Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: Headache, seizures, and vomiting may present with _____ hypertension

Answer: intracranial

Flashcard 92: 1-2% of patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) develop _____ per year

Answer: multiple myeloma

Flashcard 93: What is the treatment for von Willebrand disease? _____

Answer: Desmopressin

Flashcard 94: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may impair _____ valve closure, thus causing regurgitation

Answer: mitral

Flashcard 95: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis presents clinically with progressive _____, cough, and digital clubbing

Answer: dyspnea

Flashcard 96: Degeneration of the **dorsal columns** and **dorsal roots** is characteristic of which disease?\n_____

Answer: Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)

Extra: Tabes dorsalis is a manifestation of tertiary syphilis. It results in impaired proprioception and vibratory sense (dorsal columns), sensory ataxia, and lancinating pains. It is often associated with Argyll Robertson pupils.

Flashcard 97: When patients with Autosomal Dominant PKD develop hypertension or proteinuria, you may treat with _____

Answer: ACE inhibitors or ARBs

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 98: What demographic is classically affected by polyarteritis nodosa? _____

Answer: Middle-aged men

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 99: Acute leukemias are typically associated with _____ circulating WBCs

Answer: increased

Extra: blasts go out into the blood (vs. lymphoma = stay in lymph node) Other:

Flashcard 100: What demographic is associated with Ewing sarcoma? _____

Answer: Boys < 15 years old

Extra: Ewing sarcoma is most common in boys < 15 years old and is much more common in Caucasian patients. It typically involves the diaphysis of long bones (especially femur), pelvic flat bones, and presents with an 'onion skin' periosteal reaction.