Pulmonary Medicine
SpO2 level requiring supplemental O2 during air travel
<92%
Most common/disabling symptom of mild TBI
Headache
Major cause of excess death in patients with RA
Coronary artery disease
Imaging test for thyroid nodule with normal TSH
Ultrasonography
Initial drug therapy for acute low back pain
NSAIDs
OSA symptom most responsive to treatment
Daytime sleepiness
Screening test for backward falls in Parkinson disease
Pull test
GI disease risk in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
IBD
Empiric levothyroxine dose change during pregnancy
30% increase
Diagnostic test for all patients with syncope
ECG
Test for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
Methacholine or exercise bronchial challenge test
Outpatient test for embolic stroke of undetermined source
Prolonged cardiac monitoring
Main disease-related cause of death in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
Interstitial lung disease
Invasive test to confirm source of hyperaldosteronism
Adrenal vein sampling
Physical examination maneuver to evaluate for cervical radiculopathy
The Spurling test
Characteristics of idiopathic NSIP compared with IPF
Typically affects younger population, has more favorable prognosis
MRI findings of normal-pressure hydrocephalus
Enlarged sylvian fissure, compacted subarachnoid spaces, ventriculomegaly, no cortical atrophy
Fever with associated evanescent salmon-colored rash, arthralgias, leukocytosis
Adult-onset Still disease
Most common cause of familial hyperparathyroidism
MEN1
Diagnosis for fatigue ≥6 months with reduction in activities, postexertional malaise, unrefreshing sleep, and orthostatic intolerance or cognitive impairment
Systemic exertion intolerance disease
Pulmonary infections suggestive of bronchiectasis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus, non-TB mycobacteria
CSF findings that predict Alzheimer disease
Decreased β-amyloid peptide, increased total and phosphorylated tau
Pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage, pauci-immune glomerulonephritis, positive p-ANCA
Microscopic polyangiitis
Tests for pituitary hypersecretion in all pituitary incidentalomas
Prolactin and IGF-1 levels
Concomitant neurologic findings in patients with central vertigo secondary to vertebrobasilar stroke
Nystagmus, dysphagia, dysarthria, diplopia, ataxia, postural instability, hemiparesis, mental status changes