Diagnostic Procedures Review Flashcards
THE ACCUMULATED OF FLUID IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY.
ASCITES
A STETHOSCOPE
AUSCULTATION
USING A SPECTROSCOPE TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF SUBSTANCES IN TISSUES.
BIOSPECTROMETRY
A MEASUREMENT OF THE CONCENTRATION OF INHALED AND EXHALED CO2
CAPNOGRAPHY
THE PERCENTAGE OF BLOOD PUMPED OUT OF A FILLED VENTRICLE WIHT EACH HEARTBEAT.
EJECTION FRACTION
A RECORDING OF THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
A RECORDING OF THE RESPONSIVENESS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE TO NERVE STIMULATION.
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
A RECORDING OF THE ELECTICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN.
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
USE OF THE FINGERS OR HANDS DURING A PHYSICAL EXAM.
PALPATION
PLACEMENT OF A NEEDLE INTO THE PLEURAL SPACE FOR PLEUAL EFFUSION AND DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY OR NEOPLASTIC DISEASE OF THE LUNG.
THORACENTESIS
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIGN AND A SYMPTOM?
A SIGN IS AN OBJECTIVE MEASURABLE EVIDENCE OF A CONDITION, SUCH AS BODY TEMPERATURE OR ELEVATED BP. A SYMPTOM IS A SUBJECTIVE INDICATOR OF DISEASE OR A CHANGE IN CONDITION, SUCH AS PAIN
THE NORMAL RANGE OF O2 SATURATION OF THE BLOOD AS REGISTERED BY A PULSE OXIMETER:
95-97%
SPIROMETRY EVALUATES A PATIENT’S:
RESPIRATORY FUNTION
WHAT IS THE SELDINGER TECHNIQUE?
INVOLVES SPREADING SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES TO EXPOSE ARTERY FOR PLACEMENT OF AN INTRA-ARTERIAL CATHETER.
WHICH VESSELS ARE USED FOR CARDIAC CATHERIZATION TO ACCESS THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE HEART?
FEMORAL ARTERY AND FEMORAL VEIN, BRACHIAL ARTERY AND BRACHIAL VEIN, OR THE RIGHT SUBCLAVAIN OR INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN
