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How is acute rheumatic fever diagnosed?
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Using the DUCKETT- JONES Criteria
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Who does rheumatic fever affect?
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Kids aged 5-15 years; usually 1-5 weeks after a strep A infection
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Mainstays of treatment of rheumatic fever
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PCN - if infection still current (2nd line EES)
NSAIDs/Steroids - to reduce inflammatory response |
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When to monitor aortic anuerysms?
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Every 6 months for AA greater than 4 cm.
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When to refer for surgery for aortic anuerysm?
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greater than 5 cm
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What are the treatments of an aortic dissection?
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#1 Priority: BP control
BB (2nd line CCB) Surgery Nitroprusside can be added prn |
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What are the 5 P's of the sxs/signs of arterial embolism?
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Pain, pallor, pulseless, parathesias, paralysis
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What is an aortic dissection?
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A tear in the intima
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What are they signs and sxs of HOCM? Why?
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Angina - incr O2 demands
Dyspnea - stiff ventricle l/t pulm edema Syncope - decr CO Palpitations - AFIB and VFIB (common cause of sudden death) |
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What are the sxs/signs of restrictive cardiomyopathy?
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Think Rt sided heart failure:
dyspnea, PND, fatigue, edema, ascites, incr JVD, S4 + MR/TR |
