Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1681: hCG = _____ thyroid function

Answer: ↑

Flashcard 1682: The HPV vaccine is typically administered beginning at age 11 - 12 and is recommended for everyone up until age _____

Answer: 26

Extra: The routine age for vaccination is 11-12 years, but it can be started at age 9.

Flashcard 1683: Ménière disease typically presents with a triad of _____, _____, and _____

Answer: tinnitus

Flashcard 1684: ↑↑ Hematocrit and ↓ EPO is suggestive of _____

Answer: polycythemia vera

Flashcard 1685: 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: _____ _____

Answer: Myoglobin nephritis

Flashcard 1686: Atrial septal defects are usually asymptomatic, but may present with a(n) _____ on cardiac auscultation, and rarely _____ HTN and _____ syndrome

Answer: fixed split S2

Flashcard 1687: _____ presents with gummas, tabes dorsalis, general paresis, aortitis, and Argyll-Robertson pupil.

Answer: Tertiary syphilis

Flashcard 1688: Coronary angiography is reserved for patients with: - _____ - Stable angina with a high pretest probability of CAD - Stable angina with intermediate pretest probability and abnormal cardiac stress test results

Answer: Evidence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

Flashcard 1689: Patients with COPD and signs of right heart failure or hematocrit > 55% should be started on home oxygen if PaO2 ≤ _____ mmHg or SaO2 ≤ _____%

Answer: 59

Extra: Indications for long-term oxygen therapy in COPD: 1. PaO2 ≤ 55 mmHg or SaO2 ≤ 88% 2. PaO2 56-59 mmHg or SaO2 ≤ 89% if there is evidence of cor pulmonale, pulmonary hypertension, or erythrocytosis (hematocrit > 55%)

Flashcard 1690: Hypertension, metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia: _____

Answer: Primary hyperaldosteronism