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| Period when korotkoff's sounds disappear |
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| Left ventrical contraction |
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| Orthostatic Blood Pressure |
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| Repeating bp vital sign seated and standing |
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| interview, present/past health history, family hx., review of systems and physical assessment |
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| Inspection palpation percussion auscultation |
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| Diaphragm of stethoscope is for hearing |
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| High Pitched sounds, breath bowel and normal heart sounds |
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| Bell of the stethoscope is used to hear |
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| Soft low pitched sounds like extra heart sounds and murmurs. |
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| Average Bp of young adults |
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| Normal range of BP in adults |
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| 4 areas of consideration for the general survey |
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| Physical Appearance body structure, mobility, behavior |
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| Pprecipitant( makes it worse),pain, pt’s perception ( what do you think is the problem). |
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| quality of pain, quantity of pain |
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| radiation of pain, remedies tried, relief( what makes it better). |
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| setting, where or what was the patient doing when symptoms started |
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| Timing, onset, duration & frequency of symptoms (constant intermittent) |
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| A often used with PQRST(A) |
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| Associated symptoms, your primary symptom go along with any other others( fever, nausea, vomiting etc…) |
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| purpose of percussion is to assess what |
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| Hist of presenting problem |
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| 25°C and 35°C (77°F-95°F). |
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| Hyperthermia when temp exceeds |
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Carotid
Brachial
Radial
Femoral
Popliteal
Posterior tibialis
Dorsalis pedis |
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| Optimal Nutritional Status |
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| adq. Amount of nutrients taken in to support the bodies needs including when body has increased demands r/t growth , pregnancy, or illness |
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| nutritional reserves are used up or nutrient intake is inadquate to meeet daily needs, or aditonal metabolic demands |
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| consuming more nutrients then daily needs require. Esp in forms of calories, sodium & fat |
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| is caused by the lack of essential foodstuffs—usually vitamins, minerals, or proteins—in the diet. |
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is caused by
Failure of absorption or utilization of nutrients (as in disease of the gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, kidney, liver, or pancreas),
Increased nutritional requirements (growth, injuries, burns, surgical procedures, pregnancy, lactation, fever),
Excessive excretion (diarrhea). |
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| Comprehensive Nutritional Assessment |
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Dietary History
Clinical information
Physical examination
Measurements
Laboratory Test |
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| Waist-to-Hip Ratio, significant findings |
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Women: > 0.8 is significant
Men: > 1.0 is significant |
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Over 30 severely overweight to obese
under 20 underweight. |
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| Purpose of nutritional assesment |
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Development of nutritional plan of care to prevent or decrease malnourishment.
Establish baseline for evaluation of effectiveness of nutritional care. |
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| Color change, flat, ie freckles, petechiae, measels |
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| Something you can feel, solid, elevated, ie, moles, wort. |
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| Papules w/ surface elevation larger than 1 cm. |
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| Solid, elevated, hard or soft, may extend deeper into dermis than papule. |
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| Superficial raised, like mosquito bite. |
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| Hives, wheals that are coalesced. |
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| Puss filled cavity, like acne |
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| decrease or loss of smell |
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| Causes for Obstructive anosmia |
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deviated septum
nasal polyps |
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head injury
tumor of olfactory groove
B12 deficiency |
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Visual acuity:
Snellen eye chart
Visual fields:
confrontation test |
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| Name for difference in pupil size up to 20% |
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| pupils different with lid drooping. |
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| Test CNIII, CNIV and CNVI with these tests: |
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| Use EOM test: Six cardinal Positions of Gaze |
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| back & forth oscillation of eyes |
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| Autoimmune disorder, causes pitosis, weakening of the eye, hallmark is fatiguability. |
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forehead, cheeks, chin
use cotton tipped swab
corneal reflex in unconscious patient |
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| Motor: clench teeth while palpating angle of jaw to assess strength of masseter muscle |
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| CNVII Motor functions, and tests |
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innervates muscles of scalp and face
smile, frown, open eyes wide, furrow forehead, raise eyebrows, show teeth, puff cheeks, purse lips |
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| CNVII Sensory functions and tests |
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taste -- not routinely tested
salt/sugar on lateral tongue |
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| CNVIII funtions and tests |
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cochlear branch
hearing
rub fingertips
Weber
Rinne |
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| Say Ahh, look for uvula rise, swallow (vagus). |
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| Function and tests for Accessory Nerve |
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Controls movement of sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles of neck/shoulder
raise shoulders against resistance
turn head against resistance |
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Motor nerve of tongue
patient sticks tongue out: should be midline |
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| dysarthria, definition and CN involved. |
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| (difficulty forming words) if CN XII damaged |
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| intensity. Lowed or soft sound, lowder the sound greater the amplitude. Depends on force of the blow and ability of structure to to vibrate. |
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| frequency, number of vibrations per sec written as cps (cycles per second) High pitched, more cycles, low pitched less cycles |
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| Timbre, subjective difference due to a sounds distinct overtones. |
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| Length of time note lingers. |
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