Arrhythmias — Flashcards

What is the most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest in the immediate post-infarction period in patients with acute MI? _____

What is the cause of premature ventricular contractions in a patient with a high pCO2? _____

_____ syndrome is a pathology of the lower spinal cord that results in severe back pain

What is the management for a patient with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and newly diagnosed atrial flutter? _____

Does polymyalgia rheumatica present with muscle weakness or pain/stiffness? What about polymyositis? _____

Multiple P wave morphologies, irregular HR and associated with lung disease (e.g. COPD) = _____

Hint: arrhythmia

If pt has a rise in PSA w/o sxs or mets, what is the treatment? _____

The two predominant mechanisms of compressive cervical radiculopathy are cervical _____ and disc herniation

_____ AV block is characterized by progressive lengthening of the PR interval until a beat is "dropped"

Hint: (aka)

The unpleasant awareness of one's own heartbeat that can feel like a fluttering or pounding in the chest: _____