Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1671: For a patient with pneumonia, scores should be calculated for _____ and _____

Answer: CURB-65

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Flashcard 1672: Patients with acute pericarditis are at increased risk for _____

Answer: cardiac tamponade

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Flashcard 1673: Circular bald spot with hairs broken off at the same length (black dot alopecia): **Dx?** _____ **Most common cause?** _____ **Diagnostics?** _____

Answer: Tinea capitis

Extra: Tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp) typically presents as pruritic, scaly patches with alopecia. In the "black dot" variant (common with *Trichophyton tonsurans*), hairs break off at the scalp surface. Diagnostic workup: 1. KOH preparation of hair shafts/scales (gold standard). 2. Wood's lamp: *Microsporum* species fluoresce (blue-green), but *Trichophyton tonsurans* (the most common US cause) does not. https://onlinemeded.org/spa/dermatology/alopecia/acquire

Flashcard 1674: What is the likely cause of dyspnea in patients with ankylosing spondylitis? _____

Answer: Limited chest and spinal mobility

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Flashcard 1675: Treatment of painless thyroiditis is _____

Answer: β-blockers

Flashcard 1676: Sleep apnea is associated with _____ due to nocturnal hypoxia

Answer: pulmonary hypertension

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Flashcard 1677: ↑↑ Hematocrit and ↓ EPO is suggestive of _____

Answer: polycythemia vera

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Flashcard 1678: Ménière disease typically presents with a triad of _____, _____, and _____

Answer: tinnitus

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Flashcard 1679: _____ presents with gummas, tabes dorsalis, general paresis, aortitis, and Argyll-Robertson pupil.

Answer: Tertiary syphilis

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Flashcard 1680: Hypertension, metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia: _____

Answer: Primary hyperaldosteronism

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