Tumor Humor
This type of lung cancer is most the most common in smokers.
What is Adenocarcinoma?
This is the most common cause of acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients.
What is acute tubular necrosis (ATN)?
This is the first drug administered in a pulseless ventricular tachycardia cardiac arrest scenario.
What is epinephrine?
This virus, transmitted by mosquitos, is the most common arboviral illness in the United States and can cause fever, rash, and neuroinvasive disease.
What is West Nile virus?
This term describes the sensation of a limb that is no longer present, often experienced after amputation.
What is phantom limb?
The tumor marker CA-125 is most associated with this type of cancer.
What is ovarian cancer?
This electrolyte disturbance is commonly seen in chronic kidney disease and causes prolonged QT interval.
What is hypocalcemia?
This scale is used to assess the severity of acute pancreatitis upon admission and includes criteria such as age, glucose, and LDH.
What is Ranson's criteria?
This bacterial infection, often linked to freshwater exposure, presents with fever, conjunctival suffusion, and jaundice and is diagnosed by serology.
What is leptospirosis?
This medical term describes the act of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth, commonly known as burping.
What is eructation?
Reed-Sternberg cells are characteristic of this type of lymphoma.
What is Hodgkin's lymphoma?
This is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults.
What is focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)?
This type of shock is associated with increased cardiac output, decreased systemic vascular resistance, and warm extremities.
What is distributive shock (e.g., septic shock)?
This zoonotic infection is associated with exposure to livestock and can cause atypical pneumonia or chronic endocarditis.
What is Q fever?
This term refers to the unintentional creation of false memories without the intent to deceive, often seen in conditions like Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
What is confabulation?
This chemotherapy drug class, known to treat breast cancer, is associated with cardiotoxicity.
What are anthracyclines (e.g., doxorubicin)?
This clinical syndrome is characterized by hematuria, edema, and hypertension and occurs within 1 or 2 days after a streptococcal infection.
What is IgA Nephropathy (Beurger's Disease)?
The most common reversible cause of pulseless electrical activity (PEA), which should be rapidly identified and corrected during resuscitation.
What is hypovolemia?
This parasitic infection, transmitted by the sandfly, can cause visceral disease with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia and is known as kala-azar.
What is leishmaniasis?
This term describes sudden, severe rectal pain lasting seconds to minutes, often occurring without warning and resolving spontaneously.
What is Proctalgia Fugax?
This rare paraneoplastic syndrome, most commonly associated with thymoma, involves antibodies targeting presynaptic calcium channels at the neuromuscular junction, leading to proximal muscle weakness and autonomic dysfunction.
What is Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)?
In chronic kidney disease, secondary hyperparathyroidism occurs due to this combination of mechanisms, requiring management with phosphate binders, vitamin D analogs, or calcimimetics.
What are hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and decreased activation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol)?
This life-threatening complication, often associated with recent surgery or central line placement, presents with acute respiratory distress, hypotension, and jugular venous distension, but with clear lung fields and no tracheal deviation.
What is a pulmonary embolism?
This infection presents with fever, severe headache, retro-orbital pain, a diffuse maculopapular rash, and muscle and joint pain described as "bone-breaking."
What is dengue fever?
This term refers to excessive drooling or salivation. It is sometimes seen in certain neurological disorders like Parkinson's Disease.
Sialorrhea