Heart of the Matter
Office measurement to identify lower extremity peripheral artery disease
Ankle-brachial index (accept ABI)
Diagnosis with low TSH but normal T4 and T3 levels
Subclinical hyperthyroidism
Name for combination of asthma, nasal polyposis, and sensivity to aspirin
Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (accept Samter triad)
HLA subtype positive in 92% of White persons with axial spondyloarthritis
HLA-B27 (accept B27)
Severe neurologic complication of Campylobacter jejuni infection
Guillain-Barré syndrome (accept GBS)
Recommended endocarditis prophylaxis for a patient with native valve aortic stenosis undergoing dental extraction
None
Most likely cause of primary amenorrhea, lack of secondary sexual characteristics, webbed neck, and short stature
Turner syndrome (accept karyotype 45,X0)
Etiology of pneumonia classically associated with 'currant jelly sputum'
Klebsiella pneumoniae (accept Klebsiella)
French physician who invented the stethoscope
René Laënnec (accept Laënnec)
Acute, self-limited, febrile illness occurring in the first 24 hours of treatment of spirochetal infections
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (accept Herxheimer)
Second-degree heart block with progressive prolongation of the PR interval until a beat is dropped
Wenckebach (accept Mobitz type 1)
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism associated with anosmia
Kallmann syndrome
Chronic lung disease of the major airways associated with cystic fibrosis
Bronchiectasis
Aquaretic medication used to slow the increase in kidney size and the decrease in function in adult polycystic kidney disease
Tolvaptan (accept Samsca, Jynarque)
Group 1 carbapenem that lacks activity against Pseudomonas species
Ertapenem (accept Invanz)
In pericardial tamponade, the 3 components of Becks triad
Jugular venous distension (accept JVD), diminished (accept muffled) heart sounds, and hypotension
Eponym for syndrome resulting from hemorrhagic adrenal gland failure associated with severe bacterial infection
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Occupational pneumoconiosis found in patients working in mining, denim sandblasting, and engineering stone industries
Silicosis
Subcutaneous opioid antagonist approved for opioid-induced constipation
Methylnaltrexone (accept Relistor)
Treatment for herpes simplex encephalitis
Intravenous acyclovir (accept IV acyclovir, but NOT acyclovir alone)
Eponymous congenital heart disease presenting as severe pulmonary hypertension resulting in right-to-left shunt reversal
Eisenmenger syndrome
Class of type 2 diabetes medication associated with euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors
Interstitial lung disease associated with working in the yarn and fabric industries
Byssinosis
Cancer associated with highest levels of cancer antigen 15-3
Breast cancer (accept metastatic breast cancer)
Organism responsible for cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae (do not accept Bartonella alone)