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Lab Manual Fun Facts Flashcards

1
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What is CAGE used for?

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Alcohol screening

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What is CAGE mean?

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C - concern (has patient felt need to cut down)
A - annoyed by criticism
G - guilty feeling
E - eye openers

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What is TACE used for?

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Alcohol screening

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What is TACE mean?

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T - how many drinks does it take to feel high
A - annoyed by criticism
C - cut down, has patient felt like they should
E - eye openers

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What is CRAFFT used for?

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Substance abuse for adolescents

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What is CRAFFT mean?

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C - car, drove or rode in a car while high or under influence of alcohol
R - relax, used to help relax
A - alone, do you use it alone
F - forget, what have you done while using
F - family and friends ask you to cut down
T - trouble, gotten into trouble because of use

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What is HITS used for?

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Domestic violence

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What is HITS mean?

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H - hurt you physically
I - Insult or talk down to you
T - Threatened you with physical harm
S - scream or curse at you

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Autonomy

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patients need for self-determination

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Beneficence

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the ethical principle that means “do good” for the patient

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Chief complaint(cc)

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a brief statement telling why the patient is seeking care

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History of Present Illness(HPI)

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step by step evaluation surrounding the patient’s reason for seeking medical care

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Nonmaleficence

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the ethical principle that means “do no harm” to the patient

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Past medical history(PMH)

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a statement of the patient”s overall health prior to the onset of the present complaint

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Family History(FMH)

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information about the health of family members to identify a possible risk for the patient:this should include ages(ages at death) and the causes of death.

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Social History(SocH)

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Work,marriage,diet,exercise,sexual and military experiences,use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.

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Review of Systems(ROS)

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an area where you question the patient about possible complaints for different body systems.

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Utilitarianism

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a theory that defines the appropriate use of resources as that which results in the greatest good for the greatest number.

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Values

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the ideals,customs,institutions and behaviors regarded by a specific group

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What is PROS stand for?

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Pertinent Review Of Systems

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21
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Oral Cavity temperature

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average normal temperature is 37 C or 98.6 F

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Tympanic temperature

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Measures core body temperature, 100 F or 37.8 C

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Axillary temperature

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97.6 F or 36.4 C

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Rectal temperature

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~37.5 C or 99.5 F

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25
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Variables that affect temperature?

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eating and smoking in oral cavity. tympanic- cerumen in the canal can give lower readings.

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Pyrexia

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Fever, elevated body temperature

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Febrile

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Greater or equal to 38 C or 100.4 F

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Afebrile

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36 C to 38 C or 97 to 100.4 F(rectally)

29
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Hyperpyrexia

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extreme elevation in temperature above 41.1 C or 106 F rectally.

30
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Hypothermia

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abnormally low temperature, below 35 C or 95 F rectally

31
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Standing Resting Heart Rate

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60-100 bpm

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Bradycardia

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Less than 60 bpm

33
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Tachycardia

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Greater than 100 bpm

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Characteristics of a pulse

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Regularity, intensity, symmetry

35
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what is a bounding, aneurysmal pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

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4+

36
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what is a full,increased pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

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3+

37
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What is a expected pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

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2+

38
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what is a diminished,barely palpable pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

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1+

39
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What is a absent, not palpable pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

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0

40
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Standard chart of pulse for an adult is?

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2+/4

41
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hypertensive crisis chart?

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+4/4

42
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normal range of respiration in an adult?

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12-20 breathes per minute

43
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Tachypnea

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Respiratory rate greater than or equal to 20 breathes per minute

44
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Bradypnea

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Respiratory rate less than 12 breathes per minute

45
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Hyperpnea

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a respiratory rate greater than or equal to 20 breathes per minute with deep inspirations(hyperventilation)

46
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what is the fifth vital sign? what does it measure?

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Pulse oximeter. Measures % of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen.

47
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What happens to a blood pressure if the blood pressure is too wide or large? too narrow or small?

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Read a lower B/P with bigger cuff, higher B/P with smaller cuff

48
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Acromegaly

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a growth disorder associated with pituitary tumor

49
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Afebrile

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without fever, denoting apyrexia.

50
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Blood pressure

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the force of blood against the wall of an artery as the ventricles of the heart contract and relax

51
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Ballard gestational age assessment

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used to assess or confirm the gestational age of a neonate utilizing six physical and six neuromuscular characteristics.

52
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Body mass Index

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a parameter used to provide guidance regarding appropiateness of weight for height

53
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Failure to thrive

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a sign defined by growth in an infant or child below the 3rd or 5th percentiles on the growth chart

54
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Gestational age

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an indicator of a newborn’s maturity

55
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Head circumference

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a measurement that should be obtained on each visit until a child reaches 2 years of age

56
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Hydrocephalus

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a condition that results from excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain or ventricular system.

57
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Hypotensive

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low B/P

58
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Hypertensive

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High B/P

59
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normotensive

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normal arterial B/P

60
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Orthostatic hypotension

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hypotension occuring when a person assumes a standing position. systolic b/p decrease of 20 or diastolic b/p of at least 10 with a reflux increase in heart rate

61
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Pulse pressure

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the variation in blood pressure occurring in an artery during the cardiac cycle. difference b/w systolic and diastolic. a reading of 30-50 is considered normal range

62
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normal blood pressure

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120/80

63
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prehypertension

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Systolic - 120-139

Diastolic- 80-89

64
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Hypertension, State 1

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Systolic - 140-159

Diastolic- 90-99

65
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Hypertension, State 2

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Systolic - Greater or equal to 160

Diastolic - Greater or equal to 100

66
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60+ years of age target B/P

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SBP - less than 150. DBP - less than 90

67
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Less than 60 years of age target B/P

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SBP - less than 140 DBP - less than 90

68
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Greater than 18 years of age with chronic kidney disease target B/P

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SBP - less than 140 DBP - less than 90

69
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Greater than 18 years of age with diabetes target B/[

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SBP - less than 140 DBP - less than 90

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