Antiarrhythmic medications US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Antiarrhythmic medications Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Which electrolyte disturbance causes tetany, torsades de pointes, and hypokalemia? _____
Answer: Low Mg2+ (hypomagnesemia)
Flashcard 2: _____ is a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with shifting sinusoidal waveforms on ECG
Answer: Torsades de pointes
Flashcard 3: Class IC antiarrhythmics can restore and maintain normal sinus rhythm in _____ fibrillation and flutter
Answer: atrial
Flashcard 4: Congenital long QT syndrome has increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to _____
Answer: torsades de pointes
Flashcard 5: Sleep apnea is associated with arrhythmias, especially _____
Answer: atrial fibrillation/flutter
Flashcard 6: Torsades de pointes can progress to ventricular _____
Answer: fibrillation (VF)
Flashcard 7: Scabies causes pruritis that is worse _____
Answer: at night
Extra:
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super itchy at night with excoriations and crusted, red papules.
Flashcard 8: Adrenal insufficiency may cause _____ following a stressful event (e.g. surgery, infection), characterized by hypotensive shock, confusion, fever, and abdominal pain
*bonus: next step in management?
Answer: adrenal crisis
Extra:
* because cortisol is unable to maintain blood pressure
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Flashcard 9: What disease is associated with this spinal cord lesion?
_____
Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Extra:
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Atlas:
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Flashcard 10: _____ incontinence is due to incomplete emptying, due to detrusor underactivity or outlet obstruction
Answer: Overflow
Extra:
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Overflow = think of things that stop outflow and cause overflow
Often 2/2 neural trauma (trauma, MS)
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