Crescendo Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. You examine a 24-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Her physical examination findings may also include: A. pectus excavatum. B. obesity. C. petite stature. D. hyperextensible joints. : A ANS. pectus excavatum. 2. In performing a cardiac examination in a person with MVP, you expect to find: A. an early- to mid-systolic, crescendo-decrescendo murmur. B. a pansystolic murmur. C. a low-pitched, diastolic rumble. D. a mid- to late-systolic murmur. : D ANS. a mid- to late-s...

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Advanced Health Assessment - Exam #2 well answeredHolosystolic murmur heard best at Apex, may transmit to axilla and sternum. - correct answer Mitral Regurgitation Symptoms of Mitral regurgitation - correct answer may be asymptomatic for decades, then SOB, Fatigue, HF What increases the murmur of Mitral regurgitation, what decreases the murmur? - correct answer Decrease murmur = stand up Increase murmur = clench fist Common causes of mitral regurgitation - correct answer Congenital abn...

i.Longer/higher the wheeze, the worse the obstruction. If wheeze suddenly stops, assume the worst - airflow is completely obstructed. ii.Bilateral wheeze may be asthma bronchospasm or acute/chronic bronchitis iii.Unilateral wheeze may be foreign body/swelling/tumor What are vesicular sounds? ~ a. Lung sounds charac by pitch, intensity, quality, duration b. Are characterized as vesicular, bronchovesicular (over major bronchi, moderate pitch/intensity), and bronchial (heard over trachea....

USMLE Step 2 CK High-Yield with complete solution Classic EKG finding in atrial flutter - answer"Sawtooth" p waves Definition of unstable angina - answerAngina that is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria - answerACEI Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade - answerHypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD Drugs that slow heart rate - answerBeta-blockers, CCBs, digoxin, amiodarone Hypercholesterolemia treatment that leads to flushi...

_______is the most important anesthetic complication. Anesthesia causes an uncontrolled increase in skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism, which overwhelms the body's capacity to supply oxygen, remove CO2, and regulative body temperature. Malignant hyperthermia If patient is hyperkalemic (normal range 3.8-5.0), how should you treat the patient? treat with glucose/insulin, and calcium +/-bicarb _______is the reversing agent for opiods. Naloxone _______is the reversing agent for benzodiazipi...

Amyloid and sarcoid are what type of cardiomyopathy? A. Congestive B. Infiltrative C. Hypertrophic D. Dilated E. Restrictive - correct answer B. Infiltrative Yes, amyloid and sarcoid infiltrate the myocardium so it is more accurate to classify these as infiltrative not restrictive. This Doppler spectral trace of mitral inflow is typical for which type of cardiomyopathy? A. Restrictive B. Dilated C. Congestive D. Ischemic E. H...

USMLE Step 2 CK High-Yield with complete solution Classic EKG finding in atrial flutter - answer"Sawtooth" p waves Definition of unstable angina - answerAngina that is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria - answerACEI Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade - answerHypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD Drugs that slow heart rate - answerBeta-blockers, CCBs, digoxin, amiodarone Hypercholesterolemia treatment that leads to flushi...

1.) A breathing pattern characterized by at least three cycles of crescendo and descendo breathing with duration of at least 10 minutes is - correct answer A.) Hypoventilation B.) Pulmonary hypertension C.) Cheyne Stokes repiration D.)Hyperventilation 2.) According to RECOMMENDED guidelines, the minimum duration of a significant leg movement is: - correct answer A.) 1 second B.) .1 second C.) .5 second D.) 5 seconds 3.) What is the BEST response when a patient asks the technologi...