Basic electrophysiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Class IC antiarrhythmics can restore and maintain normal sinus rhythm in _____ fibrillation and flutter

Answer: atrial

Flashcard 2: _____ fibrillation is a fatal arrhythmia without immediate CPR and defibrillation

Answer: Ventricular

Flashcard 3: _____ syndrome is the most common type of ventricular pre-excitation syndrome

Answer: Wolff-Parkinson-White

Flashcard 4: Vagal maneuvers can be used to acutely terminate which arrhythmia?_____

Answer: Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)

Flashcard 5: _____ degree AV block is characterized by independent beating of the atria and ventricles (P waves and QRS complexes are not rhythmically associated)

Answer: 3rd

Flashcard 6: Atrial _____ is most often caused by a re-entrant current that rotates around the tricuspid annulus

Answer: flutter

Flashcard 7: Scabies causes pruritis that is worse _____

Answer: at night

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org?ref=anki  super itchy at night with excoriations and crusted, red papules. 

Flashcard 8: Adrenal insufficiency may cause _____ following a stressful event (e.g. surgery, infection), characterized by hypotensive shock, confusion, fever, and abdominal pain *bonus: next step in management?

Answer: adrenal crisis

Extra:  * because cortisol is unable to maintain blood pressure Watch Hypothalamic & Pituitary Dysfunction Clinical Manifestations [https://dashboard.sketchy.com/study/medical/courses/medical-pathophysiology/units/medical-pathophysiology-endocrine/videos/medical-pathophysiology-endocrine-hypothalamic-and-pituitary-disorders-hypothalamic-and-pituitary-dysfunction-clinical-manifestations?utm_source=anki&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=february_update&utm_content=medical] Watch Adrenal Insufficiency [https://dashboard.sketchy.com/study/medical/courses/medical-pathophysiology/units/medical-pathophysiology-endocrine/videos/medical-pathophysiology-endocrine-hypothalamic-and-pituitary-disorders-hypothalamic-and-pituitary-dysfunction-clinical-manifestations?utm_source=anki&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=february_update&utm_content=medical] https://onlinemeded.org/spa/endocrine?ref=anki 

Flashcard 9: What disease is associated with spinal cord lesions affecting both the anterior horns and lateral corticospinal tracts?\n\n_____

Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Extra: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) involves both upper motor neurons (lateral corticospinal tract) and lower motor neurons (anterior horn).

Flashcard 10: _____ incontinence is due to incomplete emptying, due to detrusor underactivity or outlet obstruction

Answer: Overflow

Extra:  Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/nephrology/videos/urinary-incontinence?index=3] https://onlinemeded.org/spa/gynecology/urinary-incontinence/acquire?ref=anki  Overflow = think of things that stop outflow and cause overflow Often 2/2 neural trauma (trauma, MS)