Most Important Prognostic/Risk Factors - Divine Intervention

  • MIPF for retinal detachment = time to surgical intervention

  • Breast cancer = involvement of axillary lymph nodes (number), size of tumor

  • Predictor of survival for coarctation of aorta = age of repair

  • AAA rupture = diameter of AAA

  • SCC of skin = cumulative exposure to the sun

  • Melanoma = depth of invasion

  • Acute mesenteric ischemia = bowel infarction presence

  • Most important measure in preventing HCC = presence of HepB vaccination

  • Ovarian cancer = family history

  • Prognostic factor cervical cancer = stage of cancer

  • Prostate cancer = age

  • Bladder cancer = smoking

  • Colon cancer prognostic = stage at diagnosis

  • Best test for infectious endocarditis = blood cultures

  • Complication of peritoneal dialysis = SBP

  • Goal of COPD management = smoking cessation

  • Risk factor for OSA = obesity

  • Disease with central sleep apnea = heart failure

  • Best conservative intervention of OA = exercise

  • Modifiable risk factor for OA = obesity

  • Risk factors for C diff = antibiotics and hospitalization

  • Opportunistic pathogen after transplant = CMV

  • Risk factor of cholangiocarcinoma = PSC

  • Risk factors for HCC = HepB and cirrhosis

  • Lung disease to asbestos risk factor = cumulative exposure

  • Best therapeutic step in pancreatitis = fluid resuscitation

  • Most important exam finding in aortic stenosis = delayed upstroke in carotid pulse

  • Prognostic factor in CAD = LV function

  • Most important factor in ARDS = ventilation with low tidal volume

  • Complication of celiac disease = lymphoma

  • Disease of retina in elderly = macular degeneration

  • Risk factor for pressure ulcer = immobility

  • Key finding in renal artery stenosis = abdominal bruit

  • Prognostic factor of spinal cord compression = early diagnosis

  • Success of TB treatment = adherence

  • Cervical cancer = HPV/HIV

  • Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma = EBV

  • MALT lymphoma = H. pylori

  • HCC = Hep B and C