Oncology
Toxicology
Biostatistics
Gastro/Hepatology
Infectious Disease
100
This is the most common acute gastrointestinal complication of radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
Acute proctitis (Acute radiation proctitis)
100
Andexanet alpha is a reversal agent for this class of direct oral anticoagulants.
Factor Xa inhibitors: Apixaban (Eliquis) or Rivaroxaban (Xarelto)
100
This statistical term describes how close two or more repeated measurements are to each other
Precision
100
This is the most common non-neoplastic polyp of the colon
Hyperplastic polyp
100
This is the term for objects or materials which can transmit infection if contaminated
Fomite (accept fomes)
200
Relative effect of vitamin A derivatives (β-carotene and retinol) or vitamin E (α-tocopherol) given prophylactically to prevent lung cancer.
Increased incidence and mortality
"Do not prescribe vitamin A derivatives (β-carotene and retinol) or vitamin E (α-tocopherol) to prevent lung cancer." - MKSAP
Smoking cessation is the most effective preventive measure for lung cancer.
Annual screening with low-dose CT in patients aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20-pack-year history of smoking is associated with a decrease in lung cancer and all-cause mortality.
200
This clinical condition is characterized by cyclic episodes of nausea and vomiting associated with marijuana use
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (cannabis hyperemesis syndrome)
200
List three reportable diseases
HIV infection, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and botulism are examples
200
This condition is characterized by ascitic fluid infection without an evident intra-abdominal surgically treatable source
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
200
This is the name for a measles infection in patients with preexisting but incompletely protective anti-measles antibody
Modified measles
300
This syndrome is associated with these images
A is the current photograph
B is photographed 5 years previously
C is the current photograph of the upper chest
Superior vena cava syndrome
300
This is the cause of Saturnine gout
(Lead Poisoning) competes with uric acid for excretion in the distal tubule and is the probable mechanism of action leading to saturnine gout in lead-exposed patients
300
This type of bias occurs when specific individuals are more likely to be selected for a study group, resulting in a nonrandom sample, limiting generalizability
Selection Bias
300
The three original laboratory values needed to calculate the MELD score
The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score model uses INR, bilirubin, creatinine, and history of dialysis to estimate the relative disease severity and the likelihood of survival after surgery.
300
This systemic reaction is characterized by endotoxin-like products released by the death of harmful microorganisms following initiation of antibiotic treatment
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
(commonly associated with initiating syphilis treatment)
400
This treatment is indicated for patients with recurrent MALT lymphoma.
Chemotherapy or gastrectomy
Involved site radiation therapy (ISRT) as the preferred first-line therapy or rituximab if ISRT is contraindicated. OR antibiotic therapy for H. pylori eradication is FIRST LINE
400
This enzyme is competitively inhibited by the reversal agent, fomepizole.
Alcohol dehydrogenase (used as an antidote for methanol or PEG poisoning)
400
Study structure of the following visual:
Forrest Plot
400
This hepatitis virus is associated with circulating Dane particles.
Hepatitis B (accept HBV)
400
This bacterial species is associated with the formation bacillary angiomatosis
Bartonella henselae (Cat-Scratch Disease)
500
This new class of anti-hormonal agent was found to be superior to tamoxifen in treating metastatic breast cancer and as adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer
Third-generation aromatase inhibitors (i.e., letrozole, anastrozole)
500
N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine is the toxic metabolite associated with overdose of this agent.
Acetaminophen (APAP or paracetamol)
500
The proportion of the incidence of a disease in a population due to exposure that would be eliminated with removal of the exposure
Population attributable risk (attributable risk; population attributable fraction)
The proportion of disease incidence among exposed individuals that can be attributed to the risk factor to determine the proportion of cases in the exposed population that can be attributed to the risk factor
500
One of three indications to initiate steroids in alcoholic hepatitis (Two score thresholds or clinical symptoms)
≥ 32
Severe alcoholic hepatitis (Maddrey score ≥ 32 or MELD score > 20, or presence of hepatic encephalopathy)
500
This is the antibiotic treatment of choice for infection of the intestines with the coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole