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Buzzwords Flashcards

1
Q

Fever and pleuritic chest pain relieved by leaning forwards

A

Pericarditis

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2
Q

Saw tooth base line on ECG (pulse >150bpm)

A

Atrial flutter

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3
Q

Raised JVP

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Right sided heart failure

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4
Q

Sense of impending doom

A

MI

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5
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Saddle shaped ST elevation

A

Pericarditis

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6
Q

Broad complex

A

Ventricular problem

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7
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Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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8
Q

Tall, tented T waves

A

Hyperkalaemia

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9
Q

Pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

A

Dresslers syndrome

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10
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Blurred yellow visioning headache

A

Digoxin toxicity

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11
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Janeway lesions/Osler’s nodes

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Infective endocarditis - subacute

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12
Q

Continuous machine like murmur

A

Patent ductus arteriosus

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13
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Rib notching on CXR

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Coarctation of the aorta

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14
Q

Crescendo decrescendo murmur

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Aortic stenosis

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15
Q

Diminished absent lower limb pulses

A

Coarctation of the aorta

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16
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Radial-radial delay

A

Aortic dissection/coarctation of the aorta

17
Q

Collapsing pulse

A

Aortic regurgitation

18
Q

Main cause of strep viridans infective endocarditis and staph aureus

A

Strep viridans: after dental surgery

Staph aureus: PWID

19
Q

Atrial myxoma

A

Benign tumour of the heart

20
Q

Pericarditis treatment

A

Pain relief + NSAIDS

21
Q

Tetralogy of Fallot

A

Overriding aorta,
RVH,
VSD,
Pulmonary stenosis

22
Q

What are the 6 P’s of acute limb ischaemia?

A 
Pallor,
Pain,
Paralysis,
Perishingly cold,
Paraesthesia,
Pulseless
23
Q

What are the types and treatments of shock?

A 
(An Old Virgin Hides, Cause Other Virgins Slag Adult Abstinence, It's Chilling)
ABCDE
Oxygen
Volume replacement - Hypovolaemic
Chest drain - Obstructive
Vasopressors - Septic
Adrenaline - Anaphylaxis 
(Inotropes for Cardiogenic)
24
Q

Reversible causes of cardiac arrest

A 
4H's and 4T's
Hypovolaemia
Hypothermia
Hypo/hyperkalaemia
Hypoxia

Tamponade
Toxin
Thromboembolism
Toxin

25
Q

Causes of AF

A 
ATRIAL FIB
A-alcohol
T-thyroid
R-rheumatic fever
I-idiopathic
A-atrial myxoma
L-lung (PE/emphysema)

F-pheochromocytoma
I-ischaemia
B-BP

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