Cardiology — Flashcards

Staggering gait and Kyphoscoliosis Pes cavus HCM and Diabetes = _____

An absence of DTRs in an elderly person is _____

Hint: normal/abnormal

Productive cough, wheezing and cyanosis is characteristic of _____

Hint: condition

_____ presents in older patients (>50 years old)

Hint: Giant cell arteritis or temporomandibular disorder

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

What is a Hampton hump? _____

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

Prothrombin 20210A mutation = ↑ risk of _____

Hint: bleeding/thrombosis

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

Spinal cord compression presents with signs of _____ motor neuron dysfunction distal to site of compression