Identify this rash in a young boy with a sore throat.
What is scarlet fever?
This vaccine offers direct cancer protection for both males AND females.
What is the HPV vaccine?
This commonly used depression medication is also indicated for fibromyalgia.
What is duloxetine (Cymbalta)?
What is the area surrounding the affected region in an ischemic stroke?
Penumbra (reversibly injured tissue surrounding the ischemic core)
This is the differentiator between hypertensive urgency vs. hypertensive emergency.
End-organ damage.
Identify this rash. Ouch!
What is shingles?
This is the frequency that you need to repeat FIT (fecal immunochemical testing) for colon cancer surveillance.
What is annually?
This marker is often positive in young males with back and hip pain with the characteristic "bamboo spine" on imaging.
What is HLA-B27?
What is the half-life of amiodarone?
~60 days; 58 days per Epocrates
Identify this arrhythmia.
What is third degree (complete) heart block?
This pediatric illness is caused by the coxsackie A virus with fever and oral sores BUT no body rashes.
What is herpangina?
This newly added medicine (drug class(es)) is the likely culprit of hyperkalemia in your poorly controlled hypertensive patient.
What is an ACE-I or ARB?
This patient has a positive anti-histone antibody, so you better review their ___.
What is their medication list?
What factors does warfarin inhibit?
vitamin K synthesized factors: II, VII, IX, X
protein c, protein S
You admit a patient to the hospital for CHF exacerbation. This patient is normally on furosemide 40 mg PO daily at home. You start them on IV furosemide 40 mg BID. His current dose of diuretics is ___x his home dose.
What is 4x his home dose?
What is the preferred treatment for neurosyphilis in patients with a penicillin allergy?
What is penicillin? Patients should undergo desensitization.
This typical childhood vaccine is not usually given by IM route like most others.
What is the rotavirus vaccine?
Rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect the ___ and ___ in the hands as opposed to osteoarthritis affecting the ___ and ___.
What are the MCPs and PIPs?
What are the DIPs and PIPs?
What is the antidote for heparin?
Bonus point: what animal is it derived from?
A: protamine sulfate
BA: salmon sperm
This EKG in a patient with chest pain makes you suspicious of ___.
What is pericarditis?
Identify this intensely itchy rash in a young child AND how to treat it. Be specific when describing the treatment.
1.) What is scabies?
2.) permethrin cream applied topically over entire body from neck down, left on overnight (8-12 hours), then washed off. cycle MUST be repeated in 1 week. all clothing/bedding must be washed in hot water and dried above 122F)
uThese are the ages you should start colon cancer screening in a patient who:
1. has no family history of colon cancer.
2. has a father who had colorectal cancer at 45 years old.
3. has a mother who had colorectal cancer at 53 years old.
1. What is 45 years old?
2. What is 35 years old?
3. What is 40 years old?
If this antibody is negative, it rules out SLE. If the previous antibody is positive, these antibodies confirm SLE.
What is ANA (negative predictive value of 97%)
What are anti-ds-DNA and anti-Smith antibodies?
Name one cephalosporin from each generation of cephalosporins (must name one from each generation for full credit).
These medication classes are the cornerstones (list all 5) of goal directed medical therapy (GDMT) for HFrEF?
1.) ACE/ARB
2.) ARNI
3.) beta blocker
4.) MRA
5.) SGLT2 inhibitor