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Duke PA Pulmonary Vasculature Disease

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hematocrit >60   polycythemia  
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increases blood viscosity   pylycythemia  
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idiopathic recurrent alveolar hemorrhage and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis   good pasture syndrome  
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disease of children or young adults characterized by recurrent pulmonary hemorrhage   idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis  
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pulmonary hypertension is characterized by elevated mean pulmonary pressure of greater than __mmHg at rest   25  
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patients with pulmonary hypertension also have   low cardiac output  
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the most common secondary cause of pulmonary hypertension   connective tissue disease (scleroderma)  
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this should be performed in all patients suspected of pulmonary hypertension   right ventricular catheterization  
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median survival after diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension ____ years   3  
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a proximal DVT is above the _____   knee  
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stasis, hypercoagulability, venous injury   Virchow's triad  
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a break down product of a thrombus   d-dimer  
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characteristic of d-dimer   sensitive, but not specific  
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d-dimer is best for _______ DVT, or PE   ruling out  
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gold standard for suspected DVT, however it is rarely done   contrast venography  
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most common and practical means of detecting DVT   ultrasound  
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for a patient with DVT treat with ____ for about 5 days   UFH or LMWH  
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for a patient with DVT treat with ____ for at least 3 months   warfarin  
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Increased bioavailability, Once or twice daily subcutaneous delivery, Monitoring not generally required, Outpatient therapy facilitated, Lower rate of HIT   advantages of LMWH over UFH  
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Dyspnea 73%,Pleuritic CP 66%, Cough 37%, Leg swelling 28%,Leg pain 26%, Hemoptysis 13%   history of PE  
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Tachycardia 70%, Tachypnea 30%, Crackles 51%, Loud P2 23%, Diaphoresis 11%, Hypotension 8%   physical exam of PE  
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most common test for PE   spiral CT  
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gold standard for PE but rarely done   pulmonary arteriogram  
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