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What is the most common reaction to an allergy
Correct Answer: itchy skin
What is pinpoint pain in the abdomen most likely caused by?
Correct Answer: ulcer
what is pinpoint pain in the joint most likely?
Correct Answer: bursitis
What is the normal range for temperature?
Correct Answer: 96-99.5
What is the normal pulse rate for men? women? children? newborn? elderly?
Correct Answer: Men: 72
Women: 80
Children: 90-140
Newborn: 120-160
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,Elderly: 70-80
What is the normal respiratory range
Correct Answer: adult: 14-18 per minute
Newborn: 44 per minute
what is the normal range for blood pressure?
Correct Answer: 110-140/60-90
Blood pressure is normally higher in the extremities
When might you hear auculatory gaps?
Correct Answer: if the patient has hypertension
what is pulse pressure
Correct Answer: difference between systole and diastole
what is the normal pulse pressure
Correct Answer: 30-40 mmHG
what are Korotkoff sounds?
Correct Answer: sounds heard with stethoscope while taking blood pressure
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,what is Maignes test?
Correct Answer: Vertebro-basilar artery function maneuver
patient actively turns and hyperextends head as far left as they can and holds for 30
seconds. This checks the left vertebral artery
what are the 5Ds and 3Ns
Correct Answer: Dizziness
Drop attacks
Diploplia
dysarthria
dysphagia
Nausea
Numbness
Nystagmus
What is Wallenburgs syndrome?
Correct Answer: obstruction of vertebral artery or posterior inferior cerebellar arteries
what is subclavian steal syndrome
Correct Answer: steals blood from vertebral artery through retrograd flow
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, What are the laboratory findings for temporal arteritis
Correct Answer: ESR increase
What are the laboratory findings for allergies
Correct Answer: eosinophils
IgE
What are the laboratory findings for myocardial infarct
Correct Answer: CPK (CK), SGOT, AST, LDH
What are the laboratory findings for the cardiovascular system (hypertension,
atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis)
Correct Answer: lipid profiles: HDL, LDL, VLDL, cholesterol, trigylcerides, fasting
blood sugar
What are the laboratory findings for hepatitis, alcoholism, liver cancer, biliary duct
obstruction
Correct Answer: SGPT, SGOT, GGT, LDH, A/G RATIO, BUN, bilirubin, alkaline
phosphatase
how is hepatitis A transmitted? B? C?
Correct Answer: A: food
B: drug use
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