Cardiovascular Medicine
Primary imaging modality to evaluate aortic stenosis
TTE
Major benefit of NSAIDs in RA
Symptom control
Hemoglobin transfusion threshold for most patients
<7 g/dL
Initial vasopressor for septic shock
Norepinephrine
Most common cause of hypercalcemia of malignancy
PTH-related peptide
Typical murmur of HCM
Systolic murmur that increases with Valsalva and standing
Most important modifiable risk factor for knee OA
Obesity
Warfarin-related life-threatening bleeding treatment
Four-factor PCC
Preferred fluid for initial resuscitation in septic shock
Balanced crystalloid solution
Oncologic emergency characterized by hyperuricemia, hyperphosphatemia, hyperkalemia, and hypocalcemia
Tumor lysis syndrome
Treatment of cardiac tamponade
Pericardiocentesis or surgical drainage
Acute severe myopathy and anti–HMG Co-A reductase antibodies
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy
Decision support tool for suspected TTP management while ADAMTS13 level pending
PLASMIC score
Ventilator strategy for ARDS
Low tidal-volume ventilation (6 mL/kg predicted body weight)
Most effective treatment for febrile neutropenia
Immediate broad-spectrum antipseudomonal antibiotics
Test for low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis
Dobutamine echocardiography
Main disease-related cause of death in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
Interstitial lung disease
Therapy for primary HES with PDGFR-α or -β variant
Imatinib
Indication for prone positioning in ARDS
Severe ARDS with PaO₂/FiO₂ <150
Initial treatment for malignant spinal cord compression
High-dose glucocorticoids
Procedure to detect asymptomatic cardiac transplant rejection
Endomyocardial biopsy
Cause of airway obstruction in relapsing polychondritis
Involvement of tracheal rings
Treatment of complement-mediated HUS
Eculizumab
Initial treatment of tension pneumothorax in an unstable patient
Immediate needle thoracostomy followed by chest tube
Most common cause of superior vena cava syndrome
Lung cancer