Neurology
Eponym for late amnestic neuropsychiatric manifestation of Wernicke encephalopathy affecting memory
What is Korsakoff Syndrome?
Effective cervical cancer prevention
What is HPV vaccination?
Preferred medical treatment of hyperthyroidism during the first trimester of pregnancy
What is propylthiouracil? (accept PTU)
Two most useful measures of respiratory muscle function in myasthenic crisis (must name both)
What is vital capacity and maximal inspiratory pressure (accept negative inspiratory force)?
Initial diagnostic test in patients who have an intermediate pretest probability of PE as recommended by ACP
What is sensitive D-dimer? (accept D-dimer)
Most common location of initial muscle weakness in Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
What is proximal lower extremities?
(accept lower extremities)
Infectious agent associated with gastric MALT lymphoma
What is H. pylori?
Two initial laboratory tests for suspected primary hyperaldosteronism
What is plasma aldosterone (PAC) and plasma renin activity (PRA)
(accept aldosterone and renin activity; aldosterone/renin ratio)
Antidote for methanol poisoning
What is fomepizole? (accept ethanol)
Age below in which HPV testing for cervical cancer screening in average risk women is not recommended by ACP
What is 30 years?
Threshold stenosis for carotid endarterectomy for secondary stroke prevention
What is 50%?
Only recommended screening modality for lung cancer
What is low dose CT of the chest?
(accept low dose CT of the lungs)
Syndrome defined by medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and primary hyperparathyroidism
What is multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A? (MEN2A)
Syndrome of hyperthermia and hyperreflexia and clonus
What is serotonin syndrome?
Three treatment options for acute gout recommended by ACP (name all three)
What are corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or colchicine?
First line drug for prevention of recurrent cluster headaches
What is Verapamil?
Type of leukemia typically responsive to initial treatment with all-trans retinoic acid
What is acute promyelocytic leukemia? (accept acute myelogenous leukemia type M3)
Likely diagnosis for thunderclap headache, bitemporal hemianopsia, and hypotension
What is pituitary apoplexy?
(accept pituitary hemorrhage or pituitary infarction)
Two complications of central venous catheterization most likely to occur when the catheter is removed (must name both)
What are bleeding and air embolism?
Treatment for all adult patients with chronic insomnia disorder as recommended by ACP
What is cognitive behavioral therapy? (accept CBT)
Test for Miller-Fisher variant of GBS
What are antibodies to GQ1b ganglioside protein?
(accept anti-Gq1b)
Two malignancies responsible for most cases of superior vena cava syndrome
(must name both)
What are lung cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma?
(accept non-small cell and small cell lung cancer; do not accept lymphoma alone or Hodgkin lymphoma)
Preferred diagnostic test for patients with elevated PTH and serum calcium but very low urinary calcium excretion
What is calcium/creatinine clearance ratio?
(accept fractional excretion of calcium - for diagnosis of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH))
Type of altitude sickness characterized by mental status changes and ataxia
What is high-altitude cerebral edema? (accept HACE or cerebral edema)
First nonstatin options added to maximal statin therapy for secondary ASCVD prevention in patients at very high risk
What are ezetimibe and/or PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies?