Endocrinology
This condition is thought to be the cause of resistant hypertension in 20% of all patients.
Primary Aldosteronism
These are the most common risk factors for PUD.
H pylori infection and NSAID use
There are this many tenets of osteopathy
Four
The most common reason for chest pain in the primary care setting.
Chest Wall pain
This is the preferred initial test(s) for a new thyroid nodule.
TSH and Thyroid Ultrasound
What secondary cause of hypertension is significantly more common in women than men.
Cushing Syndrome
This is what patients must discontinue for two weeks before checking for H pylori
PPIs
High velocity low amplitude (HVLA) is a type of this.
Direct osteopathic manipulative treatment
The type of stress test that is most oven utilized in patients with poor mobility (e.g., unable to walk up 2 flights of stairs without stopping)
Pharmacologic/nuclear stress test
The preferred test for a patient with a thyroid nodule and a low TSH.
Radionuclide Thyroid Uptake Scan?
This test is progressively replacing the PAC/PRA ration in the primary test for detection of primary aldosteronism.
Plasmin Renin Ratio
PPIs may be used to treat dyspepsia in patients that are negative for this
This anatomic landmark is found at the T10 dermatome
The umbilicus
The additional clinical feature with the highest positive predictive value for Acute Coronary Syndrome
Pain radiating to both shoulders and arms (PPV 48%)
The best management for a (non-pregnant) patient with a hyperfunctioning benign thyroid nodule
Radioactive Iodine Ablation
Prior to work up for pheochromocytoma, what is the length of time that patients should discontinue the use of TCAs, SNRIs, and MOAIs?
2 weeks
This is the best combination of medications to avoid peptic ulcers in people who need an NSAID.
PPI with a COX2 inhibitor
A.T. Still
The component of the Interchest Score that contributes a NEGATIVE value.
Pain to chest wall palpation
This is the classification system for FNAs (Fine Needle Aspiration)
Bethesda
In a female patient who works as a nurse on the night shift and is on OCPs, what test should be selected to screen for Cushing syndrome.
24 hr urine free cortisol
These are the red flags in patients with dyspepsia, or reasons to get an EGD (three total)
Over 60 years of age; weight loss; anemia
This is the name of the sign described as an electric shock feeling that can radiate down the spine/into the limbs when the neck is flexed.
Lhermitte's sign
The drug class which can be discontinued at 1 year after an acute MI in the absence of heart failure
Beta blocker
These are two hereditary cancer syndromes associates with thyroid nodules
Familial Medullary Carcinoma and Multiple Endocine Neoplasia (MEN) Type 2