Miscellaneous Flashcards
What is the most frequently affected valve of the heart?
Mitral
What is the triad of horner syndrome?
- Miosos
- Ptosis
- Anhidrosis (no sweating)
Feritin increases in which state?
Inflammation
What is the most severe complication of hyperthyroidism?
Thyroid storm
What kinds of edema are non-pitting?
- Lymphedema
- Myxedema
What is the equivalent of DKA in a type 2 diabetic?
Hyperosmolar hyperlycemic state (HHS)
What is the kind of crystals in gout?
Monosodium urate (needle-shape)
What is the kind of crystals in pseudo-gout?
What is Cor Pulmonale?
Pulmonary hypertension caused by RV failure secondary to pulmpnary disease
- Long bone fracture
- Dyspnea
- Mental status change
- Petechia
What’s your dx?
FAT EMBOLISM
What are the major criteria for rheumatic heart disease?
- Migratory polyarthritis
- Erythema marginatum
- Cardiac involvment
- Chorea
- Subcutaneous nodules
What are the minor criteria for rheumatic heart disease?
- Fever
- Increased ESR
- Polyarthritis
- History of rheumatic fever
- Increased P-R interval
- Post-strep infection
What are the major critera for infective endocarditis (Duke’s)?
- Bacterima
- Endocardial involvment
What are the minor critera for infective endocarditis (Duke’s)?
- Pre-disposing condition (prostetic valve)
- Fever
- Vascular phenomena
- Positive blood culture
- Immune phenoma
- ECG findings
What is Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome?
Looks like Myasthenia Gravis but the autoantibodies are directed at PRE-synaptic calcium channels
Symptoms improve with movement
