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Name that bug
Everyone Poops
Everyone should be a Nephrologist
A mind is a horrible thing to waste
An ode to the liver: the garbage disposal of the body
100
Look for this in a patient who presents with asymmetric "polio" type flaccid paralysis
What is West Nile Virus
100
Prolonged travelers's diarrhea after a camping trip
What is Giardiasis - identify parasites or antigen in the stool and treat with metronidazole
100
AKI + metabolic gap acidosis + calcium oxylate crystals in urine
What is ethylene glycol poisoning
100
Periorbital headaches with last for 20-60 mins accompanied with ptosis and miosis and tearing
What are cluster headaches
100
LFTs in the 1000s in a patient with depression, treat with this
What is N-acetylcyteine
200
Erythema migrans and new AV block
What is Lyme disease or Borrelia burgdorferi
200
Blood diarrhea > 14 hrs after ingestion of culprit foodborne diarrheal illness that classically can progress to HUS
What is EHEC colitis - do not treat w/ antibiotics because it will increase chances of development of HUS
200
In ATN look for these types of cast
What are muddy brown casts
200
Fluctuating cognition + Mild parkinsonism + visual hallucinations
What is Dementia with Lewy bodies
200
LFTs in the 1000s in ICU patient on pressors
What is shock liver or hepatic ischemia or hepatic hypoxia
300
Causes a millet seed appearance on CXray of a patient with fevers and hemoptysis
What is miliary TB or miliary Mycobacterium tuberculosis
300
Severe secretory diarrhea and flushing
What is Carcinoid syndrome - get 24hr urinary excretion of 5-HIAA
300
Fear this sequele of giving gadolinium to patient's with AKI or CKD
What is nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
300
Target BP goal for subarchanoid hemorrhage
What is < 140/80
300
Outbreak of acute liver failure after a raspberry taste testing competition
What is acute hepatitis A
400
Carried by the same vector as Lyme disease and Babesiosis
What is Anaplasmosis
400
History of incorrectly diagnosed IBS with concomitant iron deficiency anemia
What is Celiac disease - obtain IgA and anti-tTG or anti-endomysial ab and order gluten-free diet
400
Treat this bacteria for repeat UTIs, high urine pH and staghorn calculi
What is proteus
400
A blockage of this vessel can lead to locked-in syndrome
What is the basilar artery
400
This test can be falsely positive in patients with intrinsic liver disease and elevated serum bilirubin levels
What is the HIDA scan
500
Government clerk with fever, lung crackles, scattered pulmonary infiltrates and widened midastinum on Cxray
What is pulmonary antrax or pulmonary ‎Bacillus anthracis
500
History of resection of distal ileum, now with voluminous diarrhea
What is short-bowel syndrome
500
Hereditary nephritis + sensorineural hearing loss
What is Alport syndrome
500
Severe orthostatic hypotension + ataxia + MRI showing necrosis of the putamen and cerebellar atrohpy
What is Shy-Drager syndrome or Multiple system atrophy
500
A Berkeley resident comes to the ED with LFTs in the 1000s after a hike, consider this culprit
What is Amanita mushroom poisoning