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Radiology
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Cardiology
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100
What causes secondary hyperparathyroidism?
What is chronic renal failure
100
Rad 1
What is Subdural hematoma
100
A “welcome to Medicare” physical is eligible to patients for this specific duration of time and at this age
What is within the first 6 months of coverage and age 65
100
This murmur is typically best appreciated over the right upper sternal border, crescendo-decrescendo, often radiating to the carotids
What is Aortic stenosis
100
This duration of time should elapse at minimum between administrations of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) and the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)
What is ≥1 Year
200
This medication is given to women in their first trimester with graves disease
What is propylthiouracil or PTU
200
Rad 2
What is pneumoperitoneum
200
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is a component of this larger governmental agency
What is Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
200
This bacterial pathogen is known to cause pharyngitis and if left untreated, carries the potential of developing rheumatic heart disease
What is Group A streptococcus
200
The most recent 2015 American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines for clinical breast examination
What is Clinical breast examination is not recommended
300
Above this age, many men begin routine DEXA screening for osteoporosis
What is routine screening for osteoporosis is not recommended in males regardless of age.
300
Rad 3
What is Sail sign / radial neck fracture
300
This year of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s term in office Medicare was enacted
What is 1965
300
This Factor Xa inhibitor now has a reversal agent on the market for patients at risk for imminent risk of death from bleeding
What is Dabigatran
300
This constellation of 5 clinical manifestations are classically found in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis
What is CREST syndrome (Calcinosis cutis, Raynaud phenomenon, Esophageal dysmotility, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasia
400
This drug class is known to cause ketoacidosis in type 2 diabetics
What is SGLT2 (Invokana, Farziga)
400
Rad 4
What is Cresent sign/Aspirgilloma/Fungus Ball
400
This cardiac test is required as part of the “welcome to Medicare” physical
What is EKG
400
Name two absolute contraindications for exercise treadmill stress testing
What is any of the following -Acute myocardial infarction (within two days) -Unstable angina -Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias causing symptoms or hemodynamic compromise -Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis -Uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure -Acute pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction -Acute myocarditis or pericarditis -Active endocarditis -Acute aortic dissection -Acute noncardiac disorder that may affect exercise performance or be aggravated by exercise (eg, infection, renal failure, thyrotoxicosis) -Inability to obtain consent
400
Either of these two criteria meet requirements for diagnosis of Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (must list 1)
What is either of the following -MRSA infection that occurs >48 hours following hospitalization (hospital-onset, HA-MRSA, formerly "nosocomial") -MRSA infection that occurs outside of the hospital within 12 months of exposure to healthcare (eg, history of surgery, hospitalization, dialysis, or residence in a long-term care facility; community-onset, HA-MRSA)
500
This type of thyroid tissue requires excision of the nodule for definitive diagnosis of adenoma versus carcinoma
What is follicular
500
This unit, named after the 1979 Nobel Prize winner, is a quantity commonly used in computed tomography (CT) scanning used in the identification of tissues by their radiodensity.
What is Hounsfield unit
500
These 3 vaccines are covered by Medicare as preventative services
What is Pneumococcal, influenza and hepatitis B vaccines
500
This heart block occurs below the level of the AV node – either within the bundle of His or bundle branches.
What is Mobitz type II second degree AV
500
What is the mechanism of action of caffeine?
What is -Increases levels of 3'5' cyclic AMP by inhibiting phosphodiesterase -CNS stimulant which increases medullary respiratory center sensitivity to carbon dioxide, stimulates central inspiratory drive, and improves skeletal muscle contraction (diaphragmatic contractility) -Prevention of apnea may occur by competitive inhibition of adenosine
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