ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
How many phalanges are in the human body?
56
14 in each hand and each foot
Fever, chills, malaise, abdominal pain
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
This is a common and serious complication associated with PD patients
WHAT IS PERITONITIS ?
To hear the opening and closing of the aortic valve you would auscultate this area ?
What is the 2nd ICS Right Sternal Border
NH3 is the formula for which chemical ?
WHAT IS AMMONIA ?
Which structure is responsible for water absorption and the production of Vitamin K?
WHAT IS THE LARGE INTESTINE ?
Abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal distention are all signs of which medial condition?
WHAT IS AN ILEUS ?
A high level of this substance in the blood causes pathological jaundice
WHAT IS BILIRUBIN ?
Mr. jones is a 78 year old male patient who has NS infusing at 100 ml/hr, he is tolerating his cardiac diet. At 1400 you enter the room and his saturation on room air is 82 percent, he is tachypneic, and has fine crackles in the bases of his lungs. Mr. Jones may be experiencing signs of ?
WHAT IS ACUTE HYPOXIA ?
Potassium, Magnesium Hydrogen, Calcium, and Sodium are found in the periodic table but in medicine they are considered what?
WHAT ARE CATIONS ?
Which organ makes digestive enzymes ?
WHAT IAS THE PANCREAS ?
This is the most common cause of diarrhea
WHAT IS AN INTESTINAL INFECTION ?
Your Anion Gap will be elevated if you have either of these medical diagnoses ?
WHAT IS DKA AND LACTIC ACIDOSIS ?
If your patient has lower extremity edema, shortness of breath with exertion, fatigue, JVD, or ascites he or she may have this medial condition
WHAT IS RIGHT SIDED HEART FAILURE ?
Colloids use this type of pressure to move fluid back into the capillaries from the surrounding tissues
WHAT IS ONCOTIC PRESSURE ?
If you took your family to UTAH, you would need your body to activate this hormone in order to ease your breathing
What is ERYTHROPOIETIN
Fever, chills, confusion, SOB, tachycardia, tachypnea and hypotension are indicative of which medial condition
SEPSIS
If your patient has orthostatic hypotension it means their SBP drops how many mmHG upon standing?
WHAT IS 20mmHG ?
Mrs. Smith in room 421 complains of impaired digestion commonly know as indigestion. You know her complaints to be associated with this medical term
WHAT IS DYSPEPSIS ?
This catecholamine (neurotransmitter) is often used in medicine to restore cardiovascular function
WHAT IS EPINEPHRINE (EPI) ?
A digestive disease in which pouches in the large intestines become inflamed
WHAT IS DIVERTICULITIS ?
if this level is elevated above 0.2 it could indicate a serious medical condition that contributes to the development of MODS
PROCALCITONIN
Pre-renal complication are related to hypoperfusion, Post-renal complications are associated with obstruction, and INTRA-renal (intrinsic) complications are associated with
WHAT IS ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS (ATN)?
Glomerulonephritis, Nephrotoxic ATN, Acute Interstitial Nephritis,
Mr. Williams in room 431 has a biliary drainage bag to his right abdomen secondary to blockage of his cystic duct. You know this condition to be called
WHAT IS CHOLECYSTITIS ?
During cellular respiration, this organelle generates the majority of adenosine triphosphate
WHAT IS THE MITOCHONDRIA ?