Heart failure — Flashcards

_____ is the most common cause of secondary pneumonia (e.g. post-flu)

Urine osmolarity in prerenal failure = _____ Urine osmolarity in intrinsic renal failure = _____

Bilateral lung opacification without HF is suggestive of _____ and ventilation w/PEEP

Hint: condition

What is the likely diagnosis in a euvolemic patient with low serum osmolality (< 275 mOsm/kg) and high urine osmolality (> 100 mOsm/kg)? _____

Inotropes (e.g. milrinone, dobutamine) = _____ heart failure

Hint: stage

Is a unilateral pleural effusion secondary to congestive heart failure more likely to be right-sided or left-sided? _____

Patients with suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome should have their pulmonary function assessed with serial _____

High CO2 and respiratory acidosis = _____ exacerbation Low CO2 and respiratory alkalosis = _____ exacerbation

Hint: COPD/CHF

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with respiratory distress, crackles on examination, hypoxemia, and diffuse, bilateral alveolar infiltrates not due to CHF/fluid overload? _____

Untreated acromegaly can cause _____ myocardial hypertrophy leading to diastolic heart failure

Hint: concentric/eccentric