Tid Bits
Diagnostic test of choice for Zenker diverticulum
Barium Swallow
Enzyme competitively inhibited by fomepizole
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Diuretic often used to decrease incidence of renal stones, but turns out is doesnt
HCTZ
Time duration that differentiates sustained from non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
30 Seconds
Additional endocrine disorder initially cotreated in patients with suspected myxedema coma
Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical location of pancreatic cancer associated with obstructive jaundice
Pancreatic Head
Cause of saturnine gout
Lead
Corrected Ca++ for patient who has Ca++ level of 11 and albumin of 3.0? (Normal Albumin is 4.0)
11.8
Eponymous name of criteria for evaluating acute myocardial infarction in the setting of left bundle branch block
Sgarbossa criteria
Menstrual cycle phase between the first day of menses and ovulation
Follicular phase
Statistical term describing how close two or more repeated measurements are to each other
Precision
Diagnosis associated with anion gap acidosis, osmolar gap, and urinary calcium oxalate crystals
Ethylene glycol poisoning
Alternative medication for patients with NYHA class III or IV with HFrEF who cannot tolerate ARNIs, ARBs, or ACEs
Hydralazine
Device that reduces afterload and increases coronary perfusion
IABP
Radiologic description suggestive of a flattened or absent pituitary gland
Empty Sella
Hepatitis virus associated with circulating Dane particles
HBV
Fish responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning
Groupers, parrot fish, snappers, mackerel, moray eels, and barracudas (name only 1)
Characteristic finding in Acute Interstitial Nephritis on UA
Urine Eosinophils
Inhibition of this endopeptidase raises levels of circulating natriuretic peptides for treatment of heart failure
Neprilysin (will not accept sacubitril)
Diagnosis for hyperosmolar hypernatremia and elevated arginine vasopressin (AVP)
Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (diabetes insipidus not acceptable)
Topical drug treatment for superficial basal cell carcinoma
Imiquimod or 5-fluorouracil (either acceptable)
N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine is a toxic metabolite associated with overdose of this agent
Tylenol
Maddrey Discriminant Function score threshold to initiate steroids in alcoholic hepatitis
32 or greater
Valvular abnormality associated with systolic and diastolic 'pistol shot' sounds heard over the femoral artery
Aortic Regurgitation
Eponymous phenomena occurring when excess iodine intake acutely inhibits thyroid hormone synthesis
Wolff-Chaikoff effect