cardiology
two first line anti-anginals for stable angina
beta blockers and nitrates
syndrome of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and hyperparathyroidism
MEN 2A
what is SAMHSA
Substance abuse and mental health services administration
name 3 types of observational studies
case control
cohort study
ecological/cross sectional study
Corrected QT interval associated with torsades
>499
2 blood tests used to assess beta cell function in ketosis prone t2dm
fasting c peptide
glucose
this drug reaction ocurrs when exposure to alcohol causes headache, nausea, vomiting, flushing, abdominal pain
disulfiram like reaction
definition of a p value
probability of obtaining the study result if the null hypothesis is true
name 4 potential complications with bicuspid aortic valve
Aortic stenosis
aortic regurg
infective endocarditis
aortopathy (dissection, aneurysm)
size of thyroid nodule indicated for FNA
>1cm
mechanism of action for naltrexone
competitive antagonist at opioid receptor
ability of a test to correctly identify people without the disease
specificity
diagnosis for persistent symptoms and altered hemodynamics following treatment for symptomatic pericardial effusion
effusive constrictive pericarditis
common endocrine side effect of antipsychotics
hyperprolactinemia
number of drug overdose deaths in USA in 2017
~70,000
Diabetes was 80,000
what is internal validity
extent to which the experiment is free from errors and any difference in measurement is due to independent variable
congenital cardiac condition that may cause platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
PFO
2 indications for pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis based on FRAX scores
10 yr estimated risk of major fracture > 20%
10 yr estimated risk of hip fracture > 3%
what law allows providers with special training to prescribe suboxone for OUD
DATA 2000
Drug addiction treatment act
what is the prevention paradox
The prevention paradox describes the seemingly contradictory situation where the majority of cases of a disease come from a population at low or moderate risk of that disease, and only a minority of cases come from the high risk population
ex downs syndrome and maternal age