Cardiology — Flashcards

Hypertensive urgency or emergency = _____

Hint: BP

What is the likely diagnosis in an adolescent girl with delayed puberty, clitoromegaly, and osteoporosis? Laboratory exam reveals undetectable estrogen and elevated testosterone levels. _____

Myasthenic _____ is often precipitated by infection, surgery, and medications and can lead to severe respiratory muscle weakness and respiratory failure

What are the two most common causes of chronic kidney disease? _____

Sepsis is an acute life-threatening condition characterized by organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated _____ response to infection

Aortic stenosis may present with _____, angina, and dyspnea on exertion

What is the likely diagnosis in a young adult female with stroke-like symptoms and a positive RPR test despite no clinical evidence of syphilis? _____

What is the next step in management for a patient with a clean or minor wound and an uncertain immunization history or <3 tetanus doses? _____

Manifestations of _____: * Cafe-au-Lait Spots, Lisch Nodules (hamartomas on iris), axillary and inguinal freckling * Multiple Neurofibromas (peripheral nerve sheath tumors) * Painless nodules on/under skin * Scoliosis (1/3) * Optic gliomas (CN2 tumor)

Hint: disease

_____ is a bacterial infection causing distributive shock that may affect the skin, resulting in a(n) diffuse erythematous macular rash