Assessment Flashcards
How many subjective assessments we have?
6
what are the subjective assessments?
1)SHORTNESS OF BREATH (DYSPNEA),
2) COUGH,
3) SPUTUM,
4) HEMOPTYSIS,
5) CRITICAL RESPIRATORY (WHEEZING),
6) CHEST PAIN
increase in respiratory work is indicator of?
dyspnea
Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC)
Oxygen Cost Diagram,
Basal Dyspnea Index
are for?
dyspnea scales
what are the grades of dyspnea ?
from 0-4
grade 0
grade 1
grade 2
grade 3
grade 4
are for?
0= breathiness after strenuous exercise
1= walking on slight hill
2= walking slower
3= stop for breathing after walking 100 yards
4= breathless when I’m dressing
wake up with shortness of breath at night is ?
PND
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
A protective reflex that removes air
secretions and foreign bodies is?
cough
Yellow or opac sputum indicates?
White blood cell, bacterial infection
green
white/grey
pink
sticky
viscose
are indications to which kind of sputum?
negative bacteria
Astma, cronic bronchitis
Pulmonary edema
adhesive secretion
Thick, viscose, sticky
Musical sound or whistling sound when
turbulent air flow passes through narrowed
airways is?
wheezing
a sound that occurs during
inspiration and is caused by upper airway
obstruction is?
stridor
what are the kinds of chest pain ?
Pleuritic chest pain
Tracheitis
Musculoskeletal pain
ncreased, severe and sharp
pain during inspiration. Inflammation of the
parietal pleura is?
Pleuritic chest pain
Flammable pain in the middle of the
chest and exacerbated by breathing is?
tracheitis
what are the objective assessments?
1- vital signs
2- chest assessment
3- exercise tolerance
4- lab
what are the vital signs?
tempreture
heart rate
blood pressure
respiratory frequency
oxygen saturation
extreme temperature
high temperature
low temperature
are?
hyperpyrexia
hyperthermia
hypothermia
from where heart rate can be measured ?
temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial,
femoral, popliteal, pedal (dorsalis pedis), and
posterior tibial
what is tachycardia? and bradycardia?
tachycardia, heart rate more than 100 beats
bradycardia, heart rate less than 60 beats
Ventricular contraction → Systolic blood pressure
Ventricular relaxation → Diastolic blood pressure
true or false?
true
90/60 mmHg ↓Hypertension
140/90 mmHg ↑Hypotension
true or false
false
decrease greater than 5
mmHg in blood pressure while changing position
from supine to sitting or when standing up ↓
is?
postural hypotension
Respiratory rate ↑:
Respiratory frequency ↓:
are?
tachypnea
bradypnea