Oh My Guts!
I am the etiology of these findings on EGD: circular rings + furrows + micro-abscesses. I typically occur in young patients.
What is eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)?
We are the 5 "M" of geriatrics
What are Mind,
Mobility,
Medications,
Multi-complexity,
Matters most?
This is the 5-year mortality for all-comers with heart failure (HFpEF and HFrEF)
What is 50%?
I am the age at which USPSTF recommends stopping screening for colorectal cancer.
What is 75 years?
I am the dose of esomeprazole in the high-dose group of Esomeprazole and aspirin in Barrett’s oesophagus (AspECT).
What is 40 mg twice daily?
I am the most common etiology of liver disorders in the USA
What is Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)?
70 year old man presents with decreased libido and erectile dysfunction. He tires more easily and has started using a golf cart when playing 18 holes. His weight is stable. History includes well-consoled HTN, on an ARB, and hypercholesterolemia, on statin. The serum testosterone level is low to normal. Next step in management.
What is morning free testosterone level?
In addition to Carvedilol and Metoprolol Succinate, this is the only other guideline directed beta blockade approved for use in HFrEF.
What’s Bisoprolol?
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends me as the preferred zoster vaccine for most patients.
What is RZV?
I am the only adverse event more common in the alirocumab group than in the placebo group in ‘Alirocumab and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome’
What is injection-site reactions?
I am a biliary disease associated with inflammatory bowel diseases
What is primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)?
I am the main source of funding for a long term stay in a nursing home.
What is Medicaid?
23 y.o. male with hx of sudden cardiac death, “HFpEF” and the following EKG finding
What is ARVC?
I am the letter grade recommendation from the USPSTF for carotid artery stenosis screening in the general adult population?
What is “ D”?
We are the muscle mass surrogates in ‘Correction of metabolic acidosis improves muscle mass and renal function in chronic kidney disease stages 3 and 4’.
What is the mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC) and lean body mass (LBM)?
I am the cause of the typical “diaphragm-like ulcers” in the GI tract
What are NSAIDs?
90 year old woman is brought to the clinic by her daughter. Her mom has been complaining of fatigue, has lost 12 pounds in the last 2 months, is not sleeping well, seems depressed. History includes DM type 2, HTN, Hypercholestrolemia. Cardiac examination reveals irregular rate of 88 bpm. TSH is 0.3 U/ml, free T4 is 0.6 ng/dl. I am the most likely diagnosis.
What is T3 thyrotoxicosis?
68-year-old male hx of DMII, HTN, DL, presenting with 2 episodes of resting chest pressure, radiating to the jaw and arm and lasting 15 minutes in the 6 hours prior to presentation. His pain resolved without treatment. He takes ASA, Lipitor and Cardizem. His initial TnI is negative and EKG shows NSR at 76 bpm, without significant ST-T wave changes. I am his TIMI score.
What is 4?
A finding reported on mammogram associated with an increased breast cancer risk but decreased sensitivity of mammography.
What is density?
I am the blood pressure criteria required before initiating sacubitril–valsartan in PIONEER-HF trial.
What is a systolic blood pressure of at least 100 mm Hg for the preceding 6 hours?
The deficiency of this nutrient can cause myopathy, cardiomyopathy, fatigue and hypothyroidism
What is Selenium?
You perform the MMSE when assessing your 69 year old patient. You ask him to “subtract 7 from 100, and keep subtracting 7 from the number that you get.”
What is sustained attention?
These two drugs, when used in combination, reduce pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and increase stroke volume.
What are ISDN and Hydralazine?
The vaccines indicated in November in a 52-year-old woman newly diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes and up to date with Tdap. v
What is Influenza, Hepatitis B, PPSV23, RZV?
I am the most frequent option assessed in the “inpatient portal” in the study Reducing Hospital Toxicity: Impact on Patient Outcomes.
What is review of individual health metrics (labs, vitals, etc.)?