Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ is proven to prolong life in hypoxemic COPD patients (< 88%, 55 mmHg)

Hint: Treatment

How do you treat DT's postop? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a hemodynamically unstable patient that presents with fever, vomiting, and a diffuse erythematous rash (erythroderma) on the trunk and extremities? The patient recently had nasal packing for nosebleed or was using tampons. _____

24-hour urine cortisol measurement is an appropriate diagnostic test for suspected adrenal insufficiency _____

Hint: T/F

Patient with rheumatoid arthritis begins to have cervical radiculopathy (weakness, pain, numbness in upper extremities) and UMN signs - next step? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with previous Hodgkin lymphoma status-post chemoradiation therapy that presents with dyspnea, JVD, ascites, and hepatomegaly? _____

Bloody exudative effusion = malignancy or _____

_____ causes a sore throat, swollen tonsils with purulent exudate, anterior lymphadenopathy, lack of cough/rhinorrhea

Hint: bacteria

What is the more common type of macular degeneration? _____

Hint: Dry/Wet

_____ are painless, often bilateral, opacifications of the lens