Cardiology — Flashcards

What is the likely diagnosis in an obese patient with daytime hypercapnia, hypoxemia, and respiratory acidosis? _____

Does peripheral vertigo present with postural instability? _____

Simple pneumothorax: Breath sounds: _____ Percussion: _____ Fremitus: _____

Hint: ↓↑

What is the urine Na+ in patients with diuretic abuse? _____

↑ Mitral stenosis severity = _____ gap between S2 and opening snap

Hint: ↑↓↔

Pursed-lip breathing is seen in _____

Hint: condition

Consolidation of the lung results in _____ breath sounds, _____ tactile fremitus, and _____ to percussion (e.g. lobar pneumonia)

Hint: increased/decreased

Embolization leading to acute mesenteric ischemia usually occurs in which artery? _____

Smoking cessation in COPD will reverse the lung damage _____

Hint: T/F

How do you treat symptomatic hypocalcemia? _____