Beck's triad
Raised JVD
Muffled heart sounds
Hypotension
Most common cause of esophageal strictures
Long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease (accept GERD)
Entails discussion of benefits, risks, alternative treatments and probability of success of a procedure
Informed consent
Presence of these antibodies in a pregnant mother increases the risk of congenital complete heart block
Anti Ro and Anti La ( anti SSA, anti SSB )
Father of Western Medicine
Hippocrates
Name 2 signs associated with acute pericarditis on EKG
Diffuse ST-elevations
P-R depression in lead 2
Spodick's sign
Knuckle sign
Stool osmotic gap threshold compatible with secretory diarrhea
<50 mOsm/kg (accept <50)
USPSTF criteria for lung cancer screening
Age 50 - 80 years, pack year history 20+ years and quit within last 15 years
Rat bite erosions on x-ray are associated with
Tophaceous gout
Plague that was famed to have caused more deaths than injuries from the first world war?
Spanish flu
Cardiac arrest from blunt, sudden chest trauma is known as
Commotio cordis
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score identifying patients who will benefit from liver transplantation
MELD score ≥15
USPSTF criteria for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
Men with past history of smoking, aged 65 - 75 years
Gene associated with allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome
HLA*B5801
NSAID first isolated in the late 1800s and sold for management
Aspirin
Desired INR range for mechanical mitral heart valves
2.5 - 3.5
Frequency of colonoscopy in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease
Annually
Grade A age recommendation for colon cancer screening (USPSTF)
50 years
Lead intoxication leads to this joint disease
Saturnine gout
Founding father of the first internal medicine residency program
William Osler
Cardiac condition associated with sudden cardiac death called potpourri among the Laos and Thai people in Southeast Asia
Brugada syndrome
Diagnostic criteria for Irritable Bowel Disease
ROME IV
Normal dose for treatment of DVT/PE
1 mg/kgq12hourly or
1.5 mg/kg/day
Both subcutaneous
TNF-1 modulator given as off-label agent for the management of intractable/recurrent gout attacks
ANAKINRA
Dermatologist who discovered melatonin
Aaron Lerner