Cardiology — Flashcards

Pt has muddy brown casts on U/A, high Cr despite normal urine output .Now his Cr continues to rise, but his urine output is next to nothing: _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

What is the next step in management for a patient that develops a cardioembolic stroke secondary to bacterial endocarditis? _____

Headache, diplopia, papilledema and normal mental status is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

Pulsus paradoxus (↓ amplitude of systolic BP by > 10 during inspiration) is most likely _____

Hint: condition

The symptoms of serotonin syndrome can be remembered with the "3 A's": _____

Septic arthritis not responding to vancomycin is managed with _____

Hint: next step

Woman on OCPs and HTN is managed with _____

Hint: next step

↑ CK and bilateral proximal muscle weakness is seen in _____

Hint: condition

In addition to plasma free metanephrine, a change in _____ can help support diagnosis of pheochromocytoma

Hint: serum marker

Sickle cell and chronic hemolysis → folate deficiency = _____ reticulocyte count and _____ MCV