Bread and Butter
Youngest age at which spirometry can be attempted (not at Memorial)
Five
First line therapy to treat infection-related fever in asymptomatic hospitalized patients
Nothing
Requirement for the clinical diagnosis of completed menopause in women >45 years old
Babies under what age presenting with fever require an extensive work-up including LP, urinalysis, urine culture, history, physical, CBC, and blood cultures
28 days
(a fever is 100.4F or higher)
Initial imaging study for testicular masses
Scrotal ultrasound
First line treatment for children with fecal impaction and for maintenance therapy of functional constipation
PEG (miralax)
Although treating a deficiency in this mineral may be beneficial, there is no known benefit to give non-deficient patients this as a supplement for wound healing
Zinc
Most effective non-IUD emergency contraception method
Ulipristal
Tanner stage or age range where gynecomastia is normal in pubescent boys
Age 13-14 (Tanner stage 3-4)
First line pharmacologic treatment for BPH after lifestyle changes
alpha-1 adrenergic blockers (eg terasozin, doxazosin)
For patients with acute LGIB that are hemodynamically stable, colonoscopy can be delayed for ___ days
14
Indications for anaerobic coverage in aspiration pneumonia (name one)
Complicated pneumonia, macro-aspiration in setting of severe periodontal disease, putrid sputum, long duration
Oral non-hormonal non-SSRI treatment for the vasomotor symptoms of menopause (name one; double points for naming four)
First line antibiotic therapy for children with AOM
High dose amoxicillin (80-90 mg/kg divided into two doses)
First line antibiotic for men with acute bacterial prostatitis who are mildly ill
Ciprofloxacin (500mg BID x14 days while awaiting culture)
First line treatment for mild, moderate and severe croup
dexamethasone
(0.6mg/kg orally or parenterally)
This intervention reduces febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions with blood/platelet transfusion by about 50%
Leukoreduction
Dosing regimen for intermittent sertraline for PMDD treatment
Once daily during the luteal phase of menstrual cycle only - beginning therapy 14 days before anticipated onset of menstruation
Exercise recommendation for patients with HOCM
Moderate intensity (vigorous intensity possible with shared decision making)
Two STDs which increase the transmission rate of HIV
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia
First line therapy for comedones (blackheads)
Topical retinoids
Reccomended oxygen level to start supplementation for most non-COPD hospitalized patients
SpO2 <90%-92%
(Target SpO2 of no higher than 94%-96%)
Excluding patients with carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression injury, gas embolism, cluster headache, sickle cell crisis, and pneumothorax
Non-hormonal drug used to treat osteoporosis which also may decrease the risk of developing breast cancer
Raloxifene (selective estrogen receptor modulator)
Positive-pressure ventilation should be started in newborns who are gasping, apneic, or with a heart rate below _____ beats per minute by 60 seconds of life
100
Next laboratory step for men who have a positive PSA on screening testing
Repeat PSA in a few months to ensure accuracy