Celebrities saga continues..
Too acidic?
You gotta know Geography!
My heart is in heart!
Clue is in History!
Final Jeopardy
100

who is he? And what disease he believed to have?

Syphilis!

 Remains high yield for boards. 

Know how to treat and how to recognize!

100

Acid base changes in - ASA poisoning.

Respiratory alkalosis and AG metabolic acidosis

100

Which disease is this on map based on geographical distribution?

Lyme!

Know Lyme very well. 


100

Machinery murmur - systolic

PDA

100

This caused death over 600,000 in USA in 1918!

strain?

Spanish flu - h1n1

funfact: Aspirin was widely used for symptoms and ASA is associated with high mortality

200

He was diagnosed with this famous condition!

ruptured aortic aneurysm! He was smoker

- Remember to screen every man(65-75) who has ever smoked!

200

Sudden rapid onset of FSGN - makes you think of what disease?

HIV

- nephrotic syndrome!

200

common infection in this area of USA! Southwest area

Valley fever - Coccidioidomycosis

200

soft midsystolic murmur with wide split fixed s2

ASD

200

This catastrophe caused a significant increase in leukemia after 1945 !

Nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945


300

She allegedly was dianosed with this condition.

Failure to thrive/Severe protein-calorie malnutrition!

Remember it is billable code. Please update the problem list if the dietician is asking for it.

poor prognostic value. it changes out O/E ratio significantly

300

Osmolar gap but NO acidosis - what are you thinking of ?

Isopropyl alcohol poisoning!

Remember - Young man and normal bicarb but then urine has ketons!

300

fungal infection in the central area of USA!

Histoplasma - 

actually pretty endemic in many part of usa - but remember - Mississippi river valley!


300

systolic murmur radiating to carotid

Aortic stenosis

- high mortality. Always choose to treat regardless of age

300

This tragedy happened between 1957-1962, and affected over 10,000 babies!

Thalidomide induced teratogenesis

400

cause of death!

Pneumonia! 

Know your pneumonia inside out!!

Funfact! - he was treated for TB x 2 in his lifetime. He was jailed and he got TB from prison.

400

Metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia and mild hypotension!

Gitelman syndrome

400

The map shows the endemic area of what infection? 

Blastomycosis!

know how to differentiate Blasto and Histo as kind of similar distribution!

400

high-pitched crescendo-decrescendo systolic murmur over the left sternal border!

HOCM

- Valsalva - increases murmur

-squatting - decreases murmur

400

First pandemic of this disease was in India 1817 - since then many outbreaks all over the world!

Cholera!

choice of antibiotics? - doxycycline!


500

How did he die?

Suicide!

The reason I have it here -

Ethics is a big topic and if any physician around you is showing signs of suicide - what are you supposed to do?

Real-life lesson and board question!

500

Amyloidosis can cause - this kind of abnormality in kidney!

type 1 RTA - DISTAL

urinary pH >5.5

500

What disease is prevalent now in this area? Hint - it was rare before and now it's endemic!

Babesiosis

500

loud harsh holosystolic murmur left lower sternal border

VSD

500

1st pandemic ever reported - considered deadliest - what was it?

1346-1352 Bubonic plague!

600

What syndrome he allegedly had?

His two kids died of what?

MEN2! 

Multiple endocrine neoplasms 2.MEN remains high-yield topic!

Remember: Rare in real day-to-day medicine - very common on boards!

600

hyperkalemia and non anion metabolic acidosis and urine pH<5.5

Most common cause?

type 4 RTA

DM2

600

Disease endemic in this area!

Rocky Mountain spotted fever!

600

4 components of TOF

pulmonic stenosis, VSD, Right ventricular hypertrophy, overriding aorta!

Why did I put it here? Not a high yield for the board!

600

Pandemic that started in 1981 - not over yet!

HIV/AIDS!
600


cardiac tamponade - post CABG!