Cirrhosis
How do you screen for HCC in cirrhotics
US + AFP q6months
How long required to have reduced GFR (or blah blah other definitions) to be called CKD?
3 months
Choosing Wisely transfusion thresholds for bleeding patient
<70
HFREF = EF < ?
HFPEF = EF > ?
40%, 50%
In what city did I meet Christina at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Thunder Bay
Diagnostic criteria AND preferred first line agent for SBP
250 PMN/mm3 and/or positive Gram stain/culture, cefotaxime or ceftriaxone
GFR 32 = what stage CKD
3 causes of microcytic anemia
Iron deficiency, heavy metal poisoning, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia, chronic disease, copper deficiency, MAHA
Four pillars of GDMT (R1s kicked out of program if you don't know this by now)
SGLT2i, RAAS blockade, beta blockade, MRA
Band responsible for such classic albums as Brothers and El Camino, featuring Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney
Black Keys
Four options to manage ascites
Salt restrict, diuretics, paracenteses, TIPS
How to predict risk of needing dialysis and triage nephro referrals?
KFRE equation (requires GFR and ACR)
4 labs to order for ?hemolysis, AND what you are looking for in a case of hemolysis
LDH, haptoglobin, fibrinogen, PBS, bilirubing
Four NON ISCHEMIC causes of cardiomyopathy
Toxic, postpartum, restrictive, myocarditis/pericarditis, valvular, hypertrophic, idiopathic
First line combination of immune suppressants in renal transplant
Tacro MMF pred
3 most common causes of cirrhosis in Canada
MASLD, liquor, hepC
Diabetic patient has proteinuria despite max ACEi and SGLTi, next line?
Finerinone
Risk scoring system for ?TTP AND first line treatment
PLASMIC score, PLEX
NYHA Class 3 heart failure = ?
Only comfortable at rest, significant activity limit due to symptoms
PADI open water certification lets me do what hobby
SCUBA dive
4 stages of hepatic encephalopathy AND 2 treatment options
sleep reversal, asterixis, confusion, comatose
Lactulose and rifaxamin
2 drugs to treat hyperphosphatemia in CKD
Calcium (with meals), sevalamer, lanthanum, ferric citrate
2 PBS findings in G6PD deficiency
Blister cells, bite cells, Heinz bodies
Add on medication for HF patient in NSR on max GDMT with HR >70 still having HF symptoms
Ivabradine
My favorite author, born in America in 1922, known for Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan, Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut