Cardiology — Flashcards

In Guillain-Barré syndrome, elective intubation is indicated for patients with: - _____ - Respiratory distress - Severe dysautonomia - Bulbar weakness

What is the likely diagnosis in an HIV patient that presents with a two-month history of low-grade fever and a productive cough that is worst in the morning?\n_____

_____ pneumothorax may be due to mechanical ventilation with use of high pressures

Treatment of acute adrenal insufficiency includes _____ or _____ with aggressive fluid support

Osteoarthritis classically presents with joint pain that _____ during the day

Hint: improves/worsens

Pseudoaneurysm is a local vascular complication of cardiac catheterization characterized by a(n) _____ bruit and painful, pulsatile mass

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with pitting edema and leg pain that is worse in the evening accompanied by varicose veins and skin ulceration? _____

Hemorrhagic shock is treated with _____

vertical/torsional nystagmus that lasts > 1 minute + postural instability and headache indicates _____ vertigo

Hint: peripheral/central

The most common hypercoagulable disorder among Caucasians = _____