Take My Breath Away
Mechanism of hypoxemia with normal A-a gradient in the presence of normal FiO2
What is Hypoventilation?
Most common cause of acute cyanide toxicity in industrialized countries
What are Domestic fires (accept smoke inhalation)?
Term for painless detachment of the nail from the nail bed seen in psoriatic arthritis
What is onycholysis?
This STI is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide, and more than 70% of urogenital infections in women are asymptomatic, making screening essential.
What is chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis)?
Acute MI mimicker that occurs predominantly in older women who may have normal coronary arteries but an abnormal echocardiogram
What is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (accept Takotsubo syndrome, TTS, stress cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome)?
WHO group for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
what is Group 4?
The antidote for warfarin overdose with life-threatening bleeding
What is 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) and vitamin K? (Do not accept either alone)
This class of medications transformed scleroderma renal crisis from a uniformly fatal condition to one with 70-82% survival at 1 year when started immediately.
What are ACE inhibitors (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors)?
The classic triad of urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis following an STI is known by this eponymous name, though 'reactive arthritis' is now preferred
What is Reiter syndrome?
Antiplatelet prodrug that requires two enzymatic conversions in the liver before being active
What is Clopidogrel (accept Plavix)?
In ARDS, this PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio threshold defines 'severe' ARDS according to the Berlin Definition
What is ≤100 mmHg?
Receptor competitively inhibited by flumazenil
What is Gamma-amino-butyric-acid (accept GABA)?
Monoclonal antibody FDA-approved to treat giant cell arteritis
What is Tocilizumab (accept Actemra or TCZ)?
A patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis develops fever within 2 months of surgery. Most likely organism?
What is Staphylococcus epidermidis (coagulase-negative staphylococci)?
In acute decompensated heart failure, this bedside finding indicates rapid ventricular filling and elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. Its presence is associated with a 3-fold increased risk of death or heart failure hospitalization.
What is S3 gallop?
The most common HRCT pattern in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, characterized by honeycombing, traction bronchiectasis, and basilar-predominant reticulation
What is Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)?
Argyria refers to toxicity caused by this substance
What color is Silver?
Maternal antibodies associated with neonatal lupus
What is Anti-SSA (accept SSA, Ro, anti-Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A autoantibodies, anti-Ro)?
In a patient with culture-negative endocarditis, these five organisms should be considered (they are grouped under one umbrella term, name all organisms)
What are Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter (formerly Actinobacillus), Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella? (Do NOT accept HACEK alone)
Eponymous name of criteria for evaluating acute myocardial infarction in the setting of left bundle branch block
What is Sgarbossa criteria?
Interstitial lung disease associated with working in the yarn and fabric industries
What is Byssinosis?
This medication is first-line treatment for life-threatening dysrhythmias from TCA overdose?
What is sodium bicarbonate?
The 'triple therapy' for catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome includes high-dose glucocorticoids, plasma exchange OR IVIG and this.
What is anticoagulation (accept heparin)?
The cardiovascular manifestations of tertiary syphilis include aortitis (often ascending), aortic valve insufficiency, aortic aneurysm, and THIS complication that is narrowing of the coronary artery origins due to endarteritis obliterans, which can cause myocardial ischemia and infarction.
What is coronary ostial stenosis?
Cardiac abnormality associated with platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
What is Interatrial shunt (accept patent foramen ovale (PFO); atrial septal defect; fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm)?