Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1861: Sickle cell and priapism, acute chest, or stroke → _____

Answer: exchange transfusion

Flashcard 1862: _____ presents with productive cough and pleuritic chest pain

Answer: Pneumonia

Flashcard 1863: Initial management of knee osteoarthritis may include exercises to strengthen the _____ muscle

Answer: quadriceps

Extra: Initial management of knee osteoarthritis focuses on non-pharmacological measures (weight loss, exercise, physical therapy) and NSAIDs. Quadriceps strengthening is specifically recommended to reduce load on the joint.

Flashcard 1864: Before doing TSH level / ultrasound to evaluate thyroid nodule, what do you do? _____

Answer: H&P

Flashcard 1865: Central retinal artery occlusion is most commonly caused by an embolized atherosclerotic plaque from the ipsilateral _____ artery

Answer: internal carotid

Flashcard 1866: Newly diagnosed hypertension with BP < 150/90 mm Hg: begin therapy with _____ primary antihypertensive(s) Newly diagnosed hypertension with BP > 150/90 mm Hg: begin therapy with _____ primary antihypertensive(s)

Answer: one

Flashcard 1867: _____ is a CNS complication of drowning

Answer: Cerebral edema

Flashcard 1868: Initially, Hashimoto thyroiditis presents as _____

Answer: hyperthyroidism

Flashcard 1869: Anything that causes mydriasis will _____ acute angle closure glaucoma

Answer: worsen

Flashcard 1870: Putaminal hemorrhage often results in contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory loss due to involvement of the adjacent _____

Answer: internal capsule