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FA MC Causes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Addison’s | Autoimmune (infection is the 2nd most common cause) |
| Aneurysm, dissecting | Hypertension |
| Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta | Atherosclerosis |
| Aortic aneurysm, ascending | 3° syphilis |
| Bacterial meningitis (adults) | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| Bacterial meningitis (elderly) | S. pneumoniae |
| Bacterial meningitis (kids) | S. pneumoniae or Neisseria meningitidis |
| Bacterial meningitis (newborns) | Group B streptococcus |
| Cancer associated with AIDS | Kaposi’s sarcoma |
| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 21-hydroxylase deficiency |
| Cretinism | Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism |
| Cushing’s syndrome | Corticosteroid therapy (2nd most common cause is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary) |
| Death in CML | Blast crisis |
| Death in SLE | Lupus nephropathy |
| Dementia | Alzheimer’s (2nd most common is multi-infarct) |
| DIC | Gram-negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma |
| Ejection click | Aortic/pulmonic stenosis |
| Food poisoning | S. aureus |
| Glomerulonephritis (adults) | IgA nephropathy (Berger’s disease) |
| Hematoma––epidural | Rupture of middle meningeal artery (arterial bleeding is fast) |
| Hematoma––subdural | Rupture of bridging veins (trauma; venous bleeding is slow) |
| Hemochromatosis | Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and ↑ risk of hepatocellular carcinoma) |
| Hepatic cirrhosis | EtOH |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | Cirrhotic liver (often associated with hepatitis B and C) |
| Holosystolic murmur | VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation |
| Hypertension, 2° | Renal disease |
| Hypoparathyroidism | Thyroidectomy |
| Hypopituitarism | Adenoma |
| Infection in blood transfusion | Hepatitis C |
| Infection in burn victims | Pseudomonas |
| Leukemia (adults) | AML |
| Machine-like murmur | PDA |
| Mental retardation | Down syndrome (fragile X is the 2nd most common cause) |
| MI | Atherosclerosis |
| Mitral valve stenosis | Rheumatic heart disease |
| Myocarditis | Coxsackie B |
| Nephrotic syndrome (adults) | Membranous glomerulonephritis |
| Nephrotic syndrome (kids) | Minimal change disease (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteroids) |
| Opening snap | Mitral stenosis |
| Osteomyelitis | S. aureus |
| Osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease | Salmonella |
| Osteomyelitis with IVDA | Pseudomonas |
| Pancreatitis (acute) | EtOH and gallstones |
| Pancreatitis (chronic) | EtOH (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids) |
| Peau d’orange | Carcinoma of the breast |
| PID | Neisseria gonorrhoeae (monoarticular arthritis) |
| Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Pneumonia, hospital-acquired | Klebsiella |
| Preventable blindness | Chlamydia |
| Primary amenorrhea | Turner’s (XO) |
| Primary hyperaldosteronism | Adenoma of adrenal cortex |
| Primary hyperparathyroidism | Adenoma |
| Pulmonary hypertension | COPD |
| Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause | Cor pulmonale |
| Right-sided heart failure | Left-sided heart failure |
| Sheehan’s syndrome | Postpartum pituitary infarction 2° to hemorrhage |
| SIADH | Small cell carcinoma of the lung |
| UTI | E. coli |
| UTI (young women) | E. coli and Staphylococcus saprophyticus |
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