman)
Name of sign describing inability to maintain a fixed posture associated with cirrhosis
Asterixis
Term that describes pooling of data in a systematic review
Meta-analysis
Principle confirms the right of patients to make own health care decisions, even if unwise
Autonomy
A bacterial organism known to trigger reactive arthritis
Chlamydia , Yersinia, Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Clostridium difficile (any one)
Term used to describe fever disappearing gradually with resolution of disease
Lysis
Condition associated with Austin-Flint murmur
Aortic regurgitation
Name of USPSTF rating system for the quality of guideline evidence
GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation)
Federal Act of 1996 contains rules about privacy of medical records
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Diagnosis for a painful and stiff glenohumeral joint that has lost distensibility of the capsule and range of motion
Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
The "jennerian take" refers to this once common vaccination
Smallpox
Device used to measure degree of exophthalmos
Exophthalmometer
(1-sensitivity) / specificity defines this entity
Negative likelihood ratio
An advance directive appointing a surrogate who will make decisions if the patient is unable to do so
Durable power of attorney (for health care)
Most common form of lung inflammation associated with Sjögren's syndrome
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia