Quiz 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What kind of fever is without remissions and usually seen with gram - sepsis, or CNS damage?

A

Continued fever

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2
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What are the number and words assocaited with pulse amplitude?

A

0= absent, 1= diminished, 2= expected, 3= full, 4= bounding

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3
Q

Orthostatic systolic hypotension -

A

Falls 20 mm Hg or more

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4
Q

What is the allowed variation for bilateral pulses ?

A

10 mmHg

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5
Q

What are the vital statistics?

A

Height and weight

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6
Q

What are the 3 composted of the respiratory cycle?

A

Rate, rhythm, depth.

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7
Q

A temp greater than 105 is called what?

A

Hyerpyrexia

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8
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What are the 4 things you must evaluate with pulse?

A

Rate, rhythm, amplitude, contour

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9
Q

Diastole occurs when?

A

Dentricles relax and tricuspid and mitral valves open

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10
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What is associated with impending respiratory failure or of obesity hypoventilation?

A

Pickwickain syndrome

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11
Q

A rectal or ear temp above what is a fever?

A

101

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12
Q

What kind of breathing is seen in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis ?

A

Kussmaul reathing (hyperpnea)

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13
Q

Which accessible artery is closest to the heart?

A

The carotid

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14
Q

An oral temp above what is considered a fever?

A

100.4

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15
Q

Systole occurs when what contracts and what closes?

A

Ventricles contrac, tricuspid and mitral valves close

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16
Q

What is normal hr?

A

60-100

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17
Q

What is the most common cause of a fever?

A

Infection

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18
Q

Orthostatic diastolic hypotension –?

A

Fall of 10 mm Hg

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19
Q

What is normal diastolic range?

A

60-90

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20
Q

What are the 4 classic vital signs?

A

Temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure

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21
Q

Proximal pulses are better for evaluating for evaluating what?

A

Heart activity

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22
Q

Hypotension is classically considered BP under what?

A

90/60

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23
Q

The pulses in the extremities evaluate what?

A

Arterial circulation

24
Q

What can cause a fictitious fever?

A

Ingestion of hot or cold substances

25
Q

Orthostatic narrowing-

A

Fall to 18 mm Hg

26
Q

Who gets tachypenea/

A

Elderly with COPD

27
Q

What kind of pulse is most palpable and sometimes visible ?

A

Atrial

28
Q

Hypothermia is a body temp below what?

A

98.6

29
Q

What kind of fever is characterized by a daily afternoon spline, often with facial flashing, usually seen with TB?

A

Hectic fever

30
Q

What kind of fever is daily elevated temperature, returns to baseline but not to normal?

A

Remittent fever

31
Q

Does intermittent fever return to baseline and normal?

A

Yes

32
Q

A fever or unknown origin is a temp of 100.4, for r3 weeks or longer?

A

Essential fever

33
Q

How many breaths per moon is normal ?

A

12-20

34
Q

Orthostatic hypertension –?

A

Rise to 98 mm Hg

35
Q

What is a measure of the hearts ability to adapt to a changing environment ?

A

Cardiac output

36
Q

What i the kneumonic for kussmaul ?

A

Makeup

37
Q

Apnea is the absences of respiration for how long ?

A

20 sec awake, 30 sec sleeping

38
Q

What is upright respiration called?

A

Orthopnea

39
Q

What is the best bp marker for cardiovascular risk?

A

Widened pulse pressure (above 40)

40
Q

For ever degree of increase temp, the pulse will increase how much?

A

10 BPM

41
Q

What is normal systolic range?

A

100-140

42
Q

What kind of fever is assocaited with febrile period lasting no more than one or two days?

A

Ephemeral fever

43
Q

What kind of fever is assocaited with multiple febrile attacks lasting about 6 days, separated by afebrile fever (usually infection like TB, malaria) ?

A

Relapsing fever

44
Q

What is the range of expected body temp?

A

97.2-99.9 (98.6 average)

45
Q

What is the gold standard for taking BP?

A

Ridged wall catheter

46
Q

Orthostatic postural tachycardia

A

Increase in hr of 28 bpm, or 110 bpm

47
Q

What kind of breathing is seen in patients with emphysema and copd

A

Pursued lip breathing

48
Q

What is the most prevalent risk factor for heart failure, stoke, and kidney failure?

A

Systolic hypertension

49
Q

When is temperature usually lowest in the day?

A

The morning

50
Q

What are some examples of intermittent fever?

A

Malaria, rat bite fever, Hodgkin’ disease.

51
Q

What is normal pulse pressure ?

A

30-40

52
Q

Patients who are tachypneic usually have what kind of temp?

A

Lower temp

53
Q

What kind of fever is accompanied by chills, RUQ pain, and jaundice (due to stones obstructing the common duct) ?

A

Charcots intermittent fever

54
Q

A BP of what is considered hypertension?

A

140 systole, and or, greater that 90 diastolic

55
Q

The heart great is transmitted thought what two systems?

A

Arterial and venous system