UPMC Critical Care Class – Exam
Questions and Answers
JVD, hypotension, muffled heart sounds - ANS-What makes up Beck's Triad?
(tamponade)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate, 80-140) - ANS-What lab value is the best measure of
kidney function?
Increased PaO2 levels decrease hemoglobin's affinity for CO2 - ANS-what is the Bohr
effect?
Hypertension - ANS-What is the major cause of Diastolic Heart Failure?
dilated cardiomyopathy - ANS-What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy?
heart rate - stroke volume - ANS-What is the calculation for cardiac output (CO)?
phlebostatic axis, R atrium - ANS-Where are the central/art lines leveled to?
Frequent ABGs and blood pressure monitoring - ANS-Why do patients need arterial
lines?
Pulmonary artery wedge waveform --> cough up blood - ANS-What wave form could be
a medical emergency, in life a-migrates?
PIG in the Ocean
fluids: ocean, potassium, insulin, glucose - ANS-5 essential substances needed to treat
DKA
eye opening, best verbal response, best motor response
15 = best
3 = worst - ANS-Glasgow coma scale - what 3 behaviors tested?
CPP = MAP - ICP - ANS-Equation for CPP
HTN, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure - ANS-Cushing's Triad
Dantrolene - ANS-What life-saving mediation do you administer for malignant
hypertension?
Questions and Answers
JVD, hypotension, muffled heart sounds - ANS-What makes up Beck's Triad?
(tamponade)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate, 80-140) - ANS-What lab value is the best measure of
kidney function?
Increased PaO2 levels decrease hemoglobin's affinity for CO2 - ANS-what is the Bohr
effect?
Hypertension - ANS-What is the major cause of Diastolic Heart Failure?
dilated cardiomyopathy - ANS-What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy?
heart rate - stroke volume - ANS-What is the calculation for cardiac output (CO)?
phlebostatic axis, R atrium - ANS-Where are the central/art lines leveled to?
Frequent ABGs and blood pressure monitoring - ANS-Why do patients need arterial
lines?
Pulmonary artery wedge waveform --> cough up blood - ANS-What wave form could be
a medical emergency, in life a-migrates?
PIG in the Ocean
fluids: ocean, potassium, insulin, glucose - ANS-5 essential substances needed to treat
DKA
eye opening, best verbal response, best motor response
15 = best
3 = worst - ANS-Glasgow coma scale - what 3 behaviors tested?
CPP = MAP - ICP - ANS-Equation for CPP
HTN, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure - ANS-Cushing's Triad
Dantrolene - ANS-What life-saving mediation do you administer for malignant
hypertension?
