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RCIS BOARD EXAM ACTUAL EXAM BASED ON GLOWACKI AND SOMMERS ALL 200 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS

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RCIS BOARD EXAM ACTUAL EXAM BASED ON GLOWACKI AND
SOMMERS ALL 200 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
What is the pressure as blood enters the right atrium?

5mmHg

What organ system in the body acts on the blood in the vessels to make a pressure of
5mmHg?

Deep skeletal muscles

What pressure is the blood under as it goes from the RA through the tricuspid valve?

5mmHg

The bigger the diameter of the valve the __________ pressure is needed to move blood
across it.

Less

The smaller the diameter of the valve the _________ pressure is needed to move blood
across it.

more

What is the largest valve in the heart?

tricuspid valve

What is the normal right ventricular pressure?

25/5



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What is normal RVEDP?

5mmHg

What is a normal RV ejection fraction?

55-60%

Normal PA pressure

25/7-12

What is the normal left atrial pressure?

7-12mmHg

What is the normal O2 concentration of a RBC leaving the lungs?

98%

What is the normal O2 concentration of a RBC when it returns to the RA?

70%

How much O2 is a RBC able to give up to the organs?

30%

True/False: If someone has a higher EDP there is less damage to the heart.

False,Higher EDP equals more damage

What is a normal wedge pressure?

7-12mmHg

If the RBCs go through the lungs faster than 7-12mmHg what happens?


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less oxygenation

Patients with COPD have higher _______ pressure

PCW

COPD O2 sats can be in the low to mid 80's. True or false

True.

When the mitral valve leaflets open up and the wedge catheter is able to see into the LV what
is the pressure that it sees?

LVEDP

What is a normal LV EDP?

7-12mmHg

If the LV EDP goes up and the LA pressure goes up, what other pressure would you expect to
rise?

PCWP

What would increase your right atrial pressure?

tricuspid stenosis

Where would you see a high RA pressure demonstrated on a patient?

Jugular vein distention

If a person has an RV MI will the RV systolic pressure be affected?

Systolic pressure remains unchanged, RVEDP increases

If a person has an RV MI how would the R EDP be affected?

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RVEDP increases

What would cause the LV systolic pressure to increase?

Aortic stenosis

What would cause your LVEDP to increase but not increase your LV systolic pressure?

LVMI

As the EF (ejection fraction) goes down the EDP (end diastolic pressure) _________
___________.

Increases

What is the RV systolic pressure of pulmonic stenosis?

>25mmHG

What happens to the pressure in the RA in the case of tricuspid regurgitation?

Increases

What is the PA pressure in COPD?

Wedge pressure is elevated in COPD

What is the PA pressure in someone with mitral stenosis?

PA pressure will rise if chronic

What is the PCWP of mitral regurgitation?

In a chronic situation,the PCWP will be elevated above the normal.

What is the PCWP of mitral stenosis?



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