Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 3751: Angioinvasive aspergillosis will present with fever, cough and _____

Answer: hemoptysis

Flashcard 3752: Patients who get chronically exposed to Nickel, Chromium, Beryllium, or Silica are at risk for what cancer?

Answer: Lung Cancer

Flashcard 3753: What demographic (age, gender) is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?

Answer: Women of childbearing age (reproductive age)

Flashcard 3754: Autosomal dominant PKD may present in young adults with _____ pain and urinary infection

Answer: flank

Flashcard 3755: What abnormal movement is associated with serotonin syndrome? _____

Answer: Clonus

Flashcard 3756: What effect does standing up or the valsalva maneuver have on the "click" onset time of MVP murmurs?_____

Answer: Earlier onset of click/murmur

Flashcard 3757: Friedreich ataxia may present with _____.

Answer: diabetes (endocrine disorder)

Flashcard 3758: How do serum Na+ levels change in Liddle syndrome? _____

Answer: Normal

Extra: Liddle syndrome involves a gain-of-function mutation in ENaC (epithelial sodium channel) in the collecting tubules. This leads to increased Na+ reabsorption and K+ secretion. Key findings: - Hypertension - Hypokalemia - Metabolic alkalosis - **Low Renin** and **Low Aldosterone** (Pseudo-hyperaldosteronism) - Serum Na+ is typically **normal** due to compensatory volume expansion.

Flashcard 3759: Which cause of meningitis can also lead to myalgia and paralysis?_____

Answer: Poliovirus