Exam and Eval 1 Flashcards
Review their medical history - includes what
Hx of present illness PMH Lab values and tests Medications Contraindications for exercise
Hx of present illness includes
Diagnosis Date of admit Date of event or course of events Current medical status Hx of present illness Surgical procedures Medications
PMH - prior cardiovascular or pulmonary disease - primary risk factors for pulmonary disease
Smoking, environmental exposure, family history of asthma, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
PMH - prior cardiovascular or pulmonary disease - primary risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Obestiy, HPTN, Smoking, Sedentary lifestyle, family hx, cholesterol over 200 alone and especially if combined with family hx
Social history - what are we looking for to progress our treatment
their goals, their previous function, where they are going after, will they have help, are they a caregiver for anyone
Purpose of lab tests
Complete risk factor profile Presence of illness Diagnosis of event Determine cardiac anatomy Assess LV function Evaluate success of intervention Preoperative risk profile
Red blood cells
Male
Female
Male 25-35 ml/kg
Female 20-30 ml/kg
COPD, altitude, anemia - high or low RBCs
COPD, altitude = higher
Anemia = lower
Hemoglobin
Males
Females
Males = 14-17 gm/dl Female = 12-16 gm/dl
COPD high or low hemoglobin
higher
Hemoglobin - when do we not treat (for heart patients)
If not surgical patient, don’t treat under 8
If surgical, don’t treat under 7
Hematrocrit
M
F
male = 41-51% female = 36-44%
Hematocrit - COPD
higher
Also with other lung disease
WBC count norm
3,900 - 10, 700 cells/mm
What would make WBC count higher
infection
internal injury
Platelets - norm
150,000 to 400,000 (avg 300,000)
Platelets - chemo
lower
Arterial blood gas analysis - pH
7.35 - 7.45
Arterial blood gas analysis - PaO2
80-100 mmHg
Arterial blood gas analysis - PaCO2
35-45 mmHg
Arterial blood gas analysis - HCO3
22-26 MEq/l
Arterial blood gas analysis - SpO2
over 90%
Respiratory acidosis - pH PaCO2 HCO3 Disease
Low pH
inc PaCO2
normal HCO3
Hypoventilating?, lung disease like COPD
Respiratory alkalosis - pH PaCO2 HCO3 Disease
high pH
low PaCO2
little high HCO3
Fever
Metabolic acidosis - pH PaCO2 HCO3 Disease
low pH
normal PaCO2
dec HCO3
dec CO and renal failure
Metabolic alkalosis pH PaCO2 HCO3 Disease
high pH
norm/high PaCO2
greater than 27 HCO3
Respirator insufficiency
How will pt present if CO2 is high
confused
resp acidosis
Cultures
Strep
Staph
TB
acute stage of metabolic acidosis - we will not work with - T or F
TRUE
Cultures - strep can lead to pt becoming
resistant to medications that they are taking for these
Need to put on isolation equipment
Cultures - TB - you need to get what before entering the room
fit mask!
they need 9 FULL months of medication
Cultures - TB - usually located where
lower lobes - unless has reoccurred then will be in different place (upper lobe)
Coagulation studies - PT
11-12.5 sec
over 36 is critical
Coagulation studies - what is PT looking at
how long it takes the blood to clot
Coagulation studies - PTT
30-40 sec
critical is over 100
Coagulation studies - fibrinogen
150-400 mg/dl
Less than 100 is critical
Coagulation studies - fibrinogen - is what
the ability to clot
Coagulation studies - INR (international normalization ratio)
- 9 - 1.1
2. 5 to 3.5 for prosthetic heart valves (they are already on anticoagulants)
Coagulation studies - INR - when are we not working with them
5 - you are absolutely not working with them
We can work with people up into 3 range even if they dont have the prosthetic valve, 4 you need to be cautious and consider the whole picture
Electrolyte studies - Na
136-145 mEq/l
If high Na - how will they present
swelling, HR inc, might be confused
Electrolyte studies - K
3.5 - 5 Meq/l
If high K how will they present
inc in dysrhythmias, they wont tolerate long bouts of treatment (could be high or low K)
Electrolyte studies - BUN
10-20 mg/dl
BUN tells you
how well their kidneys are working or ig they are in kidney failure
Electrolyte studies - creatinine
0.6 - 1.2 mg/dl
Creatinine - what is it telling you
breakdown of proteins
Electrolyte studies - glucose
70-110 mg/dl
Glucose - what if it is too low - how will patient present
Confused, fatigued
Glucose - what if it is too high - how will patient present
fatigued and confused - maybe HA
Electrolyte studies - Albumin
more than 2.5 g
Albumin is telling you
it is a protein and is giving you info about the hydration status of the patient
Dehydrated = low albumin
Electrolyte studies - prealbumin
18-32 mg/l
Prealbumin - what is it
not impacted by hydration
is another protein factor
electrolyte studies - HgA1C
4.8 - 6.0%
HgA1C - tells you what
blood glucose over 90 days
Indicates how their blood sugar is doing
Higher - indicates diabetes
Cardiac enzymes - Troponin 1
0.0 to 0.1 ng/ml
Cardiac enzymes - troponin 2
less than 0.18 ng/ml
Cardiac enzymes - Troponin 1 and 2 - what is important to note
They start to rise within 3-4 hrs of having MI but dont peak until 12-24 hours -
Could take up to 2 wks for troponins to come back to normal levels
Cardiac enzymes - Total CPK
30-170 uL/L
Cardiac enzymes CPK - MB
less than 3%
CPK - MB - what to take note of
what they look at for MI
4 hrs to onset, peaks at 12 hrs, comes back down to normal in shorter time
Cardiac enzymes - LDH
70-180 U/L
takes 12-48 hours to peak
Cardiac enzymes - myoglobin - males and females
males - 10-95 ng/ml
females - 10-65 ng/ml
Blood lipids - total cholesterol
Adults and children
less than 200 mg/dl adults
less than 125-200 children
Blood lipids - HDL males and females
m - more than 33
f - more than 43
Blood lipids - LDL
less than 100 mg/dl
Blood lipids - Triglycerides
less than 140 mg/dl
Blood lipids - total/HDL ratio
less than 4:1 ratio
for CP patients - for non they will look at total to LDL ratio
Cardiac cath, coronary angiogram - are looking at what
arteries
cath - taking picture
angio - inserting dye
Ventriculography is looking at what
ventricles
Cardiac cath, coronary angiogram, ventriculography provides valuable incuding what
establish or confirm a dx
severity of dx
guidelines for optimal management of the patient including medical and surgical management
what is protocol after cath, angiography, ventrculography
best rest for 4-6 hrs after
Data obtained from cath, angiogram, ventric
CO shunt detection L and R heart pressure Ventricular EF Presence/severity of CAD Presence of L vent dysfun and aneurysm Presence of pericardial disease Presence of valvular disease
Indication for cath
cardiac arrest or primary v fib
pulm edema
intolerance or noncompliance to cardiac drugs
job mandate
sig dec in exercise duration with stress test
vent tachycardia with exercise
ST depression
prolonged chest pain that is not responsive to nitro