Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 701: Is pulsus paradoxus typically seen in patients with myocarditis? _____

Answer: No

Extra: * seen in cardiac tamponade, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, pericarditis, and croup: due to decrease in amplitude of systolic BP by > 10 mm Hg during inspiration

Flashcard 702: What is the leading cause of death in a patient with diabetes mellitus? _____

Answer: Heart attack (MI)

Flashcard 703: Colorectal carcinoma rarely presents with _____ bacteremia

Answer: Streptococcus bovis (gallolyticus)

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 704: Severe intravascular hemolysis can cause _____ due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN)

Answer: acute kidney injury (AKI)

Extra: * secondary to heme release from lysed RBCs -> tubular obstruction, direct toxicity, and vasoconstriction -> kidney injury

Flashcard 705: Excluding skin cancer, which demographic has **Breast, Lung, and Colorectal** as the top 3 most common cancers by incidence in the United States? _____

Answer: Women

Extra: Top 3 cancer incidence (excluding skin) in the US: - **Men**: Prostate, Lung, Colorectal - **Women**: Breast, Lung, Colorectal - **Children**: Leukemia, Brain/CNS, Lymphoma Note: Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers are actually the most common but are typically excluded from these rankings.

Flashcard 706: Streptococcus pyogenes results in _____, which is a deep infection of the skin

Answer: cellulitis

Flashcard 707: Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) can ultimately result in Rheumatic Fever and _____

Answer: Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (PSGN)

Flashcard 708: In the united states, the majority of overdose deaths are caused by _____

Answer: opioids

Flashcard 709: Which ADH disorder is characterized by high levels of circulating ADH and thus inappropriately concentrated urine? _____

Answer: Syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH)

Flashcard 710: Varicose veins are a result of incompetence of the _____

Answer: venous valves