Final Review Flashcards
Increase chance of gastrointestinal bleeding is a side effect of medication?
Ibuprofen
What are the main concerns for a patient in the acute setting for a burn patient?
Infection
What type of functional complications patients have due to burns?
Infections, functional tasks (uncomfortable)
What type of treatment should not be performed for a patient with SLE?
Avoid fatigue, sun exposure, any exercise that makes the patient fatigued, hot packs, and ultrasound on thermal settings.
If patient is on prednisone what are some side effects?
Atrophy of lymphoid tissues, decreased number of WBC’s, delayed healing, adrenal atrophies, retention of water and sodium, and slow growth in children.
What are some common side effects of chemotherapy?
Normal cells damaged, vomiting, bone marrow depression, and hair loss.
What are your primary concerns/precautions in regard to PT with a chemotherapy patient?
Standard precautions is too prevent infection, radiated tissue treated with care and weak/fall risk.
What does stage 3 of cancer mean?
Larger tumor and lymph nodes involved.
What medication decreases fever and pain?
Tylenol
What medication decreases pain, fever, and inflammation?
Ibuprofen
Degeneration of small arterioles and arteries?
Arteriosclerosis
Blood clot logged along the wall of an artery?
Thrombus
By plaques along the walls of arteries?
Atherosclerosis
Due to an oxygen deficit to heart muscle?
Angina
Which cholesterol is the good one?
HDL