Cardiology — Flashcards

For a patient with pneumonia, scores should be calculated for _____ and _____

von Willebrand disease presents with _____ platelet count + _____ bleeding time and _____ PTT

What are the three diabetic microvascular complications? _____

Malignant breast cancer may lead to _____, either through bony metastasis or PTHrP production

Patients with acute pericarditis are at increased risk for _____

Hint: cardiac tamponade or mediastinitis

Treatment of painless thyroidits is _____

Sleep apnea is associated with _____ due to nocturnal hypoxia

Red hot swollen joint is managed with _____

Hint: next step

_____ presents with gummas, tabes dorsalis, general paresis, aortitis, and Argyll-Robertson pupil.

Pt has muddy brown casts on U/A, high Cr despite normal urine output. Now his Cr continues to rise, but his urine output is next to nothing. His U/A shows blood, but no RBC: _____ _____

Hint: Diagnosis?