Acute Medical Presentations — Flashcards

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

Consider _____ in acute heart failure with reversible cardiogenic shock

Hint: treatment

_____ is rapid onset of worsening symptoms of heart failure

Acute _____ heart failure occurs with pre-existing heart failure often precipitated by non-adehrence to HF medications, ACS, arrhythmia

De novo heart failure (acute) is most commonly precipitated because of _____

Myocardial infarction-induced acute left ventricular failure can result in rapid onset _____ and acute pulmonary oedema

What is the gold standard investigation for acute heart failure? _____

Patients with acute _____ heart failure typically present with acute dyspnoea, orthopnea, lower extremity oedema, along with bilateral crackles / wheezing (known as cardiac asthma)

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

What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with fever and signs of heart failure after several days of a URI (runny nose and nasal congestion)? _____

Hint: ?diagnosis