Heartbreaker
This medication class is commonly used to reduce mortality in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.
What is ACE inhibitors?
This type of cancer is characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells.
What is Hodgkin lymphoma?
Name two causes of vertigo associated with hearing loss.
What is
Meniere's Disease
Labyrinthitis
What is the name of the syndrome characterized by Ptosis, Meiosis and Anhidrosis?
What is Horner's Syndrome
Findings on DEXA that are diagnostic of osteoporosis
What is a T-score of </= -2.5?
This nuclear imaging study is highly sensitive for detecting transthyretin amyloid deposits in the heart.
What is technetium-99m Pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) Scintigraphy
What is a malignancy that may cause Horner's Syndrome?
What is Pancoast Tumor
Apical non-small cell lung cancer
These small, dilated blood vessels can appear on the mucous membranes of the mouth and are often associated with:
What is hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
One cause of Thunderclap Headache is
What is
1.Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH):
2. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS):
3. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)
4. Cervical Artery Dissection
5. Primary Thunderclap Headache
Homeostenosis is defined as
What is phenomena of aging (characterized by decreased physiologic response and increased susceptibility to stressors)
Name for condition with low transvalvular pressures in patients with severe aortic stenosis but preserved LVF
What is
Paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis
The most common hereditary hemolytic anemia is
What is Hereditary Spherocytosis?
Diagnostic test for paradoxical vocal fold movement
What is laryngoscopy (direct visualization of the vocal cords)?
Syndrome with Parkinsonian features and pronounced autonomic nervous system failure
What is Multi-system atrophy (Shy-Drager, olivopontocerebellar atrophy, or striatonigral degeration?
The one-year overall mortality rate following a hip fracture in patients over the age of 60 years is...
What is 20-30%.
This elevated risk persists due to complications such as infections, cardiovascular events, and the general decline in health and mobility.
Imaging with the best negative predictive value for excluding cardiac involvement in suspected cardiac sarcoidosis (CS).
What is cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)
However, CMR-LGE alone can't distinguish between active and non-active disease
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Hemophilia C is also known as
What is Factor XI deficiency or Rosenthal syndrome
Eponym for progressive odontogenic infection of the submandibular space potentially leading to airway obstruction
What is Ludwig angina?
Ophthalmologic diagnosis with acute monocular eye pain, visual loss and relative afferent pupillary defect
What is optic neuritis?
Name 3 of the 5 types of urinary incontinence
What are:
stress, urge, overflow, functional and mixed
This rare cardiac condition is marked by the presence of endomyocardial fibrosis, leading to restrictive cardiomyopathy. It is most commonly seen in tropical regions and is associated with eosinophilia and infiltration of the heart by eosinophils.
What is Löffler endocarditis?
The most common hereditary thrombophilia is
What is Factor V Leiden
Two middle ear muscles that dampen the amplitude of conducted sound
What are the stapedius and tensor tympani?
Using the ABCD2 score, what is the duration of symptoms that gives the highest risk of stroke after a TIA?
What is > 60 minutes
Frailty measurement is not recommended as part of a routine assessment, however, it is being incorporated into preintervention assessment for surgical, procedural and medical treatments
What does the FRAIL abbreviation describe
What are Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illness, and Loss of weight?
Fatigue: Feeling fatigued most or all of the time over the past 4 weeks
Resistance: Difficulty walking up 10 steps alone without resting or assistance
Ambulation: Difficulty walking several hundred yards without assistance
Illness: Presence of more than five illnesses
Loss of weight: Weight loss >5% in the past year