UW 1 Flashcards
What exam should be done w/Clavicular Fx and why?
Neurovascular to R/O damage to vessels
- Close proximity of Subclavian artery and brachial plexux
Pt with clavicular fx and bruit heard by clavicle?
Do angiogram to check vessel damage
How does shoulder appear in clavicular fx?
Shoulder is displaced inferiorly and posteriorly
Post op cardiac surgical pt w/fever, tachycardia, chest pain, leukocytosis, sternal would drainage?
Acute Mediastinitis
How does Acute mediastinitis occur?
Complication of cardiac surgery due to intraoperative wound contamination
- w/in 14 days post op
How does CXR look for acute mediastinitis?
Widened mediastinum
Tx for acute mediastinitis?
Surgical debridement
Drainage
Abx
What murmur is common post CABG?
A-fib
Tx w/rate control
Anticoagulate if > 24 hrs
Septal Perforation
Self-inflicted (nose picking) rhinoplasty Syphillis TB Cocaine Sarcoidosis Wegener's
Whistling noise heard during respiration?
Nasal septum perforation b/c of sepal hematoma thru septal abscess (post op)
When do we surgically treat Aortic stenosis?
SAD
Syncope
Angina
Dyspnea (CHF)
What is surgery for Aortic stenosis?
Aortic valve replacement
Indications for Aortic valve replacement?
Symptomatic pts
Pts w/severe AS undergoing CABG/valvular surgery
Asymptomatic pt with severe AS - poor LV fnc, LVH >15mmHg, valve area < 0.6 cm or abnormal response to exercise
Placenta previa?
Painless 3rd trimeter bleeding, bleeding w/out ctx
Risk factors: C-section (previous), prior PP, multiparity, advanced age
Dx for placenta previa?
Transabdominal sonography
Sudden onset abdominal pain and bleeding, hyperventilation, agitation, tachycardia?
Uterine Rupture - most common during labor
Painless antepartum hemorrhage + rapid deterioration of fetal heart tracing?
Vasa previa
What thyroid cancer ass’d with Hashimoto’s?
Lymphoma
What characteristics ass’d with benign cardiac murmur in child?
If no ass’n with structural heart dz:
- Grade II/VI or less - intensity
- early or mid-systolic
- decrease w/standing or Valsalva
- normal S2
- no sx’s
What sx’s are seen in a pathologic cardiac murmur in child?
Sx’s:
Infants -Diaphoresis or tiring w/feeds, poor weight gain
Children - chest pain, dizziness, syncope, SOB, fatigue