Most Common ____
Faculty Fun Facts
What is the Diagnosis?
Buzz words
Treatment
100

MC type of anemia

Iron deficiency 

100

Which professor has a daughter named Ellie?

Dr. Albanese

100

A 58-year-old male presenting with unilateral right calf swelling, pain, and warmth three days after a 10-hour international flight

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

100

"Bag of worms"

Varicocele

100

What is the first line treatment for otitis media?

High dose amoxicillin

200

MC (pathogen) cause of otitis externa

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 

200

What professor plays the guitar?

Dr. Ostella

200

A 35-year-old woman has weight loss despite increased appetite, heat intolerance, tremor, palpitations, and exophthalmos.

Graves disease

200

"Worst headache of my life"

subarachnoid hemorrhage 

200

A patient with stable monomorphic ventricular tachycardia with a pulse requires an antiarrhythmic. This Class III medication is one treatment option and works primarily by blocking potassium channels and prolonging repolarization.

Amiodarone

300

This artery is most commonly involved in an acute myocardial infarction

Left anterior descending artery (LAD)

300

What professor drives a rivian?

Dr. Haider

300

Patient presents with a "down and out” eye, and a dilated poorly reactive pupil. Which cranial nerve is affected?

CN III (oculomotor nerve)

300

Machinery like murmur

PDA

300

A patient has an acute gout attack with a hot, swollen, exquisitely painful first MTP joint. This anti-inflammatory medication that inhibits microtubule polymerization is a classic treatment option.

Colchicine

400

MC pathogen causing Strep throat

Strep Pyogenes

400

What is Professor Zafar's cats FULL name?

Dr. Leopald Butterscotch the 3rd

400

A patient develops severe epigastric pain radiating to the back with nausea and vomiting. Lipase is markedly elevated.

Acute pancreatitis

400

Pea soup stool

Salmonella

400

Shortly after receiving succinylcholine and a volatile inhaled anesthetic, a surgical patient develops rapidly rising body temperature, severe muscle rigidity, tachycardia, hypercapnia, and metabolic acidosis. This medication should be administered immediately.

Dantrolene

500

What is the MC cause of bladder cancer?

Smoking

500

Which professor has been at FDU the longest?

Professor B

500

A patient develops burning, tingling, and numbness over the anterolateral thigh after recent weight gain and wearing a tight belt. Strength and reflexes remain normal, with no symptoms below the knee.

Meralgia paresthetica

500

"Boot shaped heart" on CXR

Tetralogy of Fallot

500

After spending the afternoon playing with a wild rabbit he definitely wasn’t supposed to touch, a child develops a high fever, a painful skin ulcer, and dramatically swollen regional lymph nodes. What is the first line treatment for this child?

Gentamicin