Black Patient With or Without DM - ANSThiazide diuretic
Calcium channel blocker
Nonblack Patient With or Without DM - ANSThiazide diuretic
Calcium channel blocker
ACE ARB
heart murmurs are caused by - ANSturbulent blood flow
through the great vessels or across a heart valve occurs
• Stenotic valves don't - ANSStenotic valves don't OPEN properly
Regurgitant valves don't - ANSRegurgitant valves don't CLOSE properly
If pravastatin is chosen for Mr. Thibodeaux, how would you manage this? Select all that
apply. - ANSCheck liver enzymes prior to initiation of statin.
Start him on 40 mg today and recheck lipids/LFTs in 8 weeks.
htn stop - ANSnsaids naproxen
calf pain with walking. What's going on? - ANSblockage in lower vessels
intermittent claudication
peripheral artery disease
ABI <0.9 or >1.3 is highly suggestive of - ANSpad
What interventions should be initiated to help decrease his triglyceride level (323 mg/dL)?
Select all that apply. - ANS. Decreased carbohydrate consumption.
Suppose his triglycerides were 550 mg/dL? How would you treat? - ANSfibrates
lifestyle
If Mrs. Boudreaux were to develop heart failure, which medications would be most beneficial
to discontinue? Select all that apply - ANSamlodopine
, naproxine
Heart Failure Clinical Signs and Symptoms - ANSCrackles
S3 and/or S4 • Peripheral edema may be present
AAA screening - ANS-all men 65-75 who have ever smoked
-abdominal US
1 time only
statins - ANSliver involvement
muscle cramps
What is the cutoff value when treatment for hyperlipidemia is recommended? - ANS7.5 or
higher
What type of murmur can radiate to the left axilla? - ANSMitral regurgitation
The murmur of mitral regurgitation occurs during systole (holosystolic) and is located in the
mitral area of the chest. The location of the mitral area (fifth intercostal space on the left side
of the midclavicular line) is near the left axilla, so that a loud murmur can radiate to the left
axilla. The causes can be congenital or it may a be sequela of rheumatic fever, mitral valve
prolapse, or papillary muscle dysfunction secondary to acute or prior myocardial infarction.
pulse deficit - ANSdifference between the apical and radial pulse rates
radial - apical
The goal for patients aged 60 years or older is blood pressure less than - ANS150/90
shows a triglyceride level of 950 mg/dL, - ANSInitiate a prescription of fenofibrate (Tricor)
Prophylaxis treatment for endocarditis is no longer recommended for patients with mitral
valve prolapse (MVP). - ANS
During a routine physical exam of a 90-year-old woman, a low-pitched diastolic murmur
grade 2/6 is auscultated. It is located on the fifth intercostal space (ICS) on the left side of
the midclavicular line. Which of the following identifications is correct? - ANSMitral stenosis
Pulsus paradoxus is best described as: - ANSA decrease in systolic blood pressure on
inspiration
digoxin (Lanoxin) for 10 years. Her EKG is showing a new onset of atrial fibrillation. Her
pulse is 64 beats/min - ANSOrder a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), digoxin level,
and an electrolyte panel
Potential complications of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) include all of the following - ANS
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