Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1401: What is the normal range for ankle-brachial index (ABI)? _____ Mild to moderate PAD? _____

Answer: 1-1.4

Flashcard 1402: What is the "COPDER" mnemonic for the treatment of COPD? _____

Answer: Corticosteroids Oxygen Prevention Dilators Experimental Rehabilitation

Flashcard 1403: Which blistering skin disorder presents in an elderly person with tense blisters that don't rupture easily? _____

Answer: Bullous pemphigoid

Flashcard 1404: Before extubation, patients intubated for medical reasons should undergo a(n) _____

Answer: spontaneous breathing trial

Flashcard 1405: Older adult with gait dysfunction, LMN signs in the arms and UMN signs in the legs is suggestive of _____

Answer: cervical myelopathy

Flashcard 1406: Painful thyroid often following viral infection is suggestive of _____

Answer: subacute (De Quervain) thyroiditis

Extra: "QuerVAIN in PAIN"

Flashcard 1407: Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is seen in _____

Answer: Kallmann syndrome

Flashcard 1408: What is the likely cause of persistent mild thrombocytosis in a patient with a history of blunt abdominal trauma? _____

Answer: Secondary thrombocytosis (due to splenectomy)

Flashcard 1409: Stages of CKD I - Normal/High: GFR _____ II - Mild: GFR _____ III - Moderate: GFR _____ IV - Severe: GFR _____ V - Kidney failure: GFR _____

Answer: > 90

Flashcard 1410: Are antinuclear antibodies strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis? _____

Answer: No