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2024 PROGRESSIVE CARE EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 PROGRESSIVE CARE EXAMWITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Carotid Endarterectomy RN - CORRECT-ANSWERS-Frequent neuro checks
-Close BP monitoring
-Airway monitoring
-Monitoring for hematoma formation
IVC filter - CORRECT-ANSWERSHemodynamically stable management for PE
if anticoagulation contraindicated; recent trauma
-Placed just below renal arteries
Abdominal aortic aneurysm - CORRECT-ANSWERSMonitor
control BP
Surgery/repair
Emphysema (COPD breakdown) - CORRECT-ANSWERSdestruction of the
alveoli, over time they become constricted and lose their ability to expand
Bronchitis - CORRECT-ANSWERSIncreased mucous and inflammation;
narrowing of bronchi, scar damage (becomes chronic after 3 cases of acute)
Pulmonary Embolism - CORRECT-ANSWERSA blood clot that breaks off from a
large vein and travels to the blood vessels of the lung, causing obstruction of
blood flow.
Virchow's Triad - CORRECT-ANSWERSRisk factors for PE: Stasis of Blood flow
(immobility), hypercoagulability, injury or damage (postop pts), CA pt's,
Hemothorax - CORRECT-ANSWERSBlood in the pleural space
Tx: Chest tube or IR/OR for embolization
pneumothorax - CORRECT-ANSWERSair in the pleural cavity caused by a
puncture of the lung or chest wall; air between lung tissue and lining
-Lung can't expand
-Tx: Chest tube
Tension pneumothorax - CORRECT-ANSWERSA life-threatening collection of
air within the pleural space; the volume and pressure have both collasped
the involved lung and caused a shift of the mediastinal structures to the
opposite side.
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