Heart failure — Flashcards

Flashcard 131: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with a recent URI that presents with CHF, dilated ventricles with diffuse hypokinesia, and low ejection fraction on echocardiogram? _____

Answer: Dilated cardiomyopathy

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Flashcard 132: Acute decompensated heart failure and hypoxemia / respiratory distress should be given _____

Answer: noninvasive ventilation

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Flashcard 133: Polyneuritis (tingling, numbness) and high output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy) = _____ deficiency

Answer: thiamine

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Flashcard 134: Restless leg syndrome is associated with _____ deficiency

Answer: iron

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Flashcard 135: Oliguria is a urine output of _____ mL/kg/h Anuria is a urine output of _____

Answer: <0.5

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Flashcard 136: Exudative pleural effusions must meet one of Light's criteria, which are: Pleural protein/serum protein > _____ Pleural LDH/serum LDH > _____ or Pleural LDH > _____ upper limit of normal serum LDH

Answer: 0.5

Flashcard 137: Barrel chest is suggestive of _____

Answer: emphysema

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Flashcard 138: Orthopnea, exertional and nocturnal dyspnea is suggestive of _____

Answer: Left HF

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Flashcard 139: Hypothyroidism = _____natremia

Answer: hypo

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Flashcard 140: Progressive exertional dyspnea and nonproductive cough +/- crackles is suggestive of _____

Answer: interstitial lung disease

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