OSCES Flashcards
Blood flows through the heart in what system?
Right Atrium > Tricuspid Valve > Right Ventricle > Pulmonary Valve > Pulmonary Artery > Pulmonary Vein > Left Atrium > Mitral Valve > Left Ventricle > Aortic Valve > Aorta
Veins do what?
Return blood to heart
What is systole?
Mitral and Tricuspid Closure
What is diastole?
Aortic and Pulmonary closure
Where to listen to aortic valve?
upper right sternal border at the level of the 2nd right intercostal space
where to listen to pulmonary valve?
upper left sternal border at the level of the 2nd left intercostal space
where to listen to tricuspid valve?
lower left sternal border at the level of the 4th left intercostal space
where to listen to mitral valve?
over the apex beat point (which is normally (if palpable) felt just within the mid-clavicular line at the level of the 5th intercostal space)
Features of JVP? (5)
Non Palpable
Multiphasic
Occludable
Varies with Head Tilt
Varies with Respiration
What does JVP reflect?
Atrial Pressure
When could S3 be heard?
Diastole
S4 is usually associated with?
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
When looking at hands in cvs examination what to look for? (7)
Tar Stain
Warmth
Peripheral Cyanosis
Clubbing
Splinter Haemorrhages
Cap Refill
Fine Tremor
What to look for when assessing radial pulse? (4)
Rate
Rhythm
Volume
Character
What to look for when assessing face in cardiovascular examination? (7)
Malar Flush
Xanathelasmata
Corneal Arcus
Anaemia
Central Cyanosis
Angular Stomatitis
Sore Red Tongue
What does Malar Flush indicate?
Mitral Stenosis
What to look for when assessing back of chest for cvs exam?
Sacral Oedema
Crackles (Left Sided Heart Failure)
What to look for when assessing abdomen in cvs exam? (2)
Tender Liver
Ascites
What to look for when assessing legs in cvs exam?
Pitting oedema
Arterial Disease: Cold, Smooth, Hairless, Increased Cap Refill, Arterial Leg Ulcers, Gangrene
Varicose Veins
Venous Insufficiency eg Lipodermatosclerosis, Ulceration
What to look for when looking for arterial disease in cvs exam? (6)
Cold
Smooth
Hairless
Increased Cap Refill
Arterial Leg Ulcers
Gangrene
Where can JVP be found in cvs exam?
Internal Jugular Vein in Supraclavicular Area
What to assess in inspection of chest in cvs exam? (4)
Chest deformities
Scars
Cardiac Pacemaker
Visible pulsation
What to assess in palpation of cvs exam? (5)
Tracheal Position
Cardiac Pacemaker
Apex Beat
Heaves
Thrills
Where can apex beat be found?
5th Intercostal Space
What are heaves?
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
What are thrills?
Palpable murmurs usually systolic
Where to palpate for thrills?
Both sides of sternum and apex
Where to assess for aortic stenosis?
Listen over aortic valve area again and then over both the carotid arteries with the stethoscope diaphragm for the murmur and the radiation of this high-pitched ejection systolic murmur.
What type of murmur is aortic stenosis?
high pitched ejection systolic
Where to listen for mitral regurgitation?
Listen again over the apex and then in L axilla with the stethoscope diaphragm for radiation of this high-pitched pansystolic murmur.
What type of murmur is mitral regurgitation?
Pansystolic Murmur
Where to listen for mitral stenosis?
Ask the patient to roll onto their left side and at listen at the apex with the stethoscope bell with the breath held in expiration, for this low-pitched ‘rumbling‘ mid-diastolic murmur.
What type of murmur is mitral stenosis?
low pitched rumbling mid diastolic
Where to listen for aortic regurgitation?
Ask the patient to sit up, leaning forwards, and ask them to hold their breath in expiration (“please take a deep breath in, breathe out, now hold your breath”). Listen at the lower left sternal edge with the diaphragm of the stethoscope for the high-pitched early diastolic murmur.
What type of murmur is aortic regurgitation?
High pitched early diastolic murmur
What peripheral pulses to palpate in cvs exam? (8)
Radial
Brachial
Carotid
Femoral
Radio Femoral Delay
Popliteal
Posterior Tibial
Dorsalis Pedis
Where to palpate for brachial pulse?
In the antecubital fossa, medial to biceps tendon
Where to palpate for carotid pulse?
Neck medial to Sternocleidomastoid muscle
Where to palpate femoral pulse?
Just inferior to inguinal ligament half way between ant sup iliac spine and symphysis pubis.
Where to palpate popliteal pulse?
Behind knee joint, deep in popliteal fossa. With knee flexed to 30 ensure patient relaxed and hold knee with both hands with thumbs in front
Where to palpate posterior tibial pulse?
Behind and 2cm below medial malleolus
Where to palpate dorsalis pedis pulse?
On dorsum of foot, lateral to tendon of extensor hallucis longus
How to estimate systolic blood pressure?
Palpate Brachial Pulse
Inflate until pulse not palpable and note pressure on dial = estimated systolic pressure
Deflate cuff rapidly to zero
How to ausculate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure accurately?
Stethescope to brachial artery
Refinlate up to 30mmHg more than estimated systolic pressure
Slowly open valve and release pressure from cuff
Note onset of repeated beats/tapping = systolic pressure
Continue to let air slowly out of cuff, once beats disappear = diastolic pressure
ECG - Where to Put V1
4th intercostal space to the right of the sternum
ECG where to put V2
4th intercostal space to the left of the sternum
ECG where to put V3
midway between Leads 2 and 4
ECG where to put V4
5th left intercostal space midclavicular line
ECG where to put V5
same horizontal level as Lead 4 anterior axillary line
ECG where to put V6
same horizontal level as Lead 4 mid axillary line
What is PR Interval on EVG
the time taken from atrial depolarisation to ventricular depolarisation and should be between 0.12 - 0.2 secs.
What is QRS complex on ECG
represents ventricular depolarization and should be < 0.12 secs
What is QT Interval on ECG
time spent in ventricular depolarization and repolarization – beginning of Q to end of T – max 0.42 secs*
How to interpret ecg?
Is there any electrical activity?
What is the QRS rate?
Is the QRS rhythm regular or irregular?
Are the QRS complexes broad or narrow?
Is atrial activity present?
Is there a relationship between atrial activity and ventricular activity?
How to calculate qrs rate on ecg
If the QRS complexes are at regular intervals, the rate can be calculated by counting the number of large squares between the peaks of the QRS complexes and dividing that number into 300.
If the QRS complexes are not at regular intervals, the method above cannot be used. In this case, you need to count the number of QRS complexes that occur over a fixed time (usually 6 secs) and multiply (by 10) to get a rate/minute, in the same way as you would count a pulse over 15 secs and multiply by 4.
How to calculate rhythm on ecg
Sometimes it is very obvious that an ECG shows an irregular rhythm, but to be sure, line up a strip of paper along the rhythm strip and mark 3-4 complexes. Now move the paper strip along the rhythm strip by 1 or 2 complexes and see if the following QRS complexes line up with your marks.
How to calculate broad or narrow qrs on ecg
Normally the QRS complex should be <0.12 secs (less than3 small squares). Count from the start of the Q wave to the end of the S wave.
Widened QRS complexes usually indicate that the depolarisation has begun in the ventricle itself rather that the SA node
How to calculate relationship between atria and ventricles on ecg
Look for P waves. If they are present, ask – is every P wave followed by a QRS and does every QRS have a P wave before it. What is the PR interval? (Normal = 0.12 - 0.2 seconds, 3-5 small squares). This will enable you to diagnose heart block
What is odynophagia?
painful swallow
what is haematochezia?
passage of fresh blood from anus
What is foetor hepaticus?
breath smells musky - liver problems
Name the nine regions of the abdomen?
Right Hypochondrium
Epigastrium
Left Hypochondrium
Right Flank
Umbilical Region
Left Flank
Right Iliac Fossa
Hypogastrium/Suprapubic
Left Iliac Fossa
Examining an abdominal mass - what do you need to describe? (10)
Site
Size
Shape
Surface
Edge/Outline
Tender to Palpation
Consistency
Mobility
Pulsatile
Fluctuant
In GI Exam, what to look at on hands? (9)
Tar Stain
Nail Colour: Anaemia and Leukonychia
Clubbing
Koilonychia
Palmar Erythaema
Pale Palmar Creases
Dupuytrens Contracture
Flap Tremor
Fine Tremor
What does Leukonychia indicate?
Hypoalbumininema
What does Koilonychia indicate?
Iron deficiency anaemia
What does flapping tremor indicate?
Liver Failure
What does fine tremor indicate?
Alcohol/Alcohol Withdrawal
What to look for in arms on GI exam? (5)
Bruising
Scratch Marks/Pruritus
Muscle Wasting
Track Marks
Skin Turgor
What can scratch marks/pruritus indicate?
Chronic Cholestasis
What to look for in face on GI exam? (5)
Parotid Swelling
Jaundice
Anaemia
Angular Stomatitis and Sore Red Tongue
Foetor Hepaticus
What does Angular stomatitis and sore red tongue indicate?
Fe Deficiency Anaemia
What would Foetor Hepaticus represent?
Liver Failure
What to look for in mouth in GI exam? (4)
Gum Swelling/Bleed
Dentition
Salivary Glands
Apthous Ulcers
Tonsilar lymph node drains where?
Oropharynx
Submandibular lymph node drains where?
2/3 of tongue and floor of mouth
Submental lymph node drains where?
Tip of tongue and anterior floor of mouth
Preauricular lymph node drains where?
Face including parotid
What to look for on chest in GI exam? (3)
Spider Naevi
Gynaecomastia
Loss of Body hair in Males
What to look for in Legs on GI Exam? (3)
Peripheral Oedema
Loss of Body Hair
Erythema Nodosum
What does Peripheral oedema in legs indicate on GI exam?
Hypoalbuminaemia/Liver failure
What to look for on inspection in GI exam? (9)
Scars
Visible Pulsation
Skin Lesions
Scratch Marks
Abdo Shape
Stoma
Caput Medusae
Petechiae
Striae
Distention
What does distended veins/caput medusae mean?
Portal Hypertension
What to feel for on palpation of abdomen in GI exam? (5)
Tenderness
Guarding
Rebound Tenderness
Rigidity
Masses
Where can the liver be palpated? upper and lower border
Upper: 5th Right Intercostal Space on Full Expiration
Lower: Costal Margin on Full Inspiration
Where can spleen be palpated?
9th-11th Ribs on Left Side
Where can kidneys be palpated?
Renal Angle formed by 12th rib and vertebral column from T12-L3
What does shifting dullness mean?
Ascitic Fluid >1.5 Litres
What to ausculate for in GI exam? (6)
Bowel Sounds
Abdominal Aorta
Renal Arteries
Liver
Spleen
Rubs
Who is screened in Bowel Cancer Screening?
Men and Women Age 50-74 every 2 years
Head and Neck Examination
- What to look for on inspection of face? (8)
Expression
Symmetry
Features of Cushings eg Acromegaly, Bony Changes
Swellings
Hair
Shape of Face
Scars
Skin
Head and Neck Examination
- What to look for on inspection of Eyes? (6)
Lid Lag
Proptosis
Eye Movements
Jaundice
Anaemia
Thyroid Eye Disease