Cardiology — Flashcards

Muscle Strength Evaluation _____ = movement, but not against gravity

Hint: #/5

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, aka _____ is pain after a(n) _____

Does fat embolism or alcohol withdrawal present with hypoxia? _____

Approximately 10–20% of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) will have involvement of the _____

What is the chemotherapy regimen for small cell lung carcinoma? _____

A 23 year old man develops severe headache, seizures and projectile vomiting over a period of two weeks. He has low grade fever, and was recently treated for acute otitis media and mastoiditis. What is it most likely to be? _____

Screening for high blood pressure should be performed annually in patients _____

Hint: age

_____ presents in young patients (<50 years old)

Hint: Giant cell arteritis or temporomandibular disorder

Systolic ejection murmur cresc/decresc, louder w/ squatting, softer w/ valsalva, and pulsus parvus et tardus _____

Hint: murmur

Postpartum thyroiditis is associated with _____ antibodies