Arrhythmias — Flashcards

Flashcard 241: What is the first-line treatment for gigantism? _____

Answer: Transsphenoidal adenomectomy

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Flashcard 242: Painful rash that follows a dermatomal distribution (described as dew drop like vesicles on an erythematous base) _____

Answer: Herpes Zoster (shingles)

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Flashcard 243: What is the likely diagnosis in a young patient with palpitations, tachycardia, and an ECG showing a short PR interval and delta waves? _____

Answer: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Flashcard 244: What is the diagnosis in a patient with patchy alopecia on the scalp without scarring? _____

Answer: Alopecia areata

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Flashcard 245: For patients who have received the rabies vaccine, rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) includes the _____

Answer: rabies vaccine only

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Flashcard 246: What is the first-line treatment for peripheral facial nerve palsy? _____

Answer: Steroid therapy (high-dose prednisone)

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Flashcard 247: Widened/slurred QRS (delta wave) and ↓ PR interval is suggestive of _____

Answer: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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Flashcard 248: Infra-nodal block (below AV node) = _____ or _____

Answer: Mobitz type II (2° AV block)

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Flashcard 249: Next step after electrical burn is _____

Answer: ECG

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Flashcard 250: In someone with suspected meningitis, the first step is to _____

Answer: get blood cultures

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