Frequent Urination | Palptitations | Low Back Pain | Chest Pain | Acute Dyspnea |
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When time of day does this occur and is urination painful.
45 yo Male,What are first two questions to ask
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What is typical heart rate of atrial flutter
150 Beats per minute is suggestion of this
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What is cauda equina syndrome
This occurs in 4% of patients dying from cancer
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What is more frequent type of aortic dissection
Stanford type A (ascending) is more common than type B
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What are other symptoms associated with pulmonary emboli
Pleuritic chest pain, and cough are most common additional symptoms
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What is IPSS - International Prostate Symptoms Score
Score is 3 out of 35 on this test
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What is frequency level of Premature Ventricular Contractions that requires treatment
Having more than 10% of these heartbeats requires treatment
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What is symptom progression of spinal canal compression
Pain comes first, then weakness. Bladder and bowel symptoms come later
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What is most common age of patients who present with aortic dissection
60-80 year old men are most common age group to present with this
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What are common physical signs of pulmonary emboli
Tachypnea in 54%, leg swelling in 47% and tachycardia in 24% are present in this disease
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What is Diabetes Mellitus
Other symptoms are weight loss and blurry vision
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What are other symptoms of atrial fibrillation
Dizziness, increased urination and fatigue are other symptoms of this disease
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What are most common cancers associated with cauda equina syndrome
Most commonly occurs in lung, prostate, myeloma and breast cancers
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What is most common presentation of aortic dissection
Sharp chest pain occurs in type A and Back or abdominal pain in type B
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What are genetic conditions that increase risk for pulmonary emboli
Factor V Leiden and prothrombin gene mutation
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What are symptoms associated with Insulin Resistance
Acanthosis Nigricans and Skin Tags are associated with this
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What are syndromes causing irregularly irregular R-R intervals
Multifocal atrial tachycardia and wandering atrial pacemaker also cause this EKG finding
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What is the frequency of spinal stenosis found on lumbar spine MRI in asymptomatic individuals
found in 21% of asymptomatic patients over the age of 60 who have a lumbar spine MRI
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What are some of the genetic syndromes that predispose to aortic dissection
Marfans and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
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What are pulmonary emboli
Those presenting to ER with syncope are 17% more likely to have this
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What is a genetic defect in insulin action
Leprechaunism causes this
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What are the arrhythmic side effects of amiodarone
Torsades de pointes and increasing ventricular rate in patients with atrial fibrillation are caused by this drug
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What is the frequency of patients who present with low back pain who require emergent MRI
Less than 1% of patients present with this
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What is aortic regurgitation heard in aortic dissection type A
This heart murmur is heart in 50-66% of cases.
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What is a saddle embolus
(at bifurcation of the left and right pulmonary arteries)
This Equine form of the disease occurs in 3-6% of cases
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