Cardiology — Flashcards

Hypertensive urgency or emergency = _____

Hint: BP

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

The most significant complication of idiopathic intracranial hypertension is _____

Treatment of Kallman syndrome and craniopharyngioma is _____

Metastases to brain _____ > _____ > melanoma > colon > kidney

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

Which movement disorder presents as a high-frequency tremor with sustained posture (e.g. outstretched arms), often with a family history of tremor? _____

How does secretion of the following hormones change in secondary adrenal insufficiency? Glucocorticoids: _____ Androgens: _____ Mineralocorticoids: _____

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

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