©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
NU155 MED SURG EXAM #3 STUDY
GUIDE
UNMODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF CVD: - Ans:✔✔---HEREDITY
--RACE
--GENDER
--AGE
MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF CVD: - Ans:✔✔---OBESITY
--HIGH CHOLESTEROL (>200MG/DL)
--HTN
--DIABETES
--CIGARETTE SMOKING
--SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
--EXCESSIVE STRESS
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--EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL INTAKE
--COCAINE USE
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS & PROCEDURES FOR CVD: - Ans:✔✔---ECG/EKG
--CHEST X RAY
--AMBULATORY ECG (HOLTER MONITOR)
--ECHOCARDIOGRAM (HEART SONOGRAM)
--STRESS TEST (EXCERCISE TOLERANCE TEST)
--PERFUSION IMAGING
--CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
--ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY (EPS)
LAB TESTS FOR CVD: - Ans:✔✔--ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS (ABG)
-PULSE OX
-CARDIAC ENZYMES (CK, CK-MB, TROPONIN, MYOGLOBIN)
-CBC
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-LIPID PROFILE (HDL, LDL, TRIGLYCERIDES)
-B-TYPER NATIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP)
-C-reactive protein (CRP)
ASSESSMENT OF PT W/CVD: - Ans:✔✔--VITALS
-HEART SOUNDS, MURMURS, PALPITATIONS, CHEST PAIN
-LUNG SOUNDS, DYSPNEA, ORTHOPNEA, PND, COUGH
-EXTREMITIES- EDEMA, WEIGHT GAIN
-FATIGUE, SYNCOPE
-CONCENTRATED URINE
BLOCKAGE IN THE ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY THE HEART: - Ans:✔✔-CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD)
CAUSES OF CAD: - Ans:✔✔--ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
-ATHEROSCLEROSIS
ABNORMAL THICKENING, HARDENING, LOSS OF ELASTICITY OF ARTERIAL WALLS: - Ans:✔✔-
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
BLOCKAGE ON THE INSIDE OF ARTERIES DUE TO FAT AND PLAQUES: - Ans:✔✔-ATHEROSCLEROSIS
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S/S OF CAD: - Ans:✔✔--CHEST DISCOMFORT (TIGHTNESS, ACHING, BURNING)
-CHEST PAIN RADIATING TO ARM, JAW, OR BACK
-DYSPNEA (SOB)
-TACHYCARDIA, PALPITATIONS
-N/V
-COLD, CLAMMY SKIN
-UNDUE FATIGUE (WOMEN)
-WEAKNESS AND INABILITY TO COMPLETE USUAL ACTIVITIES W/O CHEST PAIN OR DYSPNEA
ANGINA PECTORIS - Ans:✔✔-CHEST PAIN WHEN HEART DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH O2
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF CAD? - Ans:✔✔-ANGINA PECTORIS
WHAT IS CONSIDERED STABLE ANGINA? - Ans:✔✔-PAIN LASTS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES
OCCURS W/ EXERCISE OR ACTIVITY AND USUALLY SUBSIDES W/ REST
WHAT IS CONSIDERED UNSTABLE ANGINA? - Ans:✔✔-PAIN MORE SEVERE, OCCURS AT REST OR W/
MINIMAL EXERTION, MAY NOT BE RELIEVED BY NITROGLYCERIN, IS UNPREDICTABLE
PAIN LASTS MORE THAN 15 MIN AND LESS THAN 30 MIN
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
NU155 MED SURG EXAM #3 STUDY
GUIDE
UNMODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF CVD: - Ans:✔✔---HEREDITY
--RACE
--GENDER
--AGE
MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF CVD: - Ans:✔✔---OBESITY
--HIGH CHOLESTEROL (>200MG/DL)
--HTN
--DIABETES
--CIGARETTE SMOKING
--SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
--EXCESSIVE STRESS
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, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
--EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL INTAKE
--COCAINE USE
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS & PROCEDURES FOR CVD: - Ans:✔✔---ECG/EKG
--CHEST X RAY
--AMBULATORY ECG (HOLTER MONITOR)
--ECHOCARDIOGRAM (HEART SONOGRAM)
--STRESS TEST (EXCERCISE TOLERANCE TEST)
--PERFUSION IMAGING
--CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
--ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY (EPS)
LAB TESTS FOR CVD: - Ans:✔✔--ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS (ABG)
-PULSE OX
-CARDIAC ENZYMES (CK, CK-MB, TROPONIN, MYOGLOBIN)
-CBC
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, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
-LIPID PROFILE (HDL, LDL, TRIGLYCERIDES)
-B-TYPER NATIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP)
-C-reactive protein (CRP)
ASSESSMENT OF PT W/CVD: - Ans:✔✔--VITALS
-HEART SOUNDS, MURMURS, PALPITATIONS, CHEST PAIN
-LUNG SOUNDS, DYSPNEA, ORTHOPNEA, PND, COUGH
-EXTREMITIES- EDEMA, WEIGHT GAIN
-FATIGUE, SYNCOPE
-CONCENTRATED URINE
BLOCKAGE IN THE ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY THE HEART: - Ans:✔✔-CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD)
CAUSES OF CAD: - Ans:✔✔--ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
-ATHEROSCLEROSIS
ABNORMAL THICKENING, HARDENING, LOSS OF ELASTICITY OF ARTERIAL WALLS: - Ans:✔✔-
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
BLOCKAGE ON THE INSIDE OF ARTERIES DUE TO FAT AND PLAQUES: - Ans:✔✔-ATHEROSCLEROSIS
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
S/S OF CAD: - Ans:✔✔--CHEST DISCOMFORT (TIGHTNESS, ACHING, BURNING)
-CHEST PAIN RADIATING TO ARM, JAW, OR BACK
-DYSPNEA (SOB)
-TACHYCARDIA, PALPITATIONS
-N/V
-COLD, CLAMMY SKIN
-UNDUE FATIGUE (WOMEN)
-WEAKNESS AND INABILITY TO COMPLETE USUAL ACTIVITIES W/O CHEST PAIN OR DYSPNEA
ANGINA PECTORIS - Ans:✔✔-CHEST PAIN WHEN HEART DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH O2
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF CAD? - Ans:✔✔-ANGINA PECTORIS
WHAT IS CONSIDERED STABLE ANGINA? - Ans:✔✔-PAIN LASTS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES
OCCURS W/ EXERCISE OR ACTIVITY AND USUALLY SUBSIDES W/ REST
WHAT IS CONSIDERED UNSTABLE ANGINA? - Ans:✔✔-PAIN MORE SEVERE, OCCURS AT REST OR W/
MINIMAL EXERTION, MAY NOT BE RELIEVED BY NITROGLYCERIN, IS UNPREDICTABLE
PAIN LASTS MORE THAN 15 MIN AND LESS THAN 30 MIN
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