Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ encephalitis = EEG changes such as high amplitude slow waves and periodic discharges in the temporal +/- frontal lobes

Hint: Bug

What is the management for K+ excretion in a patient with hyperkalemia due to chronic kidney disease, refractory to medication? _____

Patients with _____thyroidism are at increased risk for carpal tunnel syndrome

Hint: hypo/hyper

Systolic ejection murmur cresc/decresc, louder w/ squatting, softer w/ valsalva, and pulsus parvus et tardus _____

Hint: murmur

Telangiectasia is a feature of carcinoid tumors _____

Hint: T/F

Muscle Strength Evaluation _____ = movement, but not against gravity

Hint: #/5

_____ presents in young patients (<50 years old)

Hint: Giant cell arteritis or temporomandibular disorder

Imaging modality of choice to examine the entire urinary tract: _____

Screening for high blood pressure should be performed annually in patients _____

Hint: age

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, aka _____ is pain after a(n) _____