Arrhythmias — Flashcards

Focal with no impairment of awareness seizures are characterized by _____ consciousness

Hint: intact or impaired

Which infectious skin disorder is a superficial bacterial skin infection characterized by painful, non-itchy pustules and honey-colored crusting? _____

Laron syndrome, or dwarfism, is characterized by _____ GH and _____ IGF-1

Which infectious skin disorder presents with sloughing of skin with erythematous rash and fever? _____

Patients with _____ can present with rhinocerebral and frontal lobe abscesses

Hint: which fungal infection

Treatment of aplastic anemia involves _____ of RBCs and platelets

What is the treatment of West nile virus? _____

The characteristics of SLE may be remembered with the mnemonic "RASH OR PAIN": R: _____ A: Arthritis (usually involving > 2 joints) S: Serositis (pleuritis and pericarditis) H: Hematologic disorders (e.g. cytopenias) O: Oral or nasopharyngeal ulcers (usually painless) R: Renal disease P: Photosensitivity A: Antinuclear antibodies I: Immunologic disorder (anti-dsDNA, anti-Sm, antiphospholipid) N: Neurologic disorder (seizures, psychosis)

Hint: skin

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

Hyper-kalemia induced arrhythmias may present on ECG with _____ T waves and a(n) _____ QT interval