Cardio stuff Flashcards
What is pulsus paradoxus?
Decrease in amplitude of Systolic BP > 10 mmHg on Inspiration
Seen in cardaic tamponade, asthma, OSA, pericarditis, croup
where is the Coronary Sinus? A Pacemaker placed in there would be used to pace??
Coronary sinus in the AV groove on posterior aspect of heart
used to pace Left Ventricle
What are the HACEK organisms? What are others that show up as culture negative endocarditis?
Haemophilus, Actinobacilis, cardiobacterium, eikenella, kingella
OThers for culture negative endocarditis include BArtonella, Coxiella, Mycoplasma, histoplasma, chlamydia
Aortic stenosis murmuer is when? Heard best where? Pulse heard? Clinical presentation?
Crescendo decrescendo murmur heard best almost mid systole on the Right side (aortic valve)
Loudest at heart base
PULSUS PARVUS ET TARDUS - weak and delayed peak
Can lead to SYNCOPE ANGINA DYSPNEA *SAD
Equation for loading dose? Maintenance Dose?
LD = Cp x Vd / F (Cp is target plasma concentration SS; F is oral bioavail)
MD = Cp x Cl x tau / F (tau is dosage interval)
Formula for half life?
= Vd x 0.7 / Cl
SS concentration of a drug or elimination achieved in 4-5 half lives
MEds associated w/ aqcuired long QT syndrome?
Quinidine and Sotalol
procainamide, discopyramide, ibutilide, dofetilide, and sotalol
what is becks triad? what does it signify?
Becks Triad: Hypotesnion, Distended neck veins (JVP) and muffled heart sounds
+ TAchycardia
Cardiac tamponade
What are the drugs that cause cutaneous flushing?
Vancomycin (redmans), Adenosine, Niacin, Ca channel blockers (VANC)
Drugs that cause a neggative chronotropic effect?
BB (Atenolol and Metoprolol), Non DHP CCB (Verapamil and Diltiazem), Cardiac Glycosides - Digoxin, Amiodarone and Sotalol, Cholinergic Agonists (Pilocarpine and Rivastigmine)
Drugs that cause myopathy
fibrates, niacin, hydroxychloroquine, glucocorticoids, colchicine, IFN alpha, and penicilamine
and statins duh!
What does digoxin do?
1) Blocks Na K ATPase and so increased intracellular CA and so increased contractility
2) CHOLINERGIC EFFECTS - increases Vagus parasympathetic to slow AV nodal conduction
Medications for CHF
POsitive inotropes like Digoxin, BB, ACE inhibitors and Diuretics (loops and K sparing)
K sparing - Eplerenone preferred over Amioride bc has additional effects of preventing aldosterone cardiac remodeling
What are problems and also mechanism of theophylline?
Low-moderate dose: cortical arousal and insomnia like caffeine
Acute Tox: ab pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cardiac arrhythmia and seizure (morbidity from seizure no tachyarrhythmia does not prolong QT)
Tx for Tox - GET IT OUT! Lavage and charcoal + beta blockers for arrhythmia
BZD AND BARBS 4 SEIZURES
Mechanism is inhibit PDE to increase camp and cause bronchodilators
Blocks action of adenosine
Terbutaline use and fx?
Beta agonist used to delay labor and delivery and suppress uterine contractions
FX: neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage, hypoglycemia Hypocalcemia and ileum
Dude what’s the alveolar gas equation?
Used to call PAO2
=[FiO2 x 760-47] - PaCO2 /R
=150 - PaCO2/.8
Diff ways to get lung abscesses
altered consciousness - seizures, coma, dementia, etc
immunosuppression - steroids, chronic disorders, old age, hospitalization
impaired swalling or mechanical ventilation
poor oral hygeine - dental infections and gingival disease
(VS aspiration of stomach contents which would cause chemical pneumonitis)
How is CFTR activate?
ATP-gated!!!
deletion of 3 nucleotides coding for Phe at 508 are deleted and get truncated, misfoled protein
CFTR is an ATP binding cassette transmembrane ion transporter that pumps Cl ions out of epithelial cells against a concentration gradient using ATP
Removes salt from eccrine gland duct to make sweat hypotonic normally but cant in CF
why do ppl w/ COPD get dyspnea during exercise? what’s that phenomenon called?
Dynamic Hyperinflation
hyperinflation reduces inspiratory reserve volume and limits maximal tidal volume ESPECIALLY during exercise when expiration time is limited
COPD need long time to expire and cant in exercise and so more and more air becomes trapped and then further reduction in tidal volume
symptoms and signs of MAC infection?
nonspecific: fever, weight loss, and diarrhea
+Amenia, Hepatosplenomegaly, and elevated Alk phos and Lactate Dehydrogenase levels bc reticuloendothelial system involved
Grows at high temperatures
Lung transplant rejection symptoms and mechanisms
HyperAcute - white graft rejection from ischemia
Acute - 1-2 weeks later CD8 T cells cause vascular damage and see perivascular and peribronchial lymphocytic infiltrates w/ dyspnea, dry cough and low grade fever
Chronic rejection - **inflammation of small bronchioles - Bronchiolitis Obliterans - inflammation and fibrosis narrow brionchiole
-dyspnea, nonproductive cough and WHEEZING (different than chronic in renal transplant where primarily vascular obliteration)
Words for silica pneomoconiosis
eggshell calcification of hilar nodes
birefringent silica particles surrounded by fibrous tissues
what does berrylyosis present as?
JUST LIKE SARCOIDOSIS - dyspnea and ill-defined nodular opaciticies, hilar adenopathy, non-caseating epitheliod granulomas
what are the acute phase reactants?
fibrinogen, ferritin, CRP, Serum Amyloid A, Serum Amyloid P, complement factors
Fibrinogen causes RBCs to form stacks (rouleax) that sediment at faster rate than normal RBC
Caused by release of IL1, IL6, and TNFalpha