Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 3261: Which blood transfusion reaction presents with fever, hypotension, tachypnea, hemoglobinuria*, and jaundice? _____

Answer: Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction

Flashcard 3262: Epidural spinal cord compression is commonly due to _____

Answer: Malignancy (Metastasis)

Flashcard 3263: What effect does the hand grip maneuver have on the intensity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy murmurs?_____

Answer: Decreased intensity

Flashcard 3264: The imaging test of choice for deep venous thrombosis is _____

Answer: compression ultrasound

Flashcard 3265: Patients with the AB blood type cannot receive which blood types?_____

Answer: None

Flashcard 3266: Which type of macular degeneration (dry or wet) is more common (>80%)? _____

Answer: Dry (nonexudative)

Flashcard 3267: What type of murmur is classically heard at the apex in a patient with acute mitral regurgitation?

Answer: Early systolic murmur

Extra: In acute mitral regurgitation (e.g., due to papillary muscle rupture or chordae tendineae rupture), the left atrium is relatively non-compliant. The rapid increase in left atrial pressure during systole quickly reduces the pressure gradient between the left ventricle and left atrium, causing the murmur to cease before the second heart sound (S2). This contrasts with chronic mitral regurgitation, which is typically holosystolic.

Flashcard 3268: Primary hyperparathyroidism may lead to CNS disturbances, such as _____ and seizures

Answer: depression

Flashcard 3269: Which classes of steroid hormones are increased in Cushing syndrome/disease?_____

Answer: glucocorticoids (cortisol) +/- androgens

Flashcard 3270: Broca (expressive) aphasia is characterized by _____ speech (fluent or nonfluent)

Answer: nonfluent