Acute Medical Presentations — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: Acute heart failure is categorised into _____ HF (~70%) and de novo HF (~15%)

Answer: acute decompensated

Flashcard 122: Oxygen target saturations for acute heart failure are _____-98%

Answer: 94

Flashcard 123: O/E acute heart failure has _____, S3 gallop, & jugular venous distension

Answer: bibasal coarse crackles

Flashcard 124: _____ is rapid onset of worsening symptoms of heart failure

Answer: Acute heart failure

Flashcard 125: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with a YouTube link provided for clinical correlation? _____ [https://youtu.be/TvcU-WPrRkI]

Answer: Heart failure

Flashcard 126: Acute decompensated heart failure is most commonly precipitated because of _____

Answer: non-adherence to heart failure medications

Flashcard 127: BNP > _____ pg/mL & NT-proBNP > 300 pg/mL rules in acute heart failure

Answer: 100

Extra: Note: While 300 pg/mL is the cut-off to rule out acute heart failure, age-adjusted NT-proBNP rule-in thresholds are: - <50 years: >450 pg/mL - 50-75 years: >900 pg/mL - >75 years: >1800 pg/mL

Flashcard 128: Hypertension, pulmonary congestion, and minimal peripheral oedema after a myocardial infarction is suggestive of _____

Answer: flash pulmonary oedema

Flashcard 129: What position should patients be with acute heart failure? _____

Answer: Elevated upper body

Flashcard 130: Acute heart failure often presents with a _____ or blood-tinged cough

Answer: frothy