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100

A mid-systolic click is characteristic of this valvular abnormality.

Mitral valve prolapse

100

Name at least two characteristics of nephrotic syndrome.

Proteinuria > 3.5g/day, hypoalbuminemia, elevated LDL, edema

100

Avoid supplementation of this vitamin in hereditary hemochromatosis.

Vitamin C

100

This inherited condition results in bronchiectasis, pancreatic insufficiency, and infertility in males.

Cystic Fibrosis

100

The first line vasopressor in septic shock

Norepinephrine

200

What clinical presentation is associated with this ECG?

Cardiac tamponade

200

This condition presents with hematuria, sensorineural hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities

Alport Syndrome

200

A rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by reduced biliary copper excretion leading to copper deposition in end organs.

Wilson's disease

200

This condition is the main cause of Group 4 pulmonary hypertension.

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (accept CTEPH)

200

The initial acid-base disorder seen in pure salicyclate overdose.

Respiratory Alkalosis

300

A patient with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, heart failure with preserved EF, and low-voltage ECG likely has this form of cardiomyopathy.

Cardiac Amyloidosis

300

A 25-year-old with recurrent kidney stones, hexagonal crystals on urinalysis, and positive cyanide-nitroprusside test likely has this condition.

Cystinuria

300

A positive anti-mitochondrial antibody is most associated with this chronic liver disease.

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)

300

Name one of these three criterias determine that a pleural effusion is exudative.

Pleural fluid protein/serum protein > 0.5, pleural fluid LDH/serum LDH > 0.6, pleural fluid LDH > 2/3 ULN of serum LDH

300

This B vitamin is utilized in the treatment of methanol ingestion.

Folate/Vitamin B9

400

These four classes of medications form the mainstay of treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

RAAS-I, SGLT2-I, BB, MRA

400

This syndrome is characterized by hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypercalciuria due to a defect in the thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop.

Bartter syndrome

400

This non-selective beta blocker is the preferred medication for patients with cirrhosis and clinically significant portal hypertension.

Carvedilol

400

This anti-IgE monoclonal antibody can be used in severe asthma with elevated IgE levels.

Omalizumab

400

The expected central venous oxygen saturation in cardiogenic shock.

< 65% or lower

500

Leads V1 and V2 show an ECG pattern that is characteristic of this syndrome.


Brugada Syndrome

500

This non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist has been shown to reduce disease progression in patients with CKD and T2DM.  

Finerenone

500

This inherited disorder causes GI polyps, mucocutaneous pigmentation, and increased cancer risk.

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

500

Name of the eponymous syndrome characterized by fever, bihilar adenopathy, erythema nodosum, migratory polyarthralgia

Lofgren syndrome

500

Target tidal volume in lung protective (ARDS) ventilation.

4-8 mL/Kg