Which medication do you give to someone with liver dz? - ️️Neomycin - because it does not release ammonia, BUT it leads to Vitamin deficiency
Which of the following alterations in pulmonary status is most likely to occur in a pt with status asthmaticus? - ️️Hyperinflation
Which of the fol...
Which medication do you give to someone with liver dz? - ✔
✔ Neomycin - because it does not release ammonia, BUT it
leads to Vitamin deficiency
Which of the following alterations in pulmonary status is most
likely to occur in a pt with status asthmaticus? - ✔ ✔
Hyperinflation
Which of the following are clinical signs of variant
(Prinzmetal's) angina? - ✔ ✔ ST-elevation, resolves with
nitrate therapy.
This type of angina is thought to be due to arterial spasm at the
point of coronary artery plaque, not due to plaque rupture. The
ST elevation is transient because the spasm is relieved with
nitrates; therefore infarction does not occur.
Which of the following statements about colloids is correct? - ✔
✔ They increase intravascular colloidal oncotic pressure.
Which of the following therapies should be avoided for the
patient with cardiogenic shock? - ✔ ✔ high dose
vasopressors
,Vasopressors increase left ventricular after load, which would
increase myocardial work of a failing heart.
Why do people with liver dz not clot well? - ✔ ✔ they don't
have prothrombin and fibrinogen
Why do you not want people with liver dz to develop low
potassium levels? - ✔ ✔ because of the kidney will hold
onto potassium which leads to high ammonia levels.
A pt who is suspected to have developing SIRS, a nurse should
monitor for? - ✔ ✔ WBC of 14,000 and HR 123
Leukocytosis and tachycardia, along with hyper/hypothermia
and tachypnea, are the defining criteria for SIRS
A pt with a diagnosis of small bowel obstruction has a Miller-
Abbott tube in place. A nurse's first priority in the management
of this tube is to? - ✔ ✔ Connect the tube to low intermittent
suction
A-sline, dicrotic notch is the closure of ? - ✔ ✔ aortic valve.
ABG of early STATUS ASTHMATICUS? - ✔ ✔
Respiratory Alkalosis
Acute pancreatitis causes elevations in serum amylase, serum
lipase, and possibly bilirubin, whereas calcium and albumin are
decreased T/F? - ✔ ✔ True
Increased potassium levels
Bacterial vs Viral meningitis ? - ✔ ✔ Bacterial is caused by
staph problem usually.
Has lower glucose
CSP is purulent
Leukocytes present
Viral is caused by entero virus or herpes virus
Glucose level is normal
Basal skull fx: - ✔ ✔ Raccoon eyes
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