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| Of the following which is most important?: History, Assesment and Plan, Physical or Laboratory & Imaging studies |
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| What shuold you do before and after you touch the patient |
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| How should you usually examine the patient? |
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| Inspection, Palpation, Percussion and Auscultation |
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| What is the order of examination techniques? |
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| Which examination technique should be applies throughout the entire examination and interview process? |
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| Which examination technique involves use of your hands and fingers to gather information through touch? |
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| Press in ______ for light palpation. |
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| after light palpation, follow by pressing by _____ for deep palpation |
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| Deep, because they are hard to hurt |
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| Would you do light or deep palpation on abdomen? Why? |
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| palmar surface & finger pads |
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| Use ___________ for sensitivity when palpating when palpating |
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| Use _________ of hands to discern vibration when palpating |
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| Use _________ of hands to discern temperature when palpating |
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| This examination technique uses sound waves to detect body tissue density and is the hardest skill for students to learn |
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| during percussion firmly place ______ on body surface |
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What percussion tone is:
Intensity: Loud
Pitch: High
Duration: Moderate
Quality: Drum-like
i.e. - Gastric Bubble |
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What percussion tone is:
Intensity: Loud
Pitch: Low
Duration: Long
Quality: Hollow
i.e. - Healthy lung tissue |
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What percussion tone is:
Intensity: Very Loud
Pitch: Low
Duration: Long
Quality: Boom like
i.e. - Emphysematous lungs |
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What percussion tone is:
Intensity: Soft to moderate
Pitch: Moderate to high
Duration: Moderate
Quality: Thud like
i.e. - Liver |
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What percussion tone is:
Intensity: Soft
Pitch: High
Duration: Short
Quality: Very dull
i.e. - Muscle |
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| resonance / tympany; dullness |
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| Percussion: Always proceed from areas of _______ / ______to areas of ______ |
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| liver, kidney, & GB tenderness |
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| Fist percussion used to elicit what? |
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| What examination technique do you Listen for intensity, pitch, duration & quality of sound? |
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| How can you narrow the perceptual field of auscultation? |
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| Last except for children which you should do this first for them and abdomen so other findings will contribute to interpretation |
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| When should auscultation be performed? Exceptions? |
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| transmits low frequency sounds (when held lightly against the area of auscultation) |
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| transmits high frequency sounds |
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| a low-pitched sound that is created when there is turbulent flow |
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| Occlusion; carotid stenosis |
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| In vessels, bruits occur when there is ________. What is an example? |
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| Which side of the stethoscope do you use to listen for temporal, thyroid and carotid bruits? |
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| hold their breath for a few heartbeats so respiratory sounsd will not interfere with auscultation |
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| What should you ask the patient to do when checking for carotid artery bruits? |
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| Which side of the stethoscope should you use to perform pulmonary auscultation? |
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| Listen Anteriorly, posteriorly, and laterally comparing one side to another |
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| How should you perform pulmonary auscultation? |
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| which part of the body should you auscultate first before palpation and percussion as these can interfere with normal peristalsis and also obscure vascular murmurs? |
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