USMLE Step 2 Rapid Review With Complete Solution

USMLE Step 2 Rapid Review With Complete Solution "Sawtooth" P waves - answerClassic ECG finding in atrial flutter. Angina is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest - answerDefinition of unstable angina. ACEI - answerAntihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria. Hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD - answerBeck's triad for cardiac tamponade. β-blockers, digoxin, calcium channel blockers - answerDrugs that slow AV node transmission. Niacin - answerHypercholesterolemia treatment that → flushing and pruritus. Anticoagulation, rate control, cardioversion - answerTreatment for atrial fibrillation. Immediate cardioversion - answerTreatment for ventricular fibrillation. Dressler's syndrome: fever, pericarditis, ↑ ESR - answerAutoimmune complication occurring 2-4 weeks post-MI. Treat existing heart failure and replace the tricuspid valve - answerIV drug use with JVD and holosystolic murmur at the left sternal border. Treatment? Echocardiogram (showing thickened left ventricular wall and outflow obstruction) - answerDiagnostic test for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Pulsus paradoxus (seen in cardiac tamponade) - answerA fall in systolic BP of > 10 mmHg with inspiration. Low-voltage, diffuse ST-segment elevation - answerClassic ECG findings in pericarditis. BP > 140/90 on three separate occasions two weeks apart - answerDefinition of hypertension. Renal artery stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, pheochromocytoma, Conn's syndrome, Cushing's syndrome, unilateral renal parenchymal disease, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism - answerEight surgically correctable causes of hypertension. Abdominal ultrasound and CT - answerEvaluation of a pulsatile abdominal mass and bru