Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2321: What blunt chest trauma complication presents with a triad of hypotension, distended neck veins, and distant heart sounds? _____

Answer: Cardiac tamponade ("Beck's triad")

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery-trauma/shock/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2322: In patients with **MEN 2A**, **parathyroid hyperplasia** is managed with _____ even if currently asymptomatic.

Answer: surgery

Extra: MEN 2A components: - Medullary thyroid carcinoma (100%) - Pheochromocytoma (50%) - Parathyroid hyperplasia (20%) https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery?ref=anki

Flashcard 2323: _____ can cause an aplastic crisis in patients with hemoglobinopathies

Answer: Parvovirus (B19)

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/pediatrics/peds-infectious-rashes/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2324: Which form of polycythemia is associated with dehydration and burns? _____

Answer: Relative polycythemia (hemoconcentration)

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/hematology-oncology/leukemia/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2325: MEN 2A and 2B are associated with _____

Answer: medullary thyroid carcinoma

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/endocrinology/thyroid-nodules/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2326: Walking, bathing, dressing, eating, continence, toileting, grooming = _____

Answer: ADL

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2327: After a hip fracture, surgery may be delayed up to 72 hours to evaluate for _____

Answer: surgical risk/ensure medical stability

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2328: What position reduces atelectasis in the posterior lung (where most of the lung mass is located)? _____

Answer: Prone

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/surgery?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2329: What do you do for management of diabetes if lifestyle and metformin doesn't work? _____

Answer: Add 2nd agent (sulfonylurea)

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/endocrinology/outpatient-diabetes/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 2330: _____ is characterized by rising pressures in the pericardium that are transmitted to all four cardiac chambers, leading to equalization of diastolic filling pressures.

Answer: Cardiac tamponade