Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 711: In the united states, the majority of overdose deaths are caused by _____

Answer: opioids

Flashcard 712: How is pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) measured? _____

Answer: Pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz catheter)

Extra: fyi: See PA distal lumen - senses the pressure.

Flashcard 713: Which electrolyte disturbance causes renal stones, metastatic calcifications, and hypocalcemia? _____

Answer: High PO43-

Flashcard 714: _____ are benign and often pedunculated outgrowths of normal skin

Answer: Acrochordons

Flashcard 715: What hormone may contribute to the development of SLE in females by stimulating cell-mediated immunity? _____

Answer: Estrogens

Flashcard 716: Patients with T2DM in DKA can present with _____

Answer: prerenal acute kidney injury (AKI)

Extra: * due to osmotic diuresis -> volume depletion -> decreased renal perfusion -> prenal azotemia

Flashcard 717: Most thyroid adenomas are nonfunctional ("cold"), but may rarely cause _____ via autonomous thyroid hormone production ("hot" or "toxic")

Answer: hyperthyroidism

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 718: Vaso-occlusive infarcts in bones of the hands and feet due to sickle cell anemia cause _____

Answer: dactylitis (painful swelling of hands and feet)

Extra: * dactylitis- painful swelling of hands and feet Other:

Flashcard 719: Which renal tubular acidosis may be caused by analgesic nephropathy? _____

Answer: Distal RTA (type 1)

Flashcard 720: In peripheral artery disease, calf claudications are caused by lesions in the _____ artery

Answer: superficial femoral