Infection Connection
When a Heart Breaks ...
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Instantaneous Miscellaneous
100
This percent of women will have a UTI in their lifetime
50-60%
100
Pulsus Paradoxus is defined as a drop in systolic blood pressure by greater than this amount during inspiration
10 mmHg
100
CRRT stands for ...
Continuous renal replacement therapy
100
The abnormality depicted in this image is ...
Pericardial Effusion
100
The three principal features of Beck's triad are ...
Hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds
200
The recommended duration of therapy of Bactrim (TMP/SMX) in the use of uncomplicated UTI in women is ...
Three Days
200
The overwhelmingly most common cause of acute pericarditis is classified as ...
Idiopathic
200
This filter anticoagulant is preferred in CRRT
Citrate
200
These Erythematous raised lesions found on the hands of a dermatomysitis patient are referred to as ...
Gottron's Papules
200
Patients with Dermatomyositis has a __ fold increased risk of cancer compared to the general population
6
300
The first line agents for uncomplicated UTI in the United States are .... (must name 2/3)
nitrofurantoin, TMP-SMX, or fosfomycin
300
The positive LR for a Pulses Paradoxus of > 12 mmHg in the diagnosis of cardiac tamponade is ...
~ 6 (5.9)
300
Lactic acid is cleared within the liver by a process known as ....
The Cori Cycle
300
The following EKG finding is seen can be seen in patients with pericardial effusions
Electrical alternans
300
This classical anti-mitotic is associated with decreased recurrence of pericarditis
Colchicine
400
Among women with uncomplicated UTI, a 5-day course of this antibiotic had better microbiologic resolution at 28 days after therapy completion than with single-dose fosfomycin.
Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid)
400
This sign is a highly specific but not sensitive EKG finding for early pericarditis and is described as reciprocal ST segment depression and PR segment elevation in aVR
Knuckle sign
400
This strategy of maintaining a higher plasma sodium, and thus osmolality, during the earliest part of the hemodialysis procedure when solute removal is at its maximum, counterbalances the decrease in osmolality caused by urea, and is used to prevent dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
Sodium Modeling
400
This rash, associated with dermatomyositis, is a widespread, flat, reddened area that appears on the upper back, shoulders, and back of the neck. It can worsen with exposure to ultraviolet light
Shawl sign
400
This physical exam finding has the highest positive LR (3.6) for assessing hypovolemia
Dry tongue
500
These are the three main indications for treating asymptomatic bacteriuria ...
Pregnancy, Urologic Procedures, Kidney transplant (1st 30 days)
500
The phenomenon that describes the distension of one ventricle altering the distensibility and filling pressure of the other, is referred to as ...
ventricular interdependence
500
The four general indications for CRRT in AKI/ESRD are (must name all four)
1.Pressor Dependent Hypotension
2.Gross volume overload
3. Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure
4. Increased ICP with ABI/TBI
500
The cranial nerve palsy AND muscle involved of the R eye of the patient seen below are ...
CN3/medial rectus muscle
500
This physical exam finding has the highest positive LR (6.4) for determining a diagnosis of heart failure
Abdominal jugular reflux (AJR) *HJR also acceptable*
