Quiz 2 Flashcards

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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?

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

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3
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Orthostatic systolic hypotension -

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Falls 20 mm Hg or more

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4
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What is the allowed variation for bilateral pulses ?

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10 mmHg

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5
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What are the vital statistics?

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Height and weight

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6
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What are the 3 composted of the respiratory cycle?

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Rate, rhythm, depth.

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7
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A temp greater than 105 is called what?

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Hyerpyrexia

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

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Rate, rhythm, amplitude, contour

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9
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Diastole occurs when?

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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
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A rectal or ear temp above what is a fever?

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101

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12
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What kind of breathing is seen in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis ?

A

Kussmaul reathing (hyperpnea)

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13
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Which accessible artery is closest to the heart?

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The carotid

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14
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An oral temp above what is considered a fever?

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100.4

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15
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Systole occurs when what contracts and what closes?

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Ventricles contrac, tricuspid and mitral valves close

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16
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What is normal hr?

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60-100

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17
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What is the most common cause of a fever?

A

Infection

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18
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Orthostatic diastolic hypotension –?

A

Fall of 10 mm Hg

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19
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What is normal diastolic range?

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60-90

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20
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What are the 4 classic vital signs?

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Temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure

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21
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Proximal pulses are better for evaluating for evaluating what?

A

Heart activity

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22
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Hypotension is classically considered BP under what?

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90/60

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23
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The pulses in the extremities evaluate what?

A

Arterial circulation

24
Q

What can cause a fictitious fever?

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Ingestion of hot or cold substances

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Orthostatic narrowing-
Fall to 18 mm Hg
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Who gets tachypenea/
Elderly with COPD
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What kind of pulse is most palpable and sometimes visible ?
Atrial
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Hypothermia is a body temp below what?
98.6
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What kind of fever is characterized by a daily afternoon spline, often with facial flashing, usually seen with TB?
Hectic fever
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What kind of fever is daily elevated temperature, returns to baseline but not to normal?
Remittent fever
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Does intermittent fever return to baseline and normal?
Yes
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A fever or unknown origin is a temp of 100.4, for r3 weeks or longer?
Essential fever
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How many breaths per moon is normal ?
12-20
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Orthostatic hypertension --?
Rise to 98 mm Hg
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What is a measure of the hearts ability to adapt to a changing environment ?
Cardiac output
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What i the kneumonic for kussmaul ?
Makeup
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Apnea is the absences of respiration for how long ?
20 sec awake, 30 sec sleeping
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What is upright respiration called?
Orthopnea
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What is the best bp marker for cardiovascular risk?
Widened pulse pressure (above 40)
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For ever degree of increase temp, the pulse will increase how much?
10 BPM
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What is normal systolic range?
100-140
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What kind of fever is assocaited with febrile period lasting no more than one or two days?
Ephemeral fever
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What kind of fever is assocaited with multiple febrile attacks lasting about 6 days, separated by afebrile fever (usually infection like TB, malaria) ?
Relapsing fever
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What is the range of expected body temp?
97.2-99.9 (98.6 average)
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What is the gold standard for taking BP?
Ridged wall catheter
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Orthostatic postural tachycardia
Increase in hr of 28 bpm, or 110 bpm
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What kind of breathing is seen in patients with emphysema and copd
Pursued lip breathing
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What is the most prevalent risk factor for heart failure, stoke, and kidney failure?
Systolic hypertension
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When is temperature usually lowest in the day?
The morning
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What are some examples of intermittent fever?
Malaria, rat bite fever, Hodgkin' disease.
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What is normal pulse pressure ?
30-40
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Patients who are tachypneic usually have what kind of temp?
Lower temp
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What kind of fever is accompanied by chills, RUQ pain, and jaundice (due to stones obstructing the common duct) ?
Charcots intermittent fever
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A BP of what is considered hypertension?
140 systole, and or, greater that 90 diastolic
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The heart great is transmitted thought what two systems?
Arterial and venous system