Preventive Medicine
This is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men.
Prostate cancer.
This disease accounts for 2/3 of the cases of dementia.
Alzheimer's disease
What is the anatomic landmark which differentiates upper & lower GI bleeds?
Ligament of Treiz
This is the most common arrhythmia after an MI.
LBBB
: _____ is the vasculitis that is most likely associated with Hepatitis B infection.
PAN
65 women, 70 men.
This is the length of time that it takes for the epidermis to replace itself.
4 weeks.
Any patient with Crohn’s disease and a new limp must be ruled out for what complication?
Psoas/iliopsoas abscess
Q: What is the drug of choice for beta blocker overdose?
IV glucagon
Foamy macrophages on PAS stain is most often seen in what condition?
Whipple's disease
Annual low-dose CT for those: 1) age 55-80, 2) 30 pack-year Hx, 3) current or former smoker within 15 years.
Stop screening if decreased life expectancy or stopped smoking 15+ years.
This was the first organ to be successfully transplanted.
The kidney
In North America, diffuse splenic calcification is almost always associated with what fungal infection?
Histoplasmosis
Dual antiplatelet therapy is indicated for how long in bare-metal stent and drug-eluting stent?
Bare-metal stent - 1 month
Drug-eluting stent - 12 months
Although new guidelines recommend 6-12 months regardless of stent type, and then an additional 18 months if no risk of bleeding (grade 2B).
1) Anti-Ro/La
2) Anti-Jo
3) Anti-scl
1) Sjogren's
2) Dermatomyositis/polymyositis
3) Scleroderma
Men only, aged 65-75 who have ever smoked.
Individuals who develop COPD at an early age (especially less than 45 years) should be checked for what deficiency?
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
This is the CD4 count in which bactrim is initiated for Pneumocystis prophylaxis.
200
This was the source of one of the first blood transfusions in 1667.
Lamb
Celiac disease (name 3 antibodies)
anti-gliadin, anti-transgluatminase, anti-endomysial
Herpes zoster vaccine
Shingrix age 50+
Which commonly prescribed antipsychotic can exacerbate Parkinsonian symptoms?
Haloperidol
Chlaymydophila pneumonia is most often seen in patients of what age?
Greater than 65 years of age.
What is the role of thrombolytic therapy in spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)?
It is contraindicated
Anti-mitochondrial antibody
Primary biliary cirrhosis