HYPERCALCEMIA
This is the first next step when an elevated serum calcium level is noted
What is to correct for albumin or get an ionized calcium?
This hormone is insufficient in adrenal Insufficiency
What is cortisol?
This couple has a very anticipated wedding this weekend
Who are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
True or false: relapse rates of multiple sclerosis during pregnancy are lower
What is true?
Drug induced lupus is associated with this antibody
What is anti-histone?
This is how osteoporosis and Paget’s disease are differentiated on labwork.
What is alkaline phosphatase (elevated in Paget’s)?
True or false: patients with adrenal insufficiency have mortality rates that are nearly twice that of the general population
What is true?
He plays Han Solo in the new Star Wars movie
Who is Alden Ehrenreich?
This is the referred antiepileptic drug therapy for women taking hormonal contraceptives
What is levetiracetam (or Keppra)?
These are 2 of the 3 antibodies that are more specific for diagnosing systemic lupus erythematous (not drug induced)
What are anti-dsDNA, anti-smith, and antiphospholipid antibodies?
These are the 4 organs involved in maintaining calcium balance in the body.
What are the parathyroid glands, bone, kidneys, and small intestine?
This is the most common cause of adrenal insufficiency
What is autoimmune adrenalitis?
This is the name of the volcano currently erupting in Hawaii
What is the Kilauea volcano?
These are 3 anticoagulation choices for pregnant women with a mechanical valve prosthesis
What are
Warfarin
Unfractionated heparin
Low molecular weight heparin
This antibody is associated with mixed connective tissue disease?
What is anti-U1-RNP?
True or false: parathyroidectomy has a role in treatment of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
What is false?
This medication is most frequently used in treating adrenal insufficiency
What is hydrocortisone?
These are the 4 teams currently in the NBA playoffs?
Who are the Cavs, Celtics, Warriors, and Rockets?
Which of the following tests can be performed to rule out PE without risk in a pregnant patient: CTA, d-dimer, V/Q scan, or LE Ultrasound?
What is LE ultrasound?
This is the pulmonary disease associated with polymyositis and positive anti-Jo-1 antibodies?
What is interstitial lung disease?
In this disease, the PTH, calcium, and phosphate levels are all elevated
What is tertiary hyperparathyroidism?
(may also possibly be in FHH, but usually PTH and phos are normal)
After establishing a low cortisol level, the next step in work-up is?
What is an 8AM plasma ACTH level? To distinguish primary and secondary causes
These are the names of Beyonce’s twins
Who are Rumi and Sir?
These 3 categories of anti-hypertensives should be avoided in women who are pregnant or likely to become pregnant?
What are ACE-I, ARBs, and aldosterone blockers?
These antibodies are associated with a rheumatological disease that has an increased risk of lymphoma
What are anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB?