Cardiology — Flashcards

What is the most important and first thing to ask a pt that complains of dizziness? _____

What neurological pathology manifests as Parkinsonism with orthostatic hypotension, impotence, incontinence, or other autonomic dysfunction? _____

What is the best initial therapy for hypertension? _____

What is the next step in management for a patient with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia with a CXR demonstrating lobar infiltrate? _____

Obesity is associated with increased risk of fracture _____

Hint: T/F

Management of cauda equina syndrome involves emergent MRI and administration of _____

Thalassemia, when major, is treated with _____ and prophylactic _____ to prevent _____

What is the only (common) heart murmur that is susceptible to balloon valvuloplasty? _____

(+) QRS in lead I (-) QRS in lead II frontal axis for ventricular depolarization = _____

Hint: alignment

Pseudohyponatremia (isotonic hyponatremia) is caused by _____

Hint: condition