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What is rib notching
Skeletal finding on chest x-ray in patients with aortic coarctation
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What is Addisons disease
A patient treated for hypovolemia, hyponatremia and hyperkalemia
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What is Good pasture's syndrome
Syndrome characterized by rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and circulating antibody against glomerular basement membrane
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What is Plummer-Vinson syndrome (Patterson-Kelly syndrome)
Syndrome of esophageal webs and iron deficiency anemia
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What is Normal baseline spirometry
Prerequisite pulmonary function test finding prior to bronchoprovocation testing with methacholine
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What is pericardial effusion
EKG finding of electrical alternans
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What is Reduction in LDL (accept improved)
Changes in LDL concentration in patients treated for subclinical hypothyroidism
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What is Immune complex deposition
Mechanism of an infection-associated glomerulonephritis and renal injury
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What is Zenker's diverticulum
Hypopharyngeal condition associated primarily with postprandial throat clearing and production of liquid and food particles and episodes of aspiration
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What is Fixed upper airway obstruction
Condition associated with flattening of the inspiratory and expiratory limbs of the flow volume loop
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What is Calcific aortic stenosis
Valvular abnormality associated with familial hypercholesterolemia
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What is 24-Hour radioactive iodine uptake
Imaging test that will distinguish between postpartum thyroiditis and Graves disease
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What is Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Syndrome characterized by joint pain, abdominal pain, palpable purpura, and a nephritic sediment
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What is Achalasia
Diagnosis responsible for bird beak sign esophagus
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What is Benign asbestos related pleural effusion
The earliest pleural manifestation of asbestos exposure
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What is Termination of pregnancy
Recommendation for patients with primary pulmonary hypertension who become pregnant
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What is Leptin
Non-insulin hormone responsible for storing body fat
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What is membranous nephropathy
Solid tumors such as colon cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and gynecological cancers are associated predominantly with this histological type of glomerular disease
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What is Endoscopic ultrasonography
In patients with esophageal cancer, preferred non-invasive diagnostic test to determine extent of disease progression within esophageal wall and regional lymph nodes
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What is > 17 inches (43 cm)
Neck circumference measurement associated with an increased risk of obstructive sleep apnea
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What is left ventricular ejection fraction less than 60% or left ventricular internal diameter in systole > 45 mm
The ejection fraction or systolic left ventricle internal diameter used as an indication for surgical intervention in severe mitral regurgitation
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What is Liddle's syndrome
Severe hypertension, metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia and suppressed plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone
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What is Diffuse lupus nephritis
Second most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults
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What is Achalasia
A cause of dysphagia that can be relieved in some patients by lifting their arms over the heads or with a valsalva maneuver
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What is Iron deficiency anemia
A hematological disorder that is associated with periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD)
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