High -Yield Internal Medicine Board Exam Pearls by Knowmedge - HTML preview

bronchiectasis.

 C – CYSTIC FIBROSIS

 H – HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA

 A – ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY

 D – DYSKINETIC CILIARY SYNDROME

 P – PNEUMONIA

 A – ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS (ABPA)

 R – RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

 S – SJOGREN’S SYNDROME

Pearl # 4: Not all that wheezes is asthma…but it sure is important for the ABIM boards