| Bad to the Bone | Don't Stand So Close to Me | Here I go Again on My Own | Hot-Blooded | Pour Some Sugar on Me |
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What is aspirate the joint fluid
The test of choice in anyone with fevers and a new-onset joint effusion
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What is Rocephin and Azithromycin or respiratory fluoroquinolone
Empiric treatment for CAP
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What is colonoscopy
Next step in a 65 year old with iron deficiency anemia
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What is B-12 deficiency
Most likely cause of anemia in an elderly patient with Hct=31%, MCV=110 fl, and numbness and weakness
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What is <7.0%
Most widely accepted target A1C value for Type II DM
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What is allopurinol
Gout medication most likely to exacerbate an acute gouty attack
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What is Salmonella
Organism uniquely associated with osteomyelitis in sickle cell patients
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What is adenocarcinoma
The type of esophageal cancer associated with Barrett’s esophagus
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What is lifelong
Duration of Coumadin therapy in a patient with a DVT found to have Antithrombin III deficiency
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What is nothing (Euthyroid Sick Syndrome)
Treatment of choice for an ICU patient with slightly low TSH, normal T4, and low T3
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What is does not matter - osteoporosis is diagnosed by her fragility fracture
T-score necessary to diagnose osteoporosis in a 75 y/o female with a vertebral fracture from bending over
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What is below 200 cells/microliter
CD4 count below which you start PCP prophylaxis (Pneumocystis jiroveci)
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What is Fever, Jaundice, RUQ pain
Charcot’s triad of ascending cholangitis
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What are Low serum iron, low TIBC and high ferritin
Most likely findings on an iron panel in patient with Anemia of Chronic Disease
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What is FNA
Next step to evaluate a palpable 2cm thyroid nodule if thyroid function tests are normal
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What is > 50,000 cells/mm3
The synovial fluid WBC count most diagnostic of septic arthritis
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What is E. Coli O157:H7
Specific bacteria most commonly responsible for hemolytic uremic syndrome
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What are urease breath test and stool antigen
The two best tests to confirm eradication of H. pylori after treatment
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What is t(9;22)
Cytogenetic translocation associated with CML
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What is 24-hour thyroid radioiodine uptake and scan
Next diagnostic step in a patient with low TSH, high T3 and high T4
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What is muscle biopsy
Confirmatory test necessary for the diagnosis of polymyositis
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What is PaO2 < 70 mmHg OR A-a Gradient > 35mmHg
ABG values (2 of them) that indicate steroids should be used in the treatment of PCP Pneumonia
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What is Hep B surface antibody
Antibody seen in Hepatitis B vaccination
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What is Acquired Factor Inhibitor
The general diagnosis in a patient with an elevated PTT that doesn’t correct with a mixing study
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What is 24h urine for free cortisol
Most direct and reliable method for establishing the presence of increased plasma cortisol levels
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What is hepcidin
The name of the acute phase reactant that inhibits iron metabolism in Anemia of Chronic Disease
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