Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 471: Which blood transfusion reaction is caused by donor anti-leukocyte antibodies against recipient neutrophils and pulmonary endothelial cells? _____

Answer: Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)

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Flashcard 472: How do levels of plasma renin change in Liddle syndrome? _____

Answer: Decreased

Flashcard 473: Pulmonary infarction due to PE may present with _____ and tachycardia

Answer: tachypnea

Flashcard 474: Pompe disease is a glycogen storage disease associated with _____ cardiomyopathy

Answer: hypertrophic

Flashcard 475: Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis is associated with _____ levels of complement

Answer: decreased

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Flashcard 476: Which SLE antibody is a useful predictor of disease activity and renal involvement? _____

Answer: Anti-dsDNA antibodies

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Flashcard 477: _____ hyperaldosteronism is seen in patients with renovascular hypertension due to independent activation of the RAAS

Answer: Secondary

Extra: * usually due to atherosclerosis or fibromuscular dysplasia -> narrowing of renal arteries -> decreased renal perfusion -> increased RENIN secretion by the kidney -> RAAS activation -> elevated serum aldosterone

Flashcard 478: What acute phase reactant can be measured clinically as a nonspecific sign of ongoing inflammation? _____

Answer: C-reactive protein

Flashcard 479: Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with a(n) _____ serum creatine kinase (CK)

Answer: normal

Flashcard 480: Chronic exposure to _____ can occur with patients who work in the aerospace industry, in electronics manufacturing, or with nuclear reactors

Answer: Beryllium