Lesson 4 Flashcards
1
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Hypertension
A
- HTN
- High blood pressure
2
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Hypotensive
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- Sys: less than 90/
- Dia: less than 60
3
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Normal
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- Sys: 90/ - 120/
- Dia: 60 to 80
4
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Prehypertensive
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- Sys: 121/ to 140/
- Dia: 81 to 90
5
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Hypertensive
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- Sys: greater than 140/
- Dia: greater than 90
6
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Diabetes Mellitus
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- DM
- when glucose or sugar content in blood is too high
7
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Type I Diabetes
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- can only be Insulin Dependent DM (IDDM)
- only 5% of DM patients have this
- treated only with insulin
8
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Type II Diabetes
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- Insulin resistance
- may be Insulin Dependent (IDDM) or Non-Insulin Dependent DM (NIDDM)
- 95% of DM patients
9
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High Cholesterol
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- Hyperlipidemia
- HLD
10
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Heart Disease
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- CAD
- Coronary Artery Disease
11
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Heart Cath
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- Cardiac catheterization (diagnoses CAD)
12
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Balloon
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- Angioplasty –> PMHx CAD
13
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Stents
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- Coronary Stents –> PMHx CAD
14
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Heart Bypass
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- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) –> PMHx CAD
15
Q
Strep Pharyngitis
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- aka throat inflammation or infection
16
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Ear Infection
A
-Otitis Media
17
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DDD
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- Bulging Discs
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
18
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Dysuria
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- pain or burning with urination
19
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Hematuria
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- blood in the urine
20
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Pyelonephritis
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- infection of the kidney that causes inflammation and pain
- happens with UTI does not resolve
21
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Ectopic Pregnancy
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- egg attaches to outside uterus (most likely fallopian tube) so pregnancy cannot develop or survive
22
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Torsions
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- a knot forming in ovaries or testes cutting off blood supply
23
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Cellulitis
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- cells of skin becoming infected which causes redness, inflammation, warmth, and pain
24
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Induration
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- how to find cellulitis
- firm quality to skin
25
Abscess
- bacterial infection with skin that has pus accumulation
- has redness, warmth, and induration
- diff from cellulitis due to fluctuant
26
Fluctuance
- there is fluid collection most likely pus
27
Incision and Drainage
- I&D
- manages abscess
- open and drain pus and fill with gauze
28
C. Diff Colitis
- opportunistic bacteria that causes diarrhea (stool therapy)
29
Gastroenteritis
- Vomiting and diarrhea
| - aka GI bug so viral or bacterial
30
Crohn's Disease
- Immune disorder causing diarrhea and abdominal pain
31
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Chronically sensitive bowels so prone to diarrhea
32
Gastritis
- Irritated stomach with vomiting
| - "Stomach ache"
33
Pericarditis
- Inflammation of sac surrounding the heart causing CP
34
Pleurisy
- Inflammation of sac surrounding lungs causing pleuritic CP
35
Costochondritis
-Irritation of ribs causing CP which get worse by pressing on sternum
36
Chest Wall Pain
- Irritation of chest wall causing pain with palpation of the chest
37
Pleural Effusion
-Fluid collecting around the lungs causing SOB or CP
