Cardiac

Question 1

CAD risk factors 7

Answer 1

HTN, Smoking, hyperlipidemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, diabetes, infection, toxins

Question 2

What causes angina?

Answer 2

02 demand on heart

Question 3

What do beta blockers do?

Answer 3

improve contractility

Question 4

What do calcium channel blockers do?

Answer 4

Arterial Dilator decrease afterload

Question 5

What do nitrates do?

Answer 5

Help with preload venodialator

Question 6

What do statins do?

Answer 6

Hyperlip

Question 7

Diet for CAD

Answer 7

increase veg prots and complex carbs

Question 8

What is CAD

Answer 8

Coronary artery disease

Question 9

Normal level for cholesterol

Answer 9

Less than 200mg/dl

Question 10

Normal Tri
ldl
hdl

Answer 10

Tr 150
ldl 23mg/dl
hdl more than 40mg/dl men 50 for women

Question 11

Nitriglycerin amount

Answer 11

1-2 sprays or 1 tab

Question 12

HTN causes increased risk for 3

Answer 12

Stroke, MI, kidney disease

Question 13

What is primary Hypertension?

Answer 13

HTN without a cause that can be identified

Question 14

BP ranges 5 and values

Answer 14

normal 120 over 80
Elevated 120-129 AND less than 80
Stage 1 130-139 OR 80-89
Stage 2 140 or higher OR 90 or higher
Crisis Higher than 180 and/or higher than 120

Question 15

two signs of crisis HTN

Answer 15

Headache and nose bleed

Question 16

First line drugs to use 4 and if that fails

Answer 16

Diuretics thiazide mild-mod, ACE inhib, ARBS (Angi rec blockers) losartan, CCBnifedipine
fail-alphas

Question 17

when to treat?

Answer 17

130/90

Question 18

HFrEF is blank during blank caused by blank the tissue is blank

Answer 18

reduced ejection, systolic, impaired contractility (MI) increased afterload (HTN) hypertrophied cant squeeze

Question 19

HFpEF is blank during blank caused by blank

Answer 19

Preserved, diastole, can’t relax, thickens, no room for blood to come in.

Question 20

SV?

Answer 20

Stroke volume is amount of blood pumped during systole

Question 21

4 reasons for RHF

Answer 21

LHF, pulm embolism, Cor Pulmonale, Infarction

Question 22

What is acute decompensated HF?

Answer 22

Pulmonary edema causes acidosis pink frothy sputum

Question 23

three sign you didn’t know of Heart fail

Answer 23

Nocturia, mm wasting , LHF- restlessness for left fatigue for right

Question 24

Paresthesia and what is it a sign of

Answer 24

tingling PAD

Question 25

Skin with PAD 4

Answer 25

Thin, shinny, tight, hairless

Question 26

What position do you use with PAD?

Answer 26

reverse transdelenburg

Question 27

What is vichows triad and what is involved

Answer 27

Risk for VT hyper coagulable state, endothelial injury, venous stasis.

Question 28

S/S of vein thrombosis 3 you don’t know

Answer 28

Itchy, mild fever, leukocytosis

Question 29

S/S lower extremities and venous thromboembolism 5

Answer 29

Unilateral edema, dilated superficial veins, paresthsia. fever greater than 100.4

Question 30

S/s inferior vena cava thrombo 1

Answer 30

legs edematous and cyanotic

Question 31

S/s Superior vena cava thrombo location

Answer 31

in arms neck back and face

Question 32

Three VTE measures

Answer 32

mobilization, compression stockings, IPC