The Brain that Wouldn't Die
Creepy Creatures
Buckets of Blood
Eaten Alive
Ahh! Skeletons!!
100
Preferred initial drug therapy for idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Acetazolamide (accept carbonic anhydrase inhibitor)
100
Genus and species for the causative spirochete of syphilis
Treponema pallidum
100
Patients with this condition should receive warfarin rather than a DOAC for treatment of DVT.
Antiphospholipid syndrome.
100
This validated clinical scale classifies human feces into seven categories
Bristol stool scale (accept Bristol stool form scale; Bristol stool chart)
100
Term for inflammation of the bony insertion site of tendons or ligaments
Enthesitis
200
This is the infectious agent most commonly associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome
Campylobacter jejuni (accept Campylobacter)
200
Acute, self-limited, febrile illness occurring in the first 24 hours of treatment of spirochetal infections
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
200
This is a term for the stacking of red blood cells on a peripheral blood smear
Rouleaux (accept rouleaux formation)
200
Subcutaneous opioid antagonist approved for opioid-induced constipation
Methylnaltrexone
(PO: Naloxegol)
200
This rheumatologic condition is classically associated with the plain film radiographic finding of joints of the hands and feet described as a 'pencil-in-cup' deformity
Psoriatic arthritis
300
This is the blood pressure above which thrombolytics are contraindicated in acute ischemic stroke. (Need systolic AND diastolic.)
185/110
300
This is the drug of choice for the first episode of nonfulminant Clostridioides difficile colitis based on 2021 IDSA guidelines.
Fidaxomicin
300
These are the two most common organ systems affected by leukostasis syndrome
Central nervous system (CNS) and pulmonary
300
Liver condition most commonly associated with anti-smooth muscle antibody
Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis (accept autoimmune hepatitis)
300
This is a hypercalcemic disorder due to parathyroid hyperplasia following prolonged parathyroid stimulation
Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
400
This diagnosis is associated with anti–N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antibodies
Autoimmune encephalitis (accept limbic encephalitis)
400
This bacterial species is associated with bacillary angiomatosis
Bartonella
400
Elevation of this metabolic intermediate is associated with folate deficiency
Homocysteine
400
FDA-approved antibiotic for the treatment of IBS with predominant diarrhea
Rifaximin (accept Xifaxan)
400
These are the five most common anatomical locations for primary localized osteoarthritis. (Need all 5!)
Hands, feet, knee, hip, and spine (requires all five)
500
Syndrome with Parkinsonian features and pronounced autonomic nervous system failure
Multi-system atrophy (accept Shy-Drager syndrome; olivopontocerebellar atrophy; striatonigral degeneration)
500
These are the three major bacterial species not covered by Ertapenem compared to other Meropenem/ other carbapenems.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus species (E faecium, E faecalis) and Acinetobacter species.
500
This monoclonal antibody is used to treat Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Rituximab
500
This is an eponym for a syndrome of gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in the presence of aortic stenosis
Heyde syndrome
500
This classic bone disorder is associated with severe and prolonged hyperparathyroidism.
Osteitis fibrosa cystica (accept osteitis fibrosa; osteodystophia fibrosa; von Recklinghousen disease of bone; brown tumors)