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appendix or colon (diverticulitis, sm. Intestine, ulcerative colitis, chron's disease) |
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diverticulitis, small intestine, ulcerative colitis, chron's disease |
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what does ↑ bowel sounds indicate |
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what does ↓ bowel sounds indicate |
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infections or meds like anticholinergics or opioids |
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what is an abdominal bruit |
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abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) |
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what is the normal peristalsis time |
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tingling & rushing in the colon indicate what |
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increased amounts of fluid e.g. diarrhea |
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presence of bowel sounds (normal) |
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in the abdomen what does shifting dullnes indicate |
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ascites / cirrhosis of the liver (e.g. alcoholism) |
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if you percuss and found the liver was 14cm what does that indicate |
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hepatomegaly (liver normally = 6-12cm) |
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"fluid wave" & tenderness in the abdomen indicates what |
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fecal occult blood test (FOBT) |
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prostate specific antigen |
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deformities & stiffness in the hands indicate |
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soft tissue swelling in the hands indicate |
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early rheumatoid arthritis |
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gouty inflammation of the first MTP joint |
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deep red and warm to touch foot indicates |
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abduct/movement away from core of body |
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add/movement toward core of body |
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foot flexed upward (toes up) |
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foot flexed downward (toes down) |
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vestibular cochlear nerve (acoustic nerve) many drugs can cause hearing loss / vestibular issues |
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person is alert & oriented times three |
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what questions are asked to determine mental status |
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feel what item is in hand |
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draw something on patients hand and patient detemrines what it is "8" |
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use one or two points and make patient state 1 or 2 |
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point then make patient point to same location |
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point to two opposite positions then make patient point/distinguish how many and where |
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people with cerebellar disorder will sway |
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palms up and out. Patient will turn pronator and down (spasticity &/or motor neuron lesion) |
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when patient curls toes downward after testing plantar reflex indicates what |
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when patient bends toes upward after testing plantar reflex indicates what |
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babinski response-- STROKE |
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DTR recording: what is normal |
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2+ throughout & arrow pointing down (around foot) |
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flexing a child's neck which causes relfex of lower extremity indicates |
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brudzinski sign (meningeal inflammation) |
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moving child's leg up to 90 degree and leg bends indicates |
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kernig (meningeal inflammation) |
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massaging the carotid will do what |
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decrease heart rate / blood pressure |
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thyroid bruit indicates what |
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what is normal capillary refill time |
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what can cause delay in capillary refill time |
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volume depletion (dehydration), vasoconstriciont, peripheral edema, room temperature (false elevation) |
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vasculitis & gangrene of fingertips can be caused by |
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check to see if radial and ulnar pulses are both working |
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stiffness, pain, and ropey /chord feeling in calf indicates what |
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Jugular venous distention indicates |
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congestive heart failure (must be >4 to 5 cm) |
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Hepatojugular Reflux (HJR)--what is the test--what does it indicate |
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palpate liver--looking for jugular distention--indicates congestive heart failure |
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angle between manubrium & body of sternum |
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Lungs: how many right lobes? How many left lobes |
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where can you listen to the RUL, LUL, etc. |
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RUL=front-back LUL=front-back RML=side-front RLL=back LLL=back |
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what is normal respiratory rate |
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what is indicated with AP greater than 1:2 |
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AP=anteroposterior diameter--greater than 1:2 means barrel chest / EMPHYSEMA (COPD) |
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pursed lips indicates what |
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broadening thickening of fingertips and flattening of angle between cutical and nail |
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longstanding hypoxemia - cytic fibrosis - end stage emphysema (check-clubbing-cyanosis-edema) |
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costovertebral angle tenderness (CVAT) indicates |
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renal disease (pyelonephritis)--is not a pulmonary disease test |
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while checking chest expansion-would the movement be more or less on the restrictive side |
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what is the practitioner doing & what does the patient say while performing Tactile Fremitus |
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increased fremitus indicates |
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decreased fremitus indicates |
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pleural effusion (fluid between lung and parietal pleura) |
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is Tactile Fremitus test diagnostic |
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NO--only provides supporting evidence |
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where is the narrow area to percuss the lungs |
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between scapula and spinal column |
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Percussion: what is loud, low pitch |
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Percussion: what sound would pneumonia or solid organ give |
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Percussion: what is very loud & low pitch |
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what is diaphragmatic excursion |
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indication of lungs ability to expand during inspiration! |
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air moving through fluid (discontinuous sporadic) |
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air moving through narrow airways (whistling sound) |
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secretions in large airways (sounds like milkshake) |
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AUSCULTATION: you hear 99 louder in one area indicates |
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bronchophony (pneumonia--airless lung) |
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AUSCULTATION: you hear an A when patient is saying E |
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Egophony (pneumonia--airless lung) |
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AUSCULTATION: you hear 123 louder than normal (normally should be faint - indistinguishable) |
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Whispered pectoriloquy (pneumonia--airless lung) |
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someone has blocked airway--medical emergency |
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clear to auscultation and percussion |
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turgor skin is normal or abnormal |
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tenting skin is normal or abnormal |
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pupils equal round reactive light accomodation |
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T/F pupils have consensual constriction |
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True: pupils constrict even when only one eye is exposed to light |
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hypertension (bulging disk in the eye) |
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