Triangles in Medicine
Charcot’s Triad
Fever with rigors + Right upper quadrant pain + Jaundice
This chemotherapy agent is notorious for causing hemorrhagic cystitis
Cyclophosphamide (or ifosfamide)
Schistocytes on peripheral smear suggest this pathology (what is the broader term)
MAHA (or microangiopathic hemolytic anemia)
Range of Glasgow Coma Scale
3-15
The first vaccine ever developed was for this disease
Small Pox
Reactive Arthritis
Can’t See (Conjunctivitis) + Can’t Pee (Urethritis) + Can’t Climb a Tree (Arthritis)
Heparin exerts its anticoagulant effect by activating this cofactor
Antithrombin III
Corrected calcium formula
measured Ca + 0.8 × (4 – albumin)
A patient in shock has elevated lactate, low SVR, and warm extremities. This shock type is most likely
Distributive (septic) shock
What does CAR-T Therapy in medicine stand for?
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy
Cushing’s Triad
Bradycardia + Irregular respiration + Hypertension
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors act at this part of the nephron
proximal convoluted tubule
High MCV and hyposegmented neutrophils are seen in this type of anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome or MDS
This reversible H’s and T’s cause of PEA is suggested by electrical alternans on EKG
Cardiac Tamponade
This physician is considered the father of antiseptic technique in surgery
Joseph Lister
Beck’s Triad
Muffled heart sounds + Distended neck veins + Hypotension
Treatment of organophosphate poisoning
Atropine and Pralidoxime
A patient has hyponatremia with plasma osmolality of 260 mOsm/kg, urine osmolality of 500 mOsm/kg, and urine sodium of 50 mmol/L. What is the most likely diagnosis?
SIADH
ventricular tachycardia has a pulse but is unstable (hypotension, altered mental status). According to ACLS, what is the next immediate step
synchronized cardioversion
Why are Watson, Crick and Rosalind Franklin famous?
Described the double-helix structure of DNA
Meigs Syndrome
Benign ovarian tumor + pleural effusion + ascites
Name the FDA approved drug that binds to α4-integrin and inhibits leukocyte migration into the CNS
A patient presents with fatigue and jaundice. Labs show ↑ indirect bilirubin, ↑ LDH, ↓ haptoglobin, and reticulocytosis. Peripheral smear reveals spherocytes. Next best test?
Direct Coombs test to rule out AIHA first
Your patient has BP 60/30, HR 30, atropine has failed, the pacing pads are on, this is the range for the number you set the pacer at.
is it 60-80?
This renowned person discovered Penicillin
Is it Alexander Fleming?