emma holliday Flashcards
(116 cards)
meds to hold before stress test
BBs
CCBs
MC cause of death post MI
arrhythmias
Vfib
persistent ST elevation ~1 mo after MI and systolic MR murmur
ventricular aneurysm
cannon A waves post MI
AV dissociation
V fib or 3rd degree heart block
CP at rest/night, migraine HA
Prinzmetals!
dx ergonovine
tx CCB/nitrates
causes of dilated cardiomyopathy
viral etoh (reversible!) cocaine chagas idiopathic
causes of diastolic HF
HTN
amyloid
hemochromatosis (reversible!)
drugs that improve survival in HF
ace-i
BBs
spironolactone in class III/IV
drugs that improve sx in HF
dig (sx and hosp)
lasix (sx)
pleural effusion w/low glucose
RA
pleural effusion with high lymphocytes
TB
pleural effusion with blood
malignant or PE
transudative pleural effusion
CHF
nephrotic
cirrhotic
dx of ARDS
PF < 200
B/L alveolar infiltrates on CXR
PCWP < 18
indications to start O2 in COPD
PaO2 < 55
SpO2 < 88
new clubbing in COPD
hypertrophyic osteoarthropathy!
get a CXR - most likely underlying malignancy
asthma tx pathway (OP)
albuterol –> add inhaled CS –> add long acting B-ag –> add montelukast and oral steroids
upper lung nodule with eggshell calcifications
silicosis
get yearly TB test
give INH for 9 mos if >1cm
lower lobe reticulonodular process with pleural plaques
asbestosis
MC cancer = bronchogenic carcinoma
patchy lower lobe infiltrates, thermophilic actinomyces
hypersensitivity pneumonitis
popcorn calcification
hamartoma
adenocarcinoma of lung
MC in non smokers
peripheral!
mets to liver, bone, brain, adrenals
effusion: exudative with high hyaluronidase
squamous cell paraneo
PTHrP
low P, high Ca
small cell paraneo
SIADH
Lambert Eaton
Pancoast