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This With We have a Bleeder! Scores and Criteria Rheum with a View The Doctor is “in” Around the World Get Physical Know your Syndromes Antibodies Hashimoto’s thyroiditis Fathers of Medicine Pernicious anemia What is anti-IF (anti-intrinsic factor) antibody? World-renowned innovator, educator and Father of modern open heart surgery, he performed the first CABG, successful carotid endarterectomy and developed a procedure to treat aortic dissection—a surgery he himself underwent; he died a week ago at the age of 99 Michael E. DeBakey, MD Thank you for playing Commonly seen in women with stress-induced chest pain, it is named after the Japanese octopus trap that resembles the shape of the left ventricle in this transient cardiomyopathy What is Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy? If you’re suspecting meningitis, flex the patient’s neck but watch the hip and knee. By the way, it is not Kernig! What is Brudzinskis sign? Tapping the wrist sends pins and needles to the finger tips—this sign can help diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome What is Tinel’s sign? This test is used to detect rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) What is Anterior Drawer test? Listen, here’s a test to distinguish between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss What is Weber test? This test measures the degree of lumbar forward flexion as the patient bends over as though touching their toes—a useful test to diagnose ankylosing spondilitis What is Shober Test? Associated with deafness, this is the 2nd most common inherited cause of kidney failure What is Alport syndrome? A rare complication of pregnancy, this syndrome is caused by necrosis of the pituitary; you may also call it “Cevik” syndrome What is Sheehan syndrome? Situs inversus, bronchiectasis, chronic sinusitis, male infertility What is Kartagener syndrome? A disorder marked by developmental delay, hand-flapping, frequent laughter or smiling, it is caused by deletion of maternal genes on chromosome 15; Prader-Willi syndrome i