Arrhythmias — Flashcards

Flashcard 411: _____ AV block is characterized by dropped beats that are not preceded by a change in length of the PR interval on ECG

Answer: 2nd degree Mobitz type II

Flashcard 412: Sideroblastic anemia is characterized by _____ TIBC

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 413: _____ is the mainstay of treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma

Answer: Combination chemotherapy

Extra: Combination chemotherapy is the primary treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma. Radiation (Involved Site Radiation Therapy) is often used as consolidation therapy, particularly in early-stage or bulky disease, but is rarely used as monotherapy today.

Flashcard 414: Symptoms of hypopituitarism arise when >_____% of the pituitary parenchyma is lost

Answer: 75

Flashcard 415: Reactivation of VZV results in _____

Answer: herpes zoster (shingles)

Flashcard 416: What is the treatment for drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis? _____

Answer: Cessation of the drug

Flashcard 417: Is Guillain-Barre syndrome typically fatal?_____

Answer: No (almost all patients survive)

Flashcard 418: What would the result of a dexamethasone suppression test be in a patient with Cushing disease? _____

Answer: Cortisol response WOULD BE suppressed by high dose dexamethasone

Flashcard 419: Atrial _____ is most often caused by a re-entrant current that rotates around the tricuspid annulus

Answer: flutter

Flashcard 420: What is the most common infectious cause of blindness worldwide?

Answer: Trachoma (Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes A, B, and C)