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First Aid: Most Frequent Cause Of...

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. MFCs of holosystlic murmur
S. aureus
Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)
VSD - tricuspid regurgitation - and mitral regurgitation
Left - sided heart failure

2. MFC of mental retardation
Coxsackie B
Down syndrome
Fragile X
Hypertension

3. MFC of opening snap
S. aureus
Carcinoma of the breast
Mitral stenosis
Down syndrome

4. MFC of leukemia in adults
Hypertension
Alcohol (EtOH)
AML
Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

5. MFC of bacterial meningitis in kids
Mininal change disease (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteriods)
Tertiary syphilis
COPD
Neisseria meningitidis and S. pneumoniae

6. MFC of pneumonia in cystic fibrosis and burn infections
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
S. aureus
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Mitral stenosis

7. MFC of right - sided heart failure
Turner's (XO)
Group B streptococcus
Left - sided heart failure
Gram - negative sepsis - obstetric complications - cancer - burn trauma

8. MFC of MI
Atherosclerosis
E. coli
Hypertension
Salmonella

9. MFC of preventable blindness
Chlamydia
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)
Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)
EtOH

10. MFC of hemochromatosis
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)
Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Lupus nephropathy

11. MFC of pulmonary hypertension
AML
Alcohol (EtOH)
COPD
Neisseria meningitidis and S. pneumoniae

12. MFC of hepatocellular carcinoma
Neisseria meningitidis and S. pneumoniae
Rupture of bridging veins (slow bleed)
S. aureus
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)

13. MFC of Cushing's syndrome
Gram - negative sepsis - obstetric complications - cancer - burn trauma
Rupture of bridging veins (slow bleed)
Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism
Corticosteroid therapy (2nd MC is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary)

14. MFC of hypopituitarism
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Adenoma
Hepatitis C

15. MFC of osteomyelitis in IVDA
COPD
Mitral stenosis
Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism
Pseudomonas

16. MFC of chronic pancreatitis in kids
Klebsiella
Cystic fibrosis
Hepatitis C
Down syndrome

17. MFC of UTI
Adenoma
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)
E. coli
Streptococcus pneumoniae

18. MFC of myocarditis
VSD - tricuspid regurgitation - and mitral regurgitation
Carcinoma of the breast
IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)
Coxsackie B

19. MFC of infection in blood transfusion
Hepatitis C
Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Small cell carcinoma of the lung

20. MFC of hypoparathyroidism
Cystic fibrosis
AML
Tertiary syphilis
Thyroidectomy

21. MFC of nephrotic syndrome in adults
Cor pulmonale
Alzheimer's (2nd is multi - infarct)
Membranous glomerulonephritis
Mitral stenosis

22. MFC of hepatic cirrhosis
EtOH
Neisseria meningitidis and S. pneumoniae
Klebsiella
Cor pulmonale

23. MFCs of DIC
Rupture of bridging veins (slow bleed)
Membranous glomerulonephritis
Gram - negative sepsis - obstetric complications - cancer - burn trauma
Pseudomonas

24. MFC of bacterial meningitis in adults
Alzheimer's (2nd is multi - infarct)
Kaposi's sarcoma
Neisseria meningitidis and S. pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae

25. MFC of cretinism
Rupture of bridging veins (slow bleed)
Coxsackie B
Adenoma
Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

26. MFC of dementia

27. MFC of primary amenorrhea

28. MFC of bacterial meningitis in the elderly
Kaposi's sarcoma
Rheumatic heart disease
Corticosteroid therapy (2nd MC is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary)
Streptococcus pneumoniae

29. MFC of epidural hematoma
Turner's (XO)
Rupture of the middle meningeal artery (fast bleed)
COPD
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)

30. MFC of osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease
Salmonella
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Mitral stenosis
Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism

31. MFC of secondary hypertension
EtOH
E. coli
Renal disease
Thyroidectomy

32. MFC of primary hyperparathyroidism
Atheroclerosis
Alzheimer's (2nd is multi - infarct)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Adenoma

33. MFC of subdural hematoma
Rupture of bridging veins (slow bleed)
EtOH and gallstones
Adenoma of the adrenal cortex
Pseudomonas

34. MFC of right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Blast crisis
Mitral stenosis
Cor pulmonale
Rupture of the middle meningeal artery (fast bleed)

35. MFC of dissecting aneurysm
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis
Tertiary syphilis
COPD
Hypertension

36. MFC of death in SLE
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Group B streptococcus
Lupus nephropathy
Tertiary syphilis

37. MFC of ejection click
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis
Corticosteroid therapy (2nd MC is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary)
Cirrhotic liver (often associated with Hep B and C)
E. coli

38. MFC of UTI in young women
AML
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas
E. coli and staphylococcus saprophyticus

39. MFC of glomerulonephritis in adults

40. 2nd MFC of mental retardation
Mitral stenosis
Cor pulmonale
Atheroclerosis
Fragile X

41. MFC of Addison's
Alzheimer's (2nd is multi - infarct)
Autoimmune (infection is the 2nd most common)
Kaposi's sarcoma
COPD

42. MFC of osteomyelitis
Atherosclerosis
S. aureus
Rheumatic heart disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae

43. MFC of mitral valve stenosis
Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rheumatic heart disease
Adenoma of the adrenal cortex

44. MFC of primary hyperaldosteronism
Pseudomonas
Corticosteroid therapy (2nd MC is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary)
Adenoma of the adrenal cortex
IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)

45. MFC of hospital acquired pneumonia
Carcinoma of the breast
Klebsiella
S. aureus
Neisseria meningitidis and S. pneumoniae

46. MFC of cancer assoicted with AIDS

47. MFC of infection in burn victims
Alzheimer's (2nd is multi - infarct)
Pseudomonas
Autoimmune (infection is the 2nd most common)
Cor pulmonale

48. MFC of chronic pancreatitis in adults
EtOH
Alcohol (EtOH)
VSD - tricuspid regurgitation - and mitral regurgitation
Alzheimer's (2nd is multi - infarct)

49. MFC of nephrotic syndrome in kids
Left - sided heart failure
Down syndrome
Adenoma of the adrenal cortex
Mininal change disease (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteriods)

50. MFC of aortic aneurysm - ascending
Mininal change disease (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteriods)
Tertiary syphilis
Rupture of bridging veins (slow bleed)
Hepatitis C