Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 141: What peptide is packaged with insulin and may be used to monitor β cell function in patients receiving exogenous insulin? _____

Answer: C peptide (connecting peptide)

Flashcard 142: What is the effect of obesity on risk of developing breast cancer? Why? _____

Answer: Increased, due to increased estrone production from adipose tissue

Flashcard 143: The most common subtype of von Willebrand disease presents with _____ vWF levels

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 144: Staging is important and the strongest predictor of prognosis for _____ lymphoma

Answer: Hodgkin

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 145: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease due to production of antibodies against post-synaptic _____ receptors at motor end plates

Answer: nicotinic ACh

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Autonomics

Flashcard 146: Chronic hypertension causes arteriosclerosis, which increases the risk for _____ stroke

Answer: hemorrhagic and ischemic

Flashcard 147: Which thyroid imbalance presents with hyponatremia? _____

Answer: Hypothyroidism

Flashcard 148: Disorders of primary hemostasis present with symptoms of mucosal bleeding, such as _____ (most common overall symptom)

Answer: epistaxis

Flashcard 149: Rheumatoid arthritis may present with _____ finger deviation and _____ wrist deviation

Answer: ulnar

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 150: Do patients with Leukemia typically present with decreased, normal, or increased circulating WBCs? _____

Answer: Usually increased

Extra: * Due to proliferation of myeloblasts (despite a reduced number of functioning WBCs)