| CARDIOLOGY | GI | NEPHROLOGY | RHEUMATOLOGY | ID |
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What is nonsustained ventricular tachycardia
Diagnosis for 3 or more consecutive ventricular beats at a rate of >100/min with duration <30 seconds
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What is Nonselective beta-blockers
Preferred drug class for primary prevention of variceal bleeding
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What is Osmotic demyelination syndrome
Electrolyte associated syndrome characterized by quadriparesis, "locked-in syndrome" and coma
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What are Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha inhibitors
Class of biological DMARD associated with drug-induced lupus
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What is Staph aureus
The most common bacterium infecting adult joints
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What is pooled cohort equations
ACC/AHA guideline recommends this tool to calculate 10-year ASCVD risk
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What is Urea breath test
Most reliable non-endoscopic test to confirm eradication of H. pylori infection
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What is Propofol
Therapeutic infusion associated with type B lactic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, and hyperlipidemia
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What is Relapsing polychondritis
An immune mediated condition that causes external ear inflammation sparing the earlobe
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What is 28 days
Antibiotic treatment duration for Lyme arthritis without neurological involvement
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What is right arm or shoulder
Pain radiating to this location is associated with highest likelihood of MI
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What is Fluid wave
((positive likelihood ratio 5))
Most specific physical exam finding for the presence of ascites
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What is Bicarb < 23 mEq/L
Serum bicarbonate threshold for which oral alkali therapy is indicated in CKD
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What is (Age and years +10)/2
Formula for estimating the age-adjusted upper limit of normal for ESR in women
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What is Tenofovir-emtricitabine
(do not accept Truvada)
The 2 antiretroviral drugs indicated for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
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What is the pulmonary vein
Atrial fibrillation ablation therapy involves this cardiac structure
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What is Autoimmune pancreatitis
((accept IgG4 disease))
Pancreatic disease associated with parotid gland enlargement and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
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What is Fractional excretion of urea
Fractional excretion measurement to diagnose prerenal AKI in a patient taking diuretics
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What is Familial Mediterranean fever
Syndrome of fever, polyserositis and arthritis that improved with colchicine
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What is
Flagyl, Imipenem, Zosyn, Isoniazid, Gentamicin, Ampicillin, Cipro
Name 3 antibiotics that lower the seizure threshold
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What is Quinidine
Antiarrhythmic drug most commonly associated with torsades de pointes
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What is Myeloproliferative disorder
(accept polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, primary myelofibrosis, chronic myeloid leukemia)
Hematological disorder found in 50% of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome
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What is Transitional cell carcinoma
Histological type of cancer risk associated with Balkan endemic nephropathy
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What is Adult still's disease
The Yamaguchi criteria are used to diagnose this disease
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What is > 1.5 times baseline
IDSA guideline recommends treatment of C. difficile colitis with vancomycin for this rise in serum creatinine
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