Cardiology — Flashcards

Woman on OCPs and HTN is managed with _____

Hint: next step

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

Hint: serum marker

The symptoms of serotonin syndrome can be remembered with the "3 A's": _____

After a hip fracture, surgery may be delayed up to 72 hours to evaluate for _____

Walking, bathing, dressing, eating, continence, toileting, grooming = _____

Hint: ADL/IADL

Condition? _____

What is the next step in management for a patient that develops a cardioembolic stroke secondary to bacterial endocarditis? _____

Shock, acute onset chest pain and pulseless electrical activity 5 days post-MI with clear lungs is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Sickle cell and chronic hemolysis → folate deficiency = _____ reticulocyte count and _____ MCV

What neurological pathology typically presents with nerve damage in two or more nerves in separate parts of the body in a patient with vasculitis? _____