Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1281: What phenomenon is defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure > 10 mmHg during inspiration? _____

Answer: Pulsus paradoxus

Flashcard 1282: Patient with morning stiffness, X-ray of knees show osteopenia and subcartilaginous cysts around joints is suggestive of _____

Answer: RA

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Flashcard 1283: Hypothyroidism = _____volemic hyponatremia

Answer: eu

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Flashcard 1284: Pericardiac knock (~S3) is heard in _____

Answer: constrictive pericarditis

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Flashcard 1285: The ophthalmoplegia in Graves disease may cause decreased _____ and _____

Answer: convergence

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Flashcard 1286: Clinicians should offer or refer adults to intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions if they have a BMI of: _____

Answer: ≥30

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Flashcard 1287: What type of interventions are recommended to prevent falls in community-dwelling adults 65 years or older who are at increased risk of falling: _____

Answer: Exercise/PT

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Flashcard 1288: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with hypotension, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds? _____

Answer: Cardiac tamponade

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery?ref=anki  Pulsus in TamPonade (>10 mmHg ↓ systolic BP during inspiration) 

Flashcard 1289: Who should get a Tdap vaccine and how often?\n_____

Answer: All adults, every 10 years

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Flashcard 1290: Presenilin-1 / presenilin-2 mutations lead to _____ Apo-E4 mutations lead to _____

Answer: Alzheimer disease (early onset)

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