Syncope and Presyncope — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: If the PSA is found elevated (in a hard feeling prostate) and cancer is suspected, the next step would be to do a _____ followed by biopsy

Answer: MRI

Flashcard 2: Mentzer index is defined as the quotient of _____

Answer: MCV/TRBC

Flashcard 3: If the Mentzer index is _____, the patient likely has iron deficiency anemia.

Answer: > 13

Flashcard 4: In the **two-tier (Modified) Well's Criteria** for Pulmonary Embolism, a score of _____ points indicates that PE is **likely** or "probable".

Answer: > 4

Extra: The Modified (Two-tier) Well's Criteria is used to clinicaly assess the probability of Pulmonary Embolism (PE): - **Score > 4**: PE Likely (Directly proceed to imaging, typically CT Pulmonary Angiography). - **Score ≤ 4**: PE Unlikely (Proceed to high-sensitivity D-dimer testing to rule out PE).

Flashcard 5: Vitamin _____ deficiency is characterized by sideroblastic anemia and peripheral neuropathy

Answer: B6

Flashcard 6: McArdle disease is associated with painful _____ that occur with strenuous exercise

Answer: muscle cramps

Flashcard 7: Vitamin _____ deficiency (rare) presents with dermatitis, enteritis, alopecia, and adrenal insufficiency

Answer: B5

Flashcard 8: _____ disease is a segmental thrombosing vasculitis that commonly involves the digits

Answer: Buerger

Flashcard 9: _____ syndrome is iron deficiency anemia with esophageal webs and atrophic glossitis and cheliosis

Answer: Plummer-Vinson

Flashcard 10: Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia typically presents with _____ and neurologic deficits

Answer: visual