Final Revision Flashcards
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How can you protect yourself, your patients and your colleagues?
by being immunized against diseases where vaccines are available
ex: Hepatitis B
Which is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection?
hand washing routinely AFTER every clinical examination
Hand wash with:
soiled hands:
dirty hands:
soiled hands: soap and water
dirty hands: soap and water OR alcohol based rub/gel
What you should always do when contact with blood, mucous membranes or non –intact skin?
Always wear surgical gloves
What is S O C R A T E S?
- Site
- Onset
- Character
- Radiation
- Associated symptoms
- Timing
- Exacerbating + relieving factors
- Severity
What are the vital signs on the form?
BP, Pulse, Tm
Normal Tm:
35.8 - 37.2 degrees celsius
How to measure the Tm?
digital thermometer under the tongue, or external auditory meatus or Forehead area
Examination sequence for Arterial pulses from radial a:
- Place the pads of your 3 middle fingers over the right radial a
- Assess rate, rhythm and vol
- Count pulse rate over 15sec and multiply by 4 to obtain the bpm
Examination sequence Blood Pressure:
- patient seated or lying down
- can measure over thin clothing
- sphygmomanometer cuff to the upper arm, with the center of the bladder over the brachial a
- palpate the brachial pulse
- Inflate the cuff until the pulse is impalpable
- listen through the diaphragm of the stethoscope
- Deflate the cuff slowly
- Continue to deflate the cuff slowly until the sounds disappear
- Record the pressure at which the sounds completely disappear as the diastolic pressure
What do you examine in oral cavity examination?
mouth opening lips buccal mucosa tongue soft and hard palate uvula tonsils and pillars teeth, gums and alveolar margins stensens/parotid duct
Angina is a symptom of what?
ischemic heart disease
Angina results from what?
coronary disease
-not enought O2 supply
Which the aetiology of angina?
progressive narrowing or spasm of one/more coronary a
What are the symptoms of angina?
- heavy pressure
- radiates to left shoulder, arm and mandibular region
- intense sense of not breathing good
- nausea
- sweating
- bradycardia
When does the discomfort typically disappear?
- once the myocardial work requirements are lowered
* the oxygen supply to the heart muscle is increased
Which are the preventing measures?
- begin with taking a careful history of patient’s angina
- ask patient about the events that precipitate angina
- frequency, duration, severity of angina
- response to medications or diminactivity
- patient’s physician can be consulted about the patient’s cardiac status
When can you do an ambulatory surgery of an angina patient?
- if it arises only during moderately vigorous exertion
- if it responds readily to rest and oral nitroglycerin administration
- if no recent increase in severity
When the elective surgery should be postponed?
- if angina episodes occur with only minimal exertion
- if several doses of nitroglycerin needed to relieve chest discomfort
- if the patient has unstable angina
Controversy w/ angina patients:
for local anesthetics but benefits outweigh the risks
When does Myocardial infarction occur?
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- when ischemia causes myocardial cellular dysfunction and death
- when an area of coronary artery narrowing has a clot form that blocks all or most blood flow
When can you have a surgical procedure if you had Myocardial infarction?
at least 6 months after an infarction
The advent of thrombolytic-based treatment strategies and improved MI care make automatic 6-month wait to do dental work unnecessary
SOS T OR F
Pacemakers pose no contraindications to oral surgery and no evidence exists that shows the need for antibiotic prophylaxis
true
What are the symptoms of congestive heart failure?
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
ankle edema