Cardiology — Flashcards

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with an extensive smoking history who presents with digital clubbing and sudden-onset arthropathy of the hand/wrist? _____

Pseudotumor cerebri = most common in _____ taking OCPs

Hint: population

C3/C4 levels are _____ in a lupus flare

Rheumatoid arthritis = _____ inflammatory arthritis with > 3 joints involved (small joints like hands, feet, wrists)

Hint: symmetric/asymmetric

What are the two possible mechanisms for febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions? _____

Miller Fisher Syndrome is a variant of Guillain-Barré that presents with _____, cerebellar ataxia, and areflexia

Is organ donation contraindicated from patients with HIV infection? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with mild hypoxemia, tachypnea, and CXR infiltrates hours after an episode of aspiration? _____

_____ is the most common cause of constrictive pericarditis in developing countries

Herniated disc = _____ month before doing radiographic imaging