Floor management 3 Flashcards
How to estimate intravascular volume
Mucous membranes
Peripheral edema
UOP
another option for encouraging BM
magnesium citrate
management of line DVT
warm compress
wound dressing ointment
xeroform (petrolatum)
classifying severity of c diff
Age greater than 65
AKI
WBC greater than 15
Albumin less than 3
vasculitis classificaiton
large – Takayasu + GCA
medium – PAN + kawasaki
small - ANCA positive (MPA, wagerer’s, churg-strauss) + immune complex (anti-GBM), cyroglobulinemia, HSP +
Variable – Behcets
other test for uremic encephalopathy
constructional apraxia with diamond drawing
what to always consider with creatinine
patient’s weight
top 5 causes of CKD
1) diabetes
2) HTN but not in isolation
3) chronic glomerulonephritis
4) interstitial disease
5) polycystic kidney disease
what to give to improve diuresis with loops
metolazone
lab cutoff for giving epo in ESRD patients
less than 22% TIBC
study accomplish trial
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study hope trial
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best initial screening for nephritic syndrome
C3,C4 + urine microscopy
interpreting blood and urine culturres
look at when culture becomes positive
goal when treating hepatic encephalopathy with lactulose
3 soft BM’s per day
evaluating alcohol withdrawal
- need to ask history of withdrawal and gauge severity of withdrawal (kindling effect, brain becomes sensitized to withdrawal seizures)
- stick tongue out, put hands out, ask about hallucinations
how to report vital signs
always give range
indications for steroids when treating pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia
CAP
unasyn
ampicillin/sulbactam