Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1491: At what age range does the USPSTF recommend screening for diabetes in overweight or obese patients?\n\n_____

Answer: 35 to 70 years

Extra: The USPSTF (2021) updated the recommended age range to 35 to 70 years for screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in adults with overweight or obesity.

Flashcard 1492: Productive cough, wheezing and cyanosis is characteristic of _____

Answer: chronic bronchitis

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Flashcard 1493: Staggering gait and Kyphoscoliosis Pes cavus HCM and Diabetes = _____

Answer: Friedreich ataxia

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Flashcard 1494: MCC of aortic regurgitation in: developing countries: _____ developed countries = _____

Answer: rheumatic heart disease

Flashcard 1495: An absence of DTRs in an elderly person is _____

Answer: normal

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Flashcard 1496: What is the likely diagnosis in an elderly patient with significant smoking history that presents with a hard, non-tender submandibular lymph node and occasional ear pain? Physical exam is otherwise unremarkable. _____

Answer: Squamous cell carcinoma

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Flashcard 1497: HBV/HCV are associated with _____ and _____

Answer: membranous nephropathy

Extra: Hepatitis B and C can both lead to glomerular disease via immune complex deposition. • HBV → Membranous nephropathy • HCV → Type 1 MPGN (often with mixed cryoglobulinemia)

Flashcard 1498: What is the greatest risk in a patient with intermittent claudication secondary to peripheral arterial disease? _____

Answer: Myocardial infarction

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Flashcard 1499: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma causes nasal congestion with epistaxis, headaches, and spread to the _____ lymph nodes

Answer: cervical

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Flashcard 1500: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in young patients is commonly due to _____, which may also present with _____, seizure, or focal neurologic deficits

Answer: arteriovenous malformation

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