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| A brief explanation why a patient is seeking medical care |
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| When are temperatures lowest and highest? |
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low=morning
high=late afternoon |
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| Increase in temperature usually means what? |
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| Increases O2 comsumption and CO2 production |
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| Body temperature below normal |
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| Reduced O2 consumption and CO2 production |
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| Low oxygen to the tissues |
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| pulse rate higher than 140/90 |
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| Normal pulse rate for tachcardia? |
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| greater than 100 beats / min |
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| Normal pulse rate for bradycardia? |
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| Where can you check pulse rate |
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| radial artery = most common site |
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| Two types of RR and patterns |
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tachypnea= rate above normal
bradypnea=rate below normal |
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| absence of spontaneous ventilation |
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| normal rate and depth of breathing |
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| less than normal rate of breathing |
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| decreased depth of breathing |
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| increased depth of breathing with or without an increased rate |
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| What is sighing respiration |
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| normal rate and depth of breathing with periodic deep and audible breaths |
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| irregular breathing with periods of apnea |
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| When blood is not getting to all extremities what is it called? |
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| deacrease in BP, increases in HR |
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sudden drop in arterial BP due to change in position.
Ex: occurs when hypovolemic pt moves from the reclining postion to upright position |
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| How is your RR and pulse affected by fever? |
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| Body needs more oxygen and makes RR increase, which makes the pulse rate increases |
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| How does hypotension affect perfusion and tissue oxygen delivery? |
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| The blood pressure is low and there is not enough force to give oxygen to the tissues. |
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| What do you use to measure BP? |
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| Erroneously high BP measurements |
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*Too narrow a cuff
*cuff applied too tightly or too loosely
*excessive pressure in cuff during measurement
*incomplete deflation of cuff btwn measurements
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| Erroneously low BP measurement |
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| What does the CBC determine |
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| Test that determines the number of circulation red and white blood cells |
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| Low Sodium Na+ (sodium) is called? |
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| What is Elevated Na+ called? |
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| Hypernatremia occurs in what disease? |
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| Renal disease and excessive water loss |
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| Hyperkalemia may cause pt to feel what symptoms? |
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| tired, weak, and nauseated |
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| Pt with cystic fibrosis have increased levels of what electrolyte? |
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Cl-
This is due to their sweat inability to reasorb Cl- |
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| Most common tests performed to evaluate kidney function |
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| blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine |
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Normal levels of creatinine?
and BUN? |
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creatinine= 0.7 to 1.3 mg/dl
BUN= greater than 20 mg/dl |
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| Serum enzymes are measure to determin what? |
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| damage to certain organs has recently occurred |
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| Elevation of liver enzymes is consistent with what disease? |
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| Normal serum glucose level |
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| What is a heart attack called? |
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myocardial infarction
elevation of cardiac enzymes |
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| what is Hypoglycemia and what it can cause? |
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low serum glucose level
feel weak and letheragic |
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| What is hyperglycemia and causes? |
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| elevation of blood glucose levels, often occurs with diabetes |
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| The sputum is often stained and cultured in the pt suspected of haveing what disease? |
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| A legitimate sputum sample will have what types of cells? |
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| pus cells, and few epithelial cells |
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| What is the gram stain useful for? |
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| helps determine the quality of the sample and type of organism present |
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| To find a legitimate sample of the offending organism RT's must get them from where in the body? |
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| What type of cells do we look for in the lungs for culture samples? |
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| Normal RBC count for men/women |
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men= 4.6 - 6.2
women= 4.2 - 5.4 |
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| Neutrophilis causes of abnormalities? |
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| increase with bacterial infection and trauma, reduced with bone marrow diseases |
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| Esoniphils causes of abnormalities? |
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| increased with allergic reactions and parasitic inefections |
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| Basophils causes of abnormalities? |
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| increased with allergic reactions |
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| monocytes causes of abnormalities? |
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| increased with invasion of foreign material |
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| Lymphocytes causes of abnormalities? |
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| increased in viral and other infections, reduced with immunodeficiency problems |
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