Gut Instincts
Diagnosis suggested by RUQ pain without gallstones on ultrasound in critically ill patient
Acalculous cholecystitis
Anterior knee pain and swelling, preserved range of motion
Prepatellar bursitis
CD4 count associated with increased risk for pneumocystis pneumonia
<200/µL
Most commonly involved joints in erosive OA
DIP and PIP
Colon cancer screening frequency in IBD
8-10 years after diagnosis, every 1-5 years
Localized pain over proximal medial tibia 2-3 cm below knee
Pes anserine bursitis
Painful ear canal vesicles and Bell palsy
Herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay Hunt)
Treatment of scleroderma renal crisis
Captopril
Most common cause of ALF
Acetaminophen overdose
Anterior knee pain after prolonged sitting, running, climbing
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Positive HIV antigen/antibody, negative differentiation immunoassay, positive RNA NAAT
Acute HIV infection
Acute peripheral oligoarticular arthritis with enthesitis and dactylitis
Reactive arthritis
"This phenomenon describes an increase in heart rate and cardiac output that occurs after administration of a vasodilator, as the baroreceptor reflex activates sympathetic nervous system stimulation. Named after a British physiologist, it is often a consideration in the management of hypertensive patients."
What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex?
Diagnosis suggested by fever, RUQ abdominal pain, jaundice
Cholangitis
Twisting injury, popping sound, rapid accumulation of knee effusion
ACL tear
Management of ART during pregnancy
Continue ART
The major cause of excess death in patients with RA
Atherosclerotic heart disease
Diagnosis suggested by pruritus, mild AST/ALT elevations, second or third trimester
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Pain between metatarsal heads and sensation of walking on a pebble
Morton neuroma
Diagnostic test for early Zika virus infection
Reverse transcriptase PCR on serum and urine
Radiographic findings in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Confluent right-sided spinal ligamentous ossification of ≥4 contiguous vertebral levels