Cardiology — Flashcards

Meralgia paresthetica can be improved by losing _____ or wearing looser clothes

Prostate cancer = _____

Hint: greatest risk factor

What is the best initial therapy for hypertension? _____

What is the next step in management for a patient with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia with a CXR demonstrating lobar infiltrate? _____

What is the only (common) heart murmur that is susceptible to balloon valvuloplasty? _____

Simple pneumothorax: Breath sounds: _____ Percussion: _____ Fremitus: _____

Hint: ↓↑

Does peripheral vertigo present with postural instability? _____

↑ Mitral stenosis severity = _____ gap between S2 and opening snap

Hint: ↑↓↔

Pseudohyponatremia (isotonic hyponatremia) is caused by _____

Hint: condition

What is the likely diagnosis in an obese patient with daytime hypercapnia, hypoxemia, and respiratory acidosis? _____