Overview 2 Flashcards
What is an organized set of questions that probes deeper into medical history?
Review of systems
Clotting disorder…
Blood dyscrasis
What is a visual analysis of the oral anatomy?
Mallampati Classification
What does NPO stand for?
Nothing by mouth (Nil per os)
What are the fasting requirements?
8 hours fried/fatty meal, 6 hours light meal/clear liquids, 2 hours clear liquids
What is the number one cause of death in the US?
Cardiovascular disease
What condition is caused by a decrease in blood flow in the coronary arteries?
Ischemia
“Hardening of arteries”…
Atherosclerosis
Chest pain…
Angina pectoris
Large clot that may occlude an artery…
Thrombosis
Cellular death…
Necrosis
A sound heard with a stethoscope indicative of a back flow of blood into the atria or into the ventricles….
Heart murmur
A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletely…
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP)
Drugs that promote the elimination of fluid through the kidney in the urine…
Diurectics
Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity….
Ascites
Increased pressure of fluid that causes the fluid to leak into the body…
Peripheral edema
What represents the function of the heart’s conduction system?
Normal sinus rhythm
A small band of atypical cardiac muscle fibers that propagates the atrial contraction rhythm to the ventricles…
Bundle of His
A displaced central point of origin for a cardiac dysrhythmia…
Ectopic focus
Cardiac dysrhythmia in which the pacemaker is in the ventricles rather than in the SA node or atria…
Ventricular rhythms
A long beat that compensates for a shorter beat that contains either an atrial or ventricular premature contraction….
Compensatory pause
No discernable waveforms of any type (flat line)…
Asystole
Essential characteristics for which one should look when attempting to identify abnormal rhythms…
Rhythm, Rate, Regularity
Inflammation of the lower components of the tracheobronchial tree…
Bronchitis
An enlargement of the alveolar sacs in the lungs, along with scarring of the alveoli…
Emphysema
What is Type 1 diabetes?
Insulin-dependent (juvenile)
What is Type 2 diabetes?
Noninsulin-dependent (adult onset)
What provides a continuous background drip that mimics a healthy pancreas?
Insulin pump
Lab test used to determine how well a patient’s diabetes has been controlled over the past several months…
A1c
Abnormally increased activity of the adrenal glans as a result of excessive pituitary secretion of glucocorticoids…
Cushing’s disease
Decreased thyroid function…
Hypothyroidism
What has a sudden onset and is due to such causes as heavy blood loss, injury, dehydration or reaction to drugs?
Acute renal failure
Progressive renal failure over a period of months…
Chronic renal failure
What is the most common form of seizure disorder?
Grand mal (tonic-clonic)
What is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disorder of an unknown cause?
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
