545A Final

R-sided H/A with facial pain, R eye tearing. What type of headache is this?

What is the leading cause of blindness in the US

What is the leading cause of death in women in the US?

Patients with Printzmetal’s angina often have a hx of which two disorders?

True or False. Patients with dyspnea from cardiac causes remain dyspneic much longer after cessation of exercise.

What is the most common cause of systolic ejection murmur in the elderly?

Elevated early morning blood glucose without hypoglycemia during the night is known as:

How often should a stable diabetic patient monitor his blood glucose?

Describe the relationship between diabetes and heart disease.

Which hormone is secreted by the adrenal cortex?

Which hormone is secreted by the anterior pituitary?

What is the pathophysiology behind diabetic neuropathy?

Older adults often experience a delay in Dx of MI. Why?

Auscultation of S3 heart sound is indicative of which two conditions?

Loss of interest, recent memory loss, increased appetite, and mood swings are symptoms of which drug?

Patient with increased anxiety, tremors, and visible perspiration, you suspect

What are the 3 cardinal symptoms of aortic stenosis?

Define the cardinal symptoms of COPD?

Pathological U waves are associated with which two conditions:

New patient s/p surgery is edematous, dusky blue of the upper extremities. You suspect:

Most common cause of elevated LDL in the US is associated with what type of diet?

Patients taking high dose simvastatin are at risk for what?

BP of 160/100 is which stage according to JNC 8?

Water hammer pulses are associated with which condition?

Pulsus Paradoxus is associated with which condition?

In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which 3 drugs would you avoid?

Presence of thread pulse is indicative of which life-threatening condition?

Name the criteria for metabolic syndrome

Prinzmetal’s angina is characterized by what on the EKG?

Smith needs a diuretic for new onsent HF. What must you NOT give due to his sulfa allergy?

Keratitis is associated with which part of the eye?

Treatment of mono?

Otitis externa with fuzzy discharge. Which two organisms would you suspect?

AOM with ruptured TM. Which antibiotic would you use?

Which antihypertensive agent will result in a rebound crisis after sudden discontinuation?

True or False: Joe has been diagnosed with HTN 1 year ago. He has not been on medication. You should start him on metoprolol 25mg.

Name the medication that could potentiate hyperglycemia

A patient has GERD. What foods should she avoid?

Matching
1. Byetta          a. Monitor LFTs               
2. Glyburide      b. Administer at night
3. Lantus          c. Risk of pancreatitis
4. Metformin     d. Risk of hypoglycemia
5. TZD             e. PCOS

Matching
1. COPD                                              a. Cardiac origin
2. Common cause of CHF                  b. Non-cardiac
3. Submammary CP                           c. Chronic bronchitis
4. Widow maker                                d. Coronary atherosclerosis
5. Chest heaviness, tight, dull pain    e. Left anterior descending

If a patient is allergic to ASA, what anticoagulant should you give instead?

What is the first line of treatment for HTN?

Define asthma.

What is a sandpaper rash indicative of?

What is the most important teaching point for a patient taking NSAIDS for chronic pain?

What preventative medications would you add to a patient on long-term NSAIDS?

How would you treat shingles?

If diet, exercise, and oral antidiabetic meds are insufficient for control of T2DM, what would you add?

The ADA recommends that diabetic patients take ASA prophylactically. True/False?

A 33-year-old diabetic patient accidentally took too much insulin. What should she do next?

What is the first sign of renal dysfunction?

In the presence of proteinuria, how much kidney function has been lost?

Signs & Symptoms consistent with DKA?

How often should a stable diabetic patient monitor his blood glucose?

Secondary causes of hyperglycemia include the use of all the following medications EXCEPT. (Niacin, Corticosteroids, Thiazide diuretics, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers)

How often do you do A1c on stable diabetic patient?

According to USPSTF, which age group should be screened for alcohol abuse?

What preventative measures for colon/rectal cancers would you recommend for your patients?

What should a patient with GERD avoid eating besides spicy foods?

What is the most likely cause of nosebleeds in the elderly not taking anticoagulants?

Most common cause of decrease vision in the elderly is

Describe the sound of a murmur due to aortic stenosis.

Which class of antihypertensive is used to treat BPH?

What should the ideal LDL be for a patient with CAD?

If an elderly patient presents with new onset A. fib, what lab test should be ordered?

How often do you monitor TSH levels when adjusting levothyroxine to euthyroid levels?

Patient has low BP, blood glucose, sodium, but ELEVATED potassium. What emergency is this?

Primary adrenal insufficiency; which hormone are you deficient in?

What is the purpose of the parathyroid gland?

What is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism?

Which emergent condition is the opposite of thyroid storm?

Thyroid Releasing Hormone (TRH) is produced where?