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Overview 2 Flashcards

1
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What is an organized set of questions that probes deeper into medical history?

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Review of systems

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2
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Clotting disorder…

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Blood dyscrasis

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3
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What is a visual analysis of the oral anatomy?

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Mallampati Classification

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4
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What does NPO stand for?

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Nothing by mouth (Nil per os)

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5
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What are the fasting requirements?

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8 hours fried/fatty meal, 6 hours light meal/clear liquids, 2 hours clear liquids

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6
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What is the number one cause of death in the US?

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Cardiovascular disease

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7
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What condition is caused by a decrease in blood flow in the coronary arteries?

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Ischemia

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8
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“Hardening of arteries”…

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Atherosclerosis

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9
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Chest pain…

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Angina pectoris

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10
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Large clot that may occlude an artery…

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Thrombosis

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11
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Cellular death…

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Necrosis

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A sound heard with a stethoscope indicative of a back flow of blood into the atria or into the ventricles….

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Heart murmur

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13
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A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletely…

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Mitral valve prolapse (MVP)

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14
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Drugs that promote the elimination of fluid through the kidney in the urine…

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Diurectics

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15
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Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity….

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Ascites

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16
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Increased pressure of fluid that causes the fluid to leak into the body…

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Peripheral edema

17
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What represents the function of the heart’s conduction system?

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Normal sinus rhythm

18
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A small band of atypical cardiac muscle fibers that propagates the atrial contraction rhythm to the ventricles…

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Bundle of His

19
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A displaced central point of origin for a cardiac dysrhythmia…

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Ectopic focus

20
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Cardiac dysrhythmia in which the pacemaker is in the ventricles rather than in the SA node or atria…

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Ventricular rhythms

21
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A long beat that compensates for a shorter beat that contains either an atrial or ventricular premature contraction….

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Compensatory pause

22
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No discernable waveforms of any type (flat line)…

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Asystole

23
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Essential characteristics for which one should look when attempting to identify abnormal rhythms…

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Rhythm, Rate, Regularity

24
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Inflammation of the lower components of the tracheobronchial tree…

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Bronchitis

25
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An enlargement of the alveolar sacs in the lungs, along with scarring of the alveoli…

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Emphysema

26
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What is Type 1 diabetes?

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Insulin-dependent (juvenile)

27
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What is Type 2 diabetes?

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Noninsulin-dependent (adult onset)

28
Q

What provides a continuous background drip that mimics a healthy pancreas?

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Insulin pump

29
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Lab test used to determine how well a patient’s diabetes has been controlled over the past several months…

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A1c

30
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Abnormally increased activity of the adrenal glans as a result of excessive pituitary secretion of glucocorticoids…

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Cushing’s disease

31
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Decreased thyroid function…

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Hypothyroidism

32
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What has a sudden onset and is due to such causes as heavy blood loss, injury, dehydration or reaction to drugs?

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Acute renal failure

33
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Progressive renal failure over a period of months…

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Chronic renal failure

34
Q

What is the most common form of seizure disorder?

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Grand mal (tonic-clonic)

35
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What is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disorder of an unknown cause?

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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