Buzzwords Flashcards
Fever and pleuritic chest pain relieved by leaning forwards
Pericarditis
Saw tooth base line on ECG (pulse >150bpm)
Atrial flutter
Raised JVP
Right sided heart failure
Sense of impending doom
MI
Saddle shaped ST elevation
Pericarditis
Broad complex
Ventricular problem
Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Tall, tented T waves
Hyperkalaemia
Pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI
Dresslers syndrome
Blurred yellow visioning headache
Digoxin toxicity
Janeway lesions/Osler’s nodes
Infective endocarditis - subacute
Continuous machine like murmur
Patent ductus arteriosus
Rib notching on CXR
Coarctation of the aorta
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Aortic stenosis
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Coarctation of the aorta
Radial-radial delay
Aortic dissection/coarctation of the aorta
Collapsing pulse
Aortic regurgitation
Main cause of strep viridans infective endocarditis and staph aureus
Strep viridans: after dental surgery
Staph aureus: PWID
Atrial myxoma
Benign tumour of the heart
Pericarditis treatment
Pain relief + NSAIDS
Tetralogy of Fallot
Overriding aorta,
RVH,
VSD,
Pulmonary stenosis
What are the 6 P’s of acute limb ischaemia?
Pallor, Pain, Paralysis, Perishingly cold, Paraesthesia, Pulseless
What are the types and treatments of shock?
(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)
Reversible causes of cardiac arrest
4H's and 4T's Hypovolaemia Hypothermia Hypo/hyperkalaemia Hypoxia
Tamponade
Toxin
Thromboembolism
Toxin
Causes of AF
ATRIAL FIB A-alcohol T-thyroid R-rheumatic fever I-idiopathic A-atrial myxoma L-lung (PE/emphysema)
F-pheochromocytoma
I-ischaemia
B-BP
