Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2111: What secondary cause of hypertension is associated with epistaxis, tremor, and tachycardia? _____

Answer: Cocaine intoxication

Flashcard 2112: Is cigarette smoking a risk factor for cellulitis? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 2113: Which spinal cord syndrome is characterized by ipsilateral spastic paralysis, ipsilateral loss of vibration/proprioception, and contralateral loss of pain/temperature? Answer: _____

Answer: Brown-Sequard syndrome

Extra: Brown-Sequard syndrome is most commonly caused by penetrating trauma (e.g., a knife wound) resulting in hemisection of the spinal cord.

Flashcard 2114: Prosthetic valve = ↑ risk of thromboembolism due to prosthetic valve _____

Answer: thrombosis

Flashcard 2115: Which stroke subtype is characterized by early focal neurologic symptoms that worsen over minutes to hours with possible features of increased ICP (e.g. vomiting, headache, reduced alertness)? _____

Answer: Intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke

Flashcard 2116: Is smoking cessation associated with a mortality benefit in patients with COPD? _____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 2117: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with pitting edema and leg pain that is worse in the evening accompanied by varicose veins and skin ulceration? _____

Answer: Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)

Flashcard 2118: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy aka _____ is extreme burning/tingling non-dermatomal pain after a(n) _____

Answer: complex regional pain syndrome

Flashcard 2119: High likelihood of PE, what to do first? _____

Answer: Anticoagulate

Flashcard 2120: Autonomic dysreflexia is a complication of spinal cord injury above T6 whereby noxious stimuli can cause an unregulated _____ response leading to severe hypertension

Answer: sympathetic