Core Cardiology 1st hour Flashcards
List the mnemonic for causes of Chest pain?
Who’s your PAPPA? 2 heart, 2 lung and aorta
List PAPPA
Pericarditis,
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary Embolism
Aortic aneurism
List the mnemonic for causes of shortness of breath
Don’t make a ‘HORID’ mistake
List HORID
Heart (CHF/ACS)
Obstruction
Reactive Airway Disease
Infection
Death
List the mnemonic for causes of sudden onset anything in the body?
BEAST
What does BEAST stand for with regard to sudden onset?
Burst (aneurysm, Ovarian cyst, Lung)
Emboli (PE or AFIB
Arrhythmia
Stone (kidney and gall)
Twist and Telescope (Torsion and intusseption)
Where are the 4 places an aFib embolism can go?
-Head
-Limbs
-Mesenteric artery
-Renal Artery
Think mesenteric artery occlusion in what type of pt?
sudden onset severe pain with a normal abdominal exam (no rebound, rigidity of Rovsing’s)
Clot therapy:
What two conditions get anti platelet therapy?
Stroke and Heart Attack
Clot therapy:
What two conditions get anticoagulation therapy?
Heart attack and PE
PEARL: After an MI, what are the 4 meds a pt should leave the hospital with?
Statin
Anti-platelet therapy
Beta Blocker
ACE-I
Pearl: Every Diabetic should be on what two meds?
ACEI and Statin
Check for understanding… Both Diabetes insipidus and mellitus make you pee a lot… Is diabetes mellitus more or less concentrated on spec grav?
MORE concentrated in DM.
List the fasting glucose level that constitutes pre-diabetes
> 100
List the A1c value that constitutes pre-diabetes
> 5.7
