Cardiology — Flashcards

Which electrolyte disturbance causes renal stones, metastatic calcifications, and hypocalcemia? _____

Anti-phospholipid syndrome is characterized by a _____-coagulable state

What side effect presents with increased central adiposity with skinny legs?_____

What demographic (age group) is classically affected by polyarteritis nodosa? _____

Which immunodeficiency is characterized by absent/scanty lymph nodes and tonsils? _____

Polycythemia vera rarely may cause _____, which is characterized by severe, burning pain and red-blood discoloration

Pseudotumor Cerebri (aka Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension) causes a palsy of which cranial nerve?

What is the most common leukemia in adults? _____

Which type of aphasia is characterized by the following: _____1. Nonfluent speech2. Intact comprehension3. Intact repetition

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome may present with easy bruising and a tendency to _____