Cardiology — Flashcards

In patients with osteoporosis, the risk for fragility fracture is highest in those with a history of _____

Which type of syncope is often preceded by nausea, bradycardia, and/or a feeling of warmth throughout the body? _____

PT/PTT values between DIC and TTP/HUS? _____

Cold intolerance, lethargy and depression is most likely _____

Hint: condition

_____ is an immune-mediated disorder that leads to lower limb motor weakness, autonomic dysfunction, and sensory dysfunction

Fibromyalgia, Polymyositis, or Polymyalgia rheumatica? Stiffness > pain in proximal muscles with elevated ESR and normal creatine kinase. Chronic wide spread pain with normal labs. Proximal weakness with elevated ESR and creatine kinase. _____

Acoustic neuromas are common among the elderly _____

Hint: T/F

Before starting ART, patients with HIV should be given the _____ influenza vaccine

↑ ESR/CK and bilateral proximal muscle weakness is suggestive of _____ ↑ ESR/CRP and stiffness/pain in the shoulders, hip, and neck is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

What is the likely diagnosis in an elderly patient with syncope, dyspnea, and a slow-rising/delayed pulse? _____