PAEA EOC & Summative Practice Questions with Complete Solutions

PAEA EOC & Summative Practice Questions with Complete Solutions what exactly causes the occlusive vascular disease of thromboangiitis obliterans? aka Buerger's disease inflammatory thrombi affecting the medium and small vessels (nonatherosclerosis) polymorphonuclear leukocytes, microabscesses, and multinucleated giant cells may be presen Treatment options for thromboangiitis obliterans? smoking cessation most important! cilostazol (PDE 3 inhibitor) has vasodilator properties (alleviated symptoms) if raynauds also present, CCB (nifedipine) what heart failure treatment provides a benefit of reduction in morbidity and mortality? ACE inhibitors beta blockers can also reduce M&M diuretics have no reduction in mortality how would you manage a patient with a MI in the setting of cocaine use? benzodiazepine early no beta blockers If PCI cannot be done for a STEMI patient within 120 minutes, what should be done? fibrolytic therapy then do PCI & coronary angiography when it can be done ideally PCI is done within 90 minutes