Infectious Disease
Name three oral antibiotics that cover MRSA
Bactrim
Linezolid
Doxycycline
Starting dose for initiating levothyroxine in hypothyroid patient
1.6 mcg/kg
Microscopy findings in G6PD deficiency
Bite cells
45 year old male with history of ventricular tachycardia presents for evaluation of rash sparring the nasolabial folds, pleuritic chest pain and fevers; what is the diagnosis/etiology, two answers REQUIRED
Procainamide therapy
Type III pulmonary hypertension etiology?
Pulmonary disease
Name the medication class that has a black box warning for Neuropsychiatric effects
Fluoroquinolone
Diabetes medication that has hepatic clearance and can be used in patients with renal disease as adjunctive metformin
Linagliptin
Diagnosis in patient admitted from post op total hip who has decreased platelets after 2 days of being placed on subcutaneous heparin without signs of hematoma/bleeding at the surgical site.
Level of prednisone administration which becomes a risk factor for GIOP?
Prednisone > or equal to 5 mg daily for at least 3 months
Defines the dominant coronary artery of the heart
Branch from which the PDA originates.
Name culpable pathogen that causes Lemierre's syndrome?
Fusobacterium
Acceptable diagnostic testing for Cushing's syndrome vs. disease
Late night salivary cortisol
Overnight dexamethasone suppression test
24 hour urinary cortistol
Etiology of microcytic/hypochromic anemia in patient with ferritin of 110, absence of target cells and no family history of anemia
Sideroblastic anemia
Diagnosis in a 71 year old female with episodic discomfort/stiffness in hands (MCP/PCP) for several days per month, with periods remaining asymptomatic
Palindromic rheumatism
Eponym given to right ventricular overload/distention that causes interventricular septal shift, obliterating the LV cavity, decreasing pre-load and causing hypotension
Reverse Bernheim phenomenon
Rapidly decompensating previously healthy individual presents with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, respiratory failure and thrombocytopenia after traveling to Yellowstone
Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome
Plasma aldosterone to renin ratio for which you would proceed to salt loading for confirmation of this diagnosis
PRA >20:1
Microbe that can induce HUS in patient with diarrhea and fever
STEC
Amount of time and age of onset low back must be present prior to making clinical diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis
Age <45
Pain present for at least 3 months.
Bezold-Jarisch reflex
Treatment for Brucellosis
Doxycycline
Streptomycin
67 year old female with seizure history presents for evaluation of severely elevated glucose, dorsal fat pad enhancement and hypertension. Which single test should you NOT consider ordering to exclude this condition?
Low dose dexamethasone suppression test
Define the "low risk" population of Polycythemia Vera patients AND the treatment of such patients.
No vascular thrombosis
Treat with Aspirin
Ailment of the spine in a 62 year old individuals presenting from spending 20 years in foreign country with night sweats, fever, chills and intractable bone pain. The patient appears cachectic and has a cough. IFGRA is +. Diagnosis?
Pott's disease of the spine
Name the diagnostic criteria for acute pericarditis.
4 total:
Pericardial effusion
Diffuse ST elevations and PR depression
Typical symptoms
+ friction rub