Artery Disease 50 multiple choice questions) With Complete
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PQRST angina assesment
P- precipitating events
Q- quality of pain
R- radiation of pain
S- severity of pain
T- timing
Angina nursing interventions
- heath history
- physical examination
- 12-lead ECG
- chest x-ray
- echocardiogram
- exercise stress test
LDL (bad cholesterol)
- 100 or less
- contributes to fatty buildups in arteries, narrowing artery and
increase risk of heart attack, stroke and peripheral artery disease
(PAD)
HDL (good cholesterol)
, - 40 or more
- healthy level may attack against heart attack and stroke. HDL
carries LDL away from artery and back to liver
Triglycerides
- 150 or less
- most common type of body fat, high triglycerides combined
with high LDL or low HDL is linked with fatty buildups within
artery walls
hypertension
high blood pressure
- increase force of blood through artery, can damage artery walls
interventions: healthy diet, healthy weight, physical activity,
manage stress, diuretics, vasodilators, angiotensin inhibitors,
calcium channel blockers
Dislipidemia
high amounts of cholesterol (lipids) and fats (triglycerides) in
the blood can form plaque on damaged artery walls
MONA
-nursing action for unstable acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
M- morphine
O- oxygen
N- nitrate
A- aspirin
signs and symptoms of myocardial infraction (MI)