Acute Medical Presentations — Flashcards

For those with a GRACE <3% and are opted for conservative management, what is the further drug therapy: - If low bleeding risk _____ - If high risk of bleeding aspirin + clopidogrel or aspirin alone

If AF patients are considered for long-term ryhthm control, delay cardioversion until _____ for a minimum of 3 weeks

What is the initial antithrombin therapy for NSTEMI/unstable angina if patients are: - not at high risk of bleeding/ not having angiography immediately _____ - immediate angiography is planned, or creatinine >265 umol/L unfractionated heparin (UFH)

What Endocrine Differentials could cause Falls?

An NSTEMI is defined as _____ but no ST-segment elevation + elevated biomarkers of myocardial damage

What other ECG changes would be indicate an NSTEMI? _____ T wave inversion

AF can degenerate rapidly to VF in Wolf-Parkinsons White Syndrome because The accessory pathway conducts the chaotic atrial activity during AF which bombards the ventricles Wheras usually the AV node acts as a _____ slowing conduction from the atria to ventricles This rapid ventricular activation can degenerate into Ventricular Fibrillation (VF)

What is involved in a Confusion Screen? 9

What are important questions to ask in a Falls History? 9

Is Troponin used to diagnose a STEMI _____