Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2011: Pretibial myxedema is seen in _____

Answer: Graves disease

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Flashcard 2012: What is the FENa in patients with intrinsic renal failure? _____

Answer: > 2%

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Flashcard 2013: What is the greatest risk factor for osteoporosis? _____

Answer: Advanced age

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Flashcard 2014: Sickle cell disease and fever is managed with _____

Answer: antibiotics

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Flashcard 2015: What is the best next step in management of acute hemolytic transfusion reaction?\n_____

Answer: Stop the transfusion and start vigorous IV hydration

Flashcard 2016: Asthma palpable purpura sinusitis neuropathy _____

Answer: Churg-Strauss syndrome

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Flashcard 2017: Adults age 65 should receive a(n) _____-time dose of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23)

Answer: one

Extra: The pneumococcal vaccination schedule was significantly updated by the ACIP in 2022 to emphasize the newer conjugate vaccines (PCV15 and PCV20). PPSV23 is now primarily used in sequence with PCV15.

Flashcard 2018: _____ should be done in all newly diagnosed hypertensive patients to look for changes associated with hypertensive heart disease

Answer: ECG

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Flashcard 2019: Bacillary angiomatosis is a complication of Bartonella henselae that presents with raised _____ lesions on the skin

Answer: red vascular

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Flashcard 2020: _____ presents as dizziness, syncope, tinnitus, and a focal neurologic deficit

Answer: Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

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