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Chapter 31,33 & 34
Study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the purpose of the epiglottis? | To close down over the glottis during swalling |
| What does a positive TB mean? | Provide emotional support to the PT |
| What is a thoracentesis? | Surgical puncture into the pleura cavity for aspiration of the serus fluid or for injection of med |
| What are living irritants that may pose as a problem? | |
| Be familiar with various breathing patterns? | Apnea, Bradypnea, Cheynea, Dyspnea, Hypopnea, Hypernea, Kussmaul, Orthopnea, Tachypnea |
| What colors of sputum may a bronchitis pt have? | White or clear to yellow, green, gray or tan |
| What pulmonary condition is progressive and irreversible and mean limit the lung capacity? | COPD- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| How is a patient's life changed after a laryngectomy? | They are unable to speak normally but can be trained to use esophageal speech or a prosthetic speech device |
| What type of breathing indicates a laryngeal obstruction? | Stridge |
| What is Hemoptysis? | Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract |
| What is a hiatal hernia? | Stomach protudes up into the diaphragm through a weakened or enlarged cardiac sphincter at the bottom of the esophagus, allowing a portion of stomach to slide up into the chest cavity |
| What is dipphagia? | Difficulty swallowing |
| What causes hemorrhoids? | Poor abdominal & pelvic floor muscle tone, poor dietary habits including a diet low in fiber & chronic constipation |
| Be familiar with the parts of the rigid sigmoidoscope. | -25 cm (10inches) long -Calibrated in centimeters Supplied as reusable metal or disposable plastic |
| What is the breakdown of food into parts that can be used by the body for energy and/or growth? | Metabolism |
| What part of the colon is most affected by Crohn's disease? | Ileocecal Value |
| What is the medical term for loss of appetite? | Anorexia |
| Which types of hepatitis can be transmitted by a blood transfusion? | Hepatitis C |
| What are the cause of stomatitis? | Herpes Simplex |
| What disease results from constant irritation of the esophageal lining? | Malignancy |
| What areas can be visualized during am ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde cholangio Pancreatography)? | Esophagus, stomach, proximal duodenum, pancreas |
| What is the difference between diverticulitis and diverticulosis? | Diverticulitis- Chronic condition of the thinning of the bowl wall, causing small out pouches in the intestinal wall Diverticulosis- Inflammation, weakness in the bowl wall |
| What are the complications of hepatitis B & cirrhosis? | Hep B- Death Cirrhos- Liver failure, jaundice, respiratory, bleeding |
| What may make herpes worse? | Illness, stress, sun exposure, vomiting, diah |
| What is the medical term for drugs that damage the liver? | Hepatotoxins |
| Know the types & location for hernias? | Inguinal Hernia- in right or left inguinal (groin) Ventral Hernia- Front of abdomen Umbilical Hernia- occurs over umbilicus |
| What is the medical term for accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity? | Ascities |
| What is peristalsis? | Contraction & relaxation of involuntary muscles of the alimentary canal producing wave like movement of products through digestive system. |
| What are some ways of testing liver disorders? | Nuclear Imaging |
| What is a candidiasis in babies called? | Thrush |
| what is the complete nervous system composed of? | central nervous system(CNS) brain peripheral nervous system(PNS) spinal cord |
| how does clostridium tetani usually enter the body | open wounds in skin |
| what can be very challenging about caring for the patient w/ lou gehrig disease? | maintaining an unobstructed airway |
| what seizure has an aura? | grand mal (tonic-clonic) |
| what is the difference between paraplegia and quadriplegia? | paraplegia: paralysis of any body part below the point of involvement. quadriplegia: paralysis of all limbs. |
| what tendon is normally located below the kneecap? | Patellar |
| what test traces the electrical activity of the brain? | EEG |
| how does the polio virus usually enter the body? | through the mouth |
| what can inhabit the body for up to 2 weeks before signs and symptoms appear? | rabies |
| what is frequently preceded by the chickenpox virus? | encephalitis |
| is multiple sclerosis contagious? | no it is not contagious |
| what is the study of the nervous system? | neurology |
| what infectious diseases (neurological) must be reported to the health dept? | encephalitis and meningitis |
| who may be responsible for pt education regarding polio immunizations? | medical assistant |
| what is hydrocephalus? | occurs when the arachnoid & ventricular spaces of the brain contain excessive CSF |
| what is the medical term for difficulty swallowing? | dysphagia |
| what does the Romberg test test for? | if the DT is steady when eye closed and then reflexes |
| how can polio be transmitted (by?) the previously used oral polio vaccine? | shed in the stool (poop) |
| where can tetanus bacillus be commonly found? | intestinal tract of animals & is excreted in feces |
| what organs are affected by Reye Syndrome? | liver and brain |
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