Hospital and Critical Care Medicine
Type of IV catheter with highest flow rate
Peripheral wide-bore catheter
Primary imaging modality to evaluate aortic stenosis
TTE
Foundation of infection prevention
Hand hygiene
First test to evaluate dyspepsia in patients age <60 years
Noninvasive H. pylori testing
Leading cause of death in patients with CKD
Cardiovascular disease
Initial fluid resuscitation bolus for sepsis
30 mL/kg of crystalloid solution
Typical murmur of HCM
Systolic murmur that increases with Valsalva and standing
Diagnostic test for suspected genital herpes simplex infection
NAAT
Gold standard diagnostic test for achalasia
Esophageal manometry
Urine sediment in ATN
Pigmented granular or muddy brown casts and tubular epithelial cells and casts
Preferred agents for continuous sedation during mechanical ventilation
Propofol, dexmedetomidine
Treatment of cardiac tamponade
Pericardiocentesis or surgical drainage
Treatment for MSSA bacteremia
Penicillinase-resistant semisynthetic penicillin or first-generation cephalosporin
Preferred induction treatment for ulcerative colitis unresponsive to 5-ASA
Infliximab
Diagnosis characterized by ESLD with portal hypertension, oliguric kidney failure, bland urine, low urine sodium
Hepatorenal syndrome
Strategies to decrease delirium during mechanical ventilation
Daily interruptions of sedation and analgesia; protocolized light sedation; melatonin
Test for low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis
Dobutamine echocardiography
Initial treatment for disseminated histoplasmosis
Liposomal amphotericin B
Preferred diagnostic test for acute mesenteric ischemia
CTA
Preferred therapy for ESKD that increases duration and quality of life and decreases costs
Kidney transplantation
Measures in ventilatory assessment of neuromuscular weakness
Maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressures, vital capacity
Procedure to detect asymptomatic cardiac transplant rejection
Endomyocardial biopsy
Induction therapy for cryptococcal meningitis
Lipid formulation of amphotericin B plus flucytosine
Preferred test for histologic confirmation of pancreatic cancer
Endoscopic ultrasonography–guided FNA biopsy
Δ-Δ ratio calculation
(Anion Gap − 12)/(25 – Bicarbonate)