Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ can cause an aplastic crisis in patients with hemoglobinopathies

Hint: Virus

Causes of _____ cardiomyopathy include amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, post-radiation fibrosis, and hemochromatosis

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient on a ventilator who develops hypotension, tachycardia, and unilateral absence of breath sounds? _____

Management of mild-moderate sunburn is typically supportive (e.g. oral _____, topical aloe or cool compresses)

MEN 2A and 2B are associated with _____

Hint: thyroid

In addition to plasma free metanephrine, a change in _____ can help support diagnosis of pheochromocytoma

Hint: serum marker

Woman on OCPs and HTN is managed with _____

Hint: next step

Septic arthritis not responding to vancomycin is managed with _____

Hint: next step

Headache, diplopia, papilledema and normal mental status is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

What position reduces atelectasis in the posterior lung (where most of the lung mass is located)? _____