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12 Cards in this Set
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Pregnant woman in 3rd trimester has normal blood pressure when standing and sitting. When supine blood pressure drops to 90/50. What is the diagnosis?
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Compression of the IVC
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35 year old man has high blood pressure in his arms and low pressure in his legs. What is the diagnosis?
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Coarctation of the aorta
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5 year old boy presents with a systolic murmur and wide fixed split S2. What is the Diagnosis?
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Atrial Septal Defect
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Patient has a stroke after incurring multiple long bone fractures in trauma stemming from a motor vehicle accident. What caused the infarct?
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Fat emboli
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Elderly woman presents with a headache and jaw pain. Labs show elevated ESR. What is the Diagnosis?
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Temporal arteritis
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80 year old man presents with a systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur. What is the most likely cause?
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Aortic stenosis
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Man starts his medication for hyperlipidemia. He then develops a rash. pruritis, and GI upset. What drug is it?
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Niacin
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Patient develops a cough and must discontinue captopril. What is a good replacement drug, and why doesn't it have the same side effects?
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Losartan, and angiotensin II resceptor antagonist, does not increase bradykinin as captopril does.
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Patient presents with ringing in the ears, dizziness, headaches, and GI distress. What drug is it?
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Quinidine
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During a game a young football player collapses and dies immediately. What is the most likely type of cardiac disease?
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Patient with a history of hypertension presents with sudden sharp, tearing pain radiating to the back. What is the CXR finding?
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Mediastinal widening
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On auscultation, a pansystolic murmur, at the apex with radiation to the axilla is noted. What is the likely cause?
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Mitral insufficiency
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