Hemodynamic instability - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ABFM Focused on Cardio Retest Placement test Exam Questions with complete solutions 2024/2025 What are high intensity statins? - correct answer atorvastatin 40-80mg rosuvastatin 20mg *decreased LDL by >50% HFrEF vs HFpEF - correct answer HFrEF < or equal to 40% HFpEF > 50% HFpEF borderline EF 41-49% Treatment modalities HFrEF - correct answer 1. reduce preload (diuretics, nitrates) 2. reduce afterload (ACEI, hydralazine, nitrates) 3. sympathetic blockade (BB) 4. al...

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NRSG 3420 FINAL EXAM REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Priority nursing diagnoses for cardiac and respiratory patients - hemodynamic instability - impaired gas exchange - fluid/electrolyte imbalance - ineffective airway clearance Cardiac index cardiac output per body surface area normal 2.5-4.0L/min/m2 Central venous pressure (CVP) - Pressure in the SVC, measures right sided heart function - Normal = 2-8mmHg - >6 = excessive volume/right sided HF...

ACLS Certification Exam Questions & Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2024 Any organized rhythm without a pulse is defined as pulseless electrical activity (PEA). - True Synchronized cardioversion is appropriate for treating an unknown wide complex tachycardia. - True The aorta is the wall that separates the ventricles of the heart. - False The most effective treatment for ventricular fibrillation is defibrillation. - True An individual should be cleared-Ñ prior to...

Sepsis correct answer: -SIRS resulting from an infections process Severe Sepsis Campaign (SSC) correct answer: -general guide of tx. for sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. -"bundles" SIRS correct answer: -systemic inflammatory response syndrome -bodily response of widespread inflammation secondary to a critical illness -precursor to sepsis Severe sepsis correct answer: -sepsis with acute involvement of one or more organs septic shock correct answer: -hemodynamic inst...

CRNA INTUBATION EXAM -2024 WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS What is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction? - correct answer The tongue and jaw relaxation occluding the posterior oropharynx List important adjuncts often needed to help establish basic airway control: - correct answer Suction equipment to remove secretions from mouth and throat, chin lift-jaw thrust maneuver, oral/nasal airway, bag-valve mask device and mouth-to-mask ventilation device. What are the main indications f...

Pathophysiology of shock correct answersDecreased Blood Volume Decreased Venous Return Decreased Stroke Volume Decreased Cardiac Output Decreased Tissue Perfusion Shock Interventions and complications associated with interventions correct answers**Vasopressor Agents**- Dopamine **Action** - Increases BP by vasoconstriction **Disadvantage** - Increases afterload, thereby increasing cardiac workload; compromising perfusion to skin, kidneys, lungs, and GI tract -**TAPER - NEVER STOP ABRUP...

AHA PALS FINAL EXAM 2022|2023 ,100% accurate answers A 12-year-old child being evaluated in the pediatric intensive care unit displays the following ECG waveform. The team interprets this as which arrhythmia? Second degree Second Degree Heart Block (Mobitz II) the picture shown is not the picture in the actual exam Laboratory tests are ordered for a child who has been vomiting for 3 days and is diaphoretic, tachypneic, lethargic and pale. Which test would the provider use to d...

First steps for SOB Answer - 1. Vitals 2. O2 via NC or NRB, BVM if not breathing adequately on their own 3. IV access 4. Cardiac and pulse Ox monitoring 5. EKG 6. CXR 7. US 8. Ddimer 9. BNP 10. trops When do you use Non-Invasive PPV? Answer - -moderate to severe dyspnea -accessory muscle use -paradoxical abdominal movement -fatigue -RR > 25 bpm -pH < 7.35 -pCO2 > 45 When do you not use NIPPV? Answer - -respiratory arrest -hemodynamic instability -aspiration risk ...

Peds CCRN Review Questions (from AACN) – With 100% Verified Solutions Peds CCRN Review Questions (from AACN) – With 100% Verified Solutions PEEP is intended to do which of the following? A. Improve ventilation/perfusion matching B. Decrease functional residual capacity C. Increased venous return to the heart D. Increased cardiac output - ANSWER - A. Improve ventilation/perfusion matching - PEEP increases alveolar volume, thereby improving ventilation/perfusion matching and incre...