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USPSTF
100

Lab test used to calculate CURB-65 score for mortality in pneumonia 

BUN

100

FEV1/FVC ratio defining airway obstruction 

<0.7

100

Name for elevated intraocular pressure without damage to optic nerve 

Ocular hypertension

100

Microvascular complication of diabetes which worsens during pregnancy 

Retinopathy

100

USPSTF recommends screening for depression in this population

All adults regardless of risk factors

200
Prophylaxis against MAC is recommended in this group of HIV patients

MAC prophylaxis is no longer recommended due to low incidence 

200

French word for "rattle" describing a lung auscultation finding 

Rales

200

Name for bacterial infection of the globe and vitreous humor 

Endophthalmitis

200

Most common pituitary cause of secondary amenorrhea 

Prolactinoma 

200

Lung cancer screening is done for adults with history of smoking and in this age range

50-80 years

300

This eponymous syndrome is characterized by shock, multi organ failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation with widespread purpura and rapidly developing adrenocortical insufficiency in bacterial infection

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome 

300

Pulmonary artery pressure threshold used to define pulmonary hypertension 

> 20 mmHg 

300

Medical term for different colored iris in each eye

Heterochromia iridium

300

Common benign mass at vaginal introitus

Bartholin's cyst

300

USPSTF recommends stopping PSA testing for prostate cancer screening in men above this age

men >70 years

400
This trial showed clinical improvement in hospitalized patients with COVID treated with dexamethasone

RECOVERY trial

400

FDA approved therapies for ILD

Nintedanib and pirfenidone 

400

The Schirmer test may be used to evaluate this autoimmune inflammatory disorder

Sjogren syndrome 

400

Safest anti epileptic drugs in women of childbearing age 

Levetiracetam and lamotrigine 

400

USPSTF assigns this grade of evidence to starting a statin in adults age 76 years or older 

Grade I (insufficient evidence)

500

Post exposure prophylaxis for inhalational anthrax

ciprofloxacin 

500

Two parameters used to calculate the rapid shallow breathing index to assess readiness for extubation

Respiratory rate and tidal volume 

500
The "floppy iris syndrome" or loss of muscle tone in iris is seen with patients who see both urologists and ophthalmologists and are on this specific drug

Tamsulosin

500

FDA approved medication for emergency contraception within 5 day window from intercourse

Ulipristal

500

Recommendation for maternal RSV vaccine (ABRYSVO) was newly introduced in September 2023 for pregnant women in this gestational age to lower RSV lower respiratory tract infections in infant 

32-36 weeks gestation