Review for Final Exam Part II

Question 1

What is the medical term for a patient that experiences diaphoresis at night?

Answer 1

night sweats

Question 2

What is a major symptom that could mean a patient is retaining high amounts of carbon dioxide when sleeping?

Answer 2

headache in the morning

Question 3

Patients who complain of excessive daytime somnolence should be evaluated for

Answer 3

obstructive sleep apnea

Question 4

What does EDS stand for?

Answer 4

excessive daytime somolence

Question 5

This condition may worsen the symptoms of asthma but have nothing to do with the lungs.

Answer 5

GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease)

Question 6

Name four causes of “distress” in the health care setting

Answer 6

difficulty breathing, anxiety, pain, bleeding, loss of conciousness

Question 7

A tool used to assess the patient’s level of conciousness is the…

Answer 7

Glasgow coma scale

Question 8

True or False? Some patients are unable to generate a significant fever despite the presence of a major infection.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

If a patient is hypothermic, this respiratory intervention could assist in raising the body temperature.

Answer 9

heated aerosol

Question 10

What site is considered the most accurate assessment of body temperature?

Answer 10

rectum

Question 11

What site(s) are used most commonly to assess temperature?

Answer 11

tympanic and oral

Question 12

What medical term describes the pulse strength decreasing with each spontaneous inhalation?

Answer 12

pulsus paradoxus

Question 13

What medical terms describes a pulse strength that switches between strong and weak beats?

Answer 13

pulsus alternans

Question 14

What disorder might be present if you recognize pulsus paradoxus?

Answer 14

acute asthma

Question 15

What medical term describes the inward movement of the abdomen during inspiration and could represent a sign of respiratory distress?

Answer 15

paradoxical breathing or abdominal paradox

Question 16

What is the most common cause of jugular venous distension?

Answer 16

rigth heart failure

Question 17

What is the medical term for vibrations creaated by the vocal cords during speaking?

Answer 17

vocal femitus

Question 18

What is the medical term for the palpation of vibrations the voice creates felt on the chest wall.

Answer 18

tactiel fremitus

Question 19

What is the synonym for a dull percussion note?

Answer 19

flat

Question 20

What is a synonym of normal breath sounds?

Answer 20

vesicular

Question 21

What disorder(s) could be present if bronchial breath sounds are heard in an area away from the bronchi?

Answer 21

penumonia or atelectasis

Question 22

A bronchodilator was administered. The loudness of the wheeze softens and becomes more diminished. Did the patient get better or worse?

Answer 22

worse

Question 23

What condition could be present if you auscultate early inspiratory crackles?

Answer 23

COPD

Question 24

What condition could be present if you auscultate last inspiratory crackles (name 4)

Answer 24

atelectasis, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, fibrosis

Question 25

During auscultation, you recognize an increase in egophony. What does this mean?

Answer 25

Theere is an increase in lung tissue density that could have been caused by consolidation, compressed lung, or fluid filled

Question 26

The medical term that describes when the nails have become rounder, spongy, and angle between the nail and the nail bed has increases past 180 degrees

Answer 26

digital clubbing

Question 27

Pitting edema of +4 represents normal, moderate, or severe fluid retention?

Answer 27

severe fluid retention

Question 28

Skin turgor helps to assess

Answer 28

hydration

Question 29

What is the medical term for when a person has a loss of muscle coordination?

Answer 29

ataxia

Question 30

The phrenic nervice arises form spinal roots

Answer 30

C3 - C5