Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2131: High likelihood of PE, what to do first? _____

Answer: Anticoagulate

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Flashcard 2132: In diabetic patients, what urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) is an indication for starting an ACE inhibitor?\n_____ mg/g

Answer: 30-300

Extra: The urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) of 30-300 mg/g (microalbuminuria) is an early indication of diabetic nephropathy and a prompt to initiate ACE inhibitors or ARBs for renal protection.

Flashcard 2133: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy aka _____ is extreme burning/tingling non-dermatomal pain after a(n) _____

Answer: complex regional pain syndrome

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Flashcard 2134: What does persistent headache or back pain in a woman who recently had breast cancer suggest? _____

Answer: Metastasis

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Flashcard 2135: Patients with COPD who have resting PaO2 < _____ mmHg or SaO2 < _____% are candidates for long-term home O2 treatment

Answer: 55

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Flashcard 2136: _____ = patchy infiltrates occurring < 1 day post-trauma _____ = bilateral infiltrates occurring 1-2 days after trauma

Answer: Pulmonary contusion

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Flashcard 2137: What is the recommended screening protocol for osteoporosis?\n_____

Answer: DEXA scan for all women ≥ 65

Flashcard 2138: _____: Central nervous system (CNS) damage secondary to intracerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage

Answer: HEMORRHAGIC STROKE

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Flashcard 2139: Polycythemia vera is characterized by _____ RBC mass

Answer: very increased

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Flashcard 2140: Interstitial lung disease is characterized by a(n) _____ DLCO and a(n) _____ pattern

Answer: low

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