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Police should be called when physicians suspect abuse or when patients may cause self-harm or harm to others, which is not the case in this vignette. Calling that police is thus not necessary. +
Chlorthalidone is also a thiazides-type diuretic that is associated associated with sulfa allergy. +
71% represents the positive predictive value (PPV) of the test. PPV is calculated using the following equation: PPV = TP/ (TP+FP). On the other hand, specificity is correct. +
Deficiency of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is type I dyslipidemia, called hyperchylomicronemia, which is characterized by elevated concentration of circulating chylomicrons that result in high concentration of triglycerides and cholesterol. Although eruptive xanthoma may be present in hyperchylomicronemia, a classic complication of hyperchylomicronemia is usually recurrent pancreatitis (due to hypertriglyceridemia), not myocardial infarction. +
Vitamin B6 is required for the synthesis of cystathionine, heme, GABA, dopamine, niacin, and histamine. It is not a cofactor of pyruvate dehydrogenase. +
Lying in the left lateral decubitus position may help in the auscultation of murmurs caused by mitral stenosis (MS), commonly a complication of rheumatic heart disease. Auscultation using the bell of the stethoscope while patients are in a left lateral decubitus position may also identify S3 sounds, which are late diastolic, low-frequency sounds. +
The majority of solid tumors are staged with the classical TNM staging system. However, multiple myeloma is not staged by the classical TNM staging system, and spread to lymph node is not useful in the staging of multiple myeloma. +
Post-procedural stent thrombosis is a complication of percutaneous interventions (PCI). The patient's symptoms and signs are strongly suggestive of a pericardial disease rather than a coronary disease. +
Imprinting is the situation when a phenotype is dependent on whether a particular gene is or is not methylated. For example, Prader-Willi and Angelman’s syndromes are both mutations of the same region in chromosome 15; but the disease is caused by a mutation derived paternally in Prader-Willi, whereas it is derived maternally in Angelman’s syndrome. +
Aortic valve area, measured by Doppler echocardiography, is directly related to the severity of AS. +
This receptor-pathway corresponds to that of AVPR1. The phosphatidylinositol pathway activates downstream protein kinase C. +
Carcinoid tumor is an endocrine tumor, but is not frequently associated with MEN syndrome. +
Femoral nerve is commonly injured in pelvic fractures. In this case, the patient will be unable to flex the thigh or extend the leg. Trendelenburg sign would not be present. +