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pt with mitral stenosis, they should get anticoagulation if what 3 conditions are met
- afib-any
- left atrial thrombus
- prior embolic event
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+ exercise stress test and normal nuclear stress test, next step
cardiac cath
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what is balanced ischemia
blood flow is globally impaired so there is false negative on nuclear stress test
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when do you test for cure in chlamydia
if symptoms or pregnancy
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why not test for cure for chlamydia
due to high rate of false +
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pharyngitis now with cavitary lesions in the lung and neck pain, jugular vein thrombophlebitis, dx
Lemierre syndrome-fusobacterium
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syndrome where pharyngitis causes septic emboli
lemierre syndrome
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best test for central hypothyroidism
TSH with free T4
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test for MG
acetylcholine receptor ab, if neg tyrosine kinase ab, if neg, EMG
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most common immunodeficiency syndrome
CVID
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how does Common variable immunodeficiency presents
- sinusitis
- pna
- chronic lung disease
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what kind of deficiency presents with recurrent candida infections
myeloperoxidase deficiency
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what ensures that known and unknown variables are distributed equally?
randomization
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diff between HUS and TTP
- neurological symptoms TTP
- Renal failure in HUS
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gastrin level of > is seen in what 2 conditions
atrophic gastritis and ZE syndrome
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gastrin level >1000, how can you differentiate between ZE and atrophic gastritis?
pH <5 in ZE
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what is the difference between WPW patterns nd syndrome
pattern has wide QRS and syndrome has narrow qrs
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presentation of chikungunya fever
polyarthralgia +fever
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how is chikungynya fever transmitted
via aedes mosquito
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hantavirus presentation
cardiopulmonary syndrome with hemorrhagic and renal syndrome
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how is hantavirus transmitted
rodents
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what can be seen years prior to dx of parkinson's
- sleep disturbance
- anosmia-loss of smell
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management of bosniak I, II, III renal cysts
- I-no need for follow up
- II- U/S in 6-12 mo
- III- surgery
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How many Hounsfeld units signify possibly malignancy
>10 units
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benefits of cinacalet 3
- decrease cardiovascular events in >65
- need to parathyroid surgery
- frequency of fractures
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