Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2121: What is the HgbA1C goal in diabetics? _____

Answer: < 7%

Flashcard 2122: No cortisol suppression with high dose dexamethasone (8 mg) is characteristic of _____ Yes cortisol suppression with high dose dexamethasone (8 mg) is characteristic of _____

Answer: ectopic ACTH production (small cell)

Flashcard 2123: What is the recommended screening protocol for osteoporosis?\n_____

Answer: DEXA scan for all women ≥ 65

Flashcard 2124: What does persistent headache or back pain in a woman who recently had breast cancer suggest? _____

Answer: Metastasis

Flashcard 2125: Patients with COPD who have resting PaO2 < _____ mmHg or SaO2 < _____% are candidates for long-term home O2 treatment

Answer: 55

Flashcard 2126: In diabetic patients, what urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) is an indication for starting an ACE inhibitor?\n_____ mg/g

Answer: 30-300

Extra: The urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) of 30-300 mg/g (microalbuminuria) is an early indication of diabetic nephropathy and a prompt to initiate ACE inhibitors or ARBs for renal protection.

Flashcard 2127: What enzyme is often elevated in patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia? _____

Answer: LDH

Flashcard 2128: _____ = patchy infiltrates occurring < 1 day post-trauma _____ = bilateral infiltrates occurring 1-2 days after trauma

Answer: Pulmonary contusion

Flashcard 2129: Does conus medullaris syndrome present with upper or lower motor neuron symptoms? _____

Answer: Both upper and lower

Flashcard 2130: _____ may be associated with atypical chest pain and anxiety

Answer: Mitral valve prolapse