Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ are more common in underweight individuals

Hint: Shin splints or stress fractures

Do absence seizures present as episodes lasting 1-2 minutes? _____

Postrenal AKI causes: _____ Ureters or Urethra (stone, cancer)

Patients who are overweight or obese and have additional cardiovascular disease risk factors should be educated on: _____

How does cardiac index change in septic shock? _____

_____ is characterized by exertional leg pain (claudication) and dermal atrophy (thin/shiny skin, loss of hair)

Hint: Which disease

_____ = diabetic neuropathy or bladder outlet obstruction

Hint: type of urinary incontinence

What is the likely underlying cause of syncope in an elderly patient that stood up after a period of bed rest? _____

Ventilator Settings: Assist-Control: ventilator delivers the same _____ during every inspiration, whether initiated by the ventilator or by patient

What cardiac catheterization complication presents with sudden hemodynamic instability and ipsilateral flank/back pain? _____