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This electrolyte derangement is expected in a patient with hyperaldosteronism.
Low potassium (hypokalemia)
At this measurement of endometrial thickness on a transvaginal ultrasound for postmenopausal bleeding, an endometrial biopsy is indicated by ACOG guidelines.
4 mm
The recommended cut off for to be used for ALT in women.
25
The only FDA approved drug for treatment of MDD in a child aged 10 years old.
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
This imaging study should be obtained for a patient with sudden onset of the worst headache of his/her life.
CT Head without contrast
The T-score below which, osteoporosis should be diagnosed.
2.5
Late decelerations on a fetal heart monitor represent this.
Placental insufficiency
This drug class used to treat diabetes is associated with fluid retention.
Thiazolidinediones (Pioglitazone)
In an otherwise healthy patient, a hip fracture should be repaired operatively within this amount of time from the injury to reduce complications, improve pain control, and reduce duration of hospitalization.
24-48 hours.
Medication used in hospice care to control secretions.
Glycopyrrolate
The first line treatment for hypercalcemia.
IV fluids
Smoking during pregnancy can reduce the risk of this complication.
Pre-eclampsia
The LARC most commonly associated with abnormal bleeding patterns that does not generally improve with time.
Nexplanon
This is the age where screening should begin for HIV.
15 years
The first ligament injured with an inversion ankle sprain.
Anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL)
A 1-cm thyroid nodule palpated on a physical exam should receive these two tests as primary work-up.
TSH and thyroid ultrasound
Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy reduces this type of birth defect.
Neural tube defects (anencephaly, spina bifida)
Anticoagulation for the first time unprovoked DVT is this duration.
Indefinite
This is the full recommendation for lung cancer screening per USPSTF guidelines including the age, qualifiers, method, and interval of testing.
Adults 50-80 years old with at least a 20 pack year history and currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years with low dose lung CT annually
Two medical indications for using warfarin over a DOAC.
Mechanical heart valves, rheumatic heart disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, renal failure
Consider stopping this class of medications for diabetes when a patient is having recurrent genitourinary infections.
SGLT2 inhibitors
The cheapest and most cost effective prescription medication for dyspareunia in menopausal women.
Vaginal estrogen cream
In a patient living with cirrhosis, surveillance for HCC should occur by this modality and this frequency.
Ultrasonography every 6 months
The antibody that is more sensitive and specific for rheumatoid arthritis.
Anti-citrullinated antibodies
The most effective treatment for a rash in the groin area that under a Wood’s lamp fluoresces coral-red.
Erythromycin (bug: Cornybacterium minutissimum/erythrasma)