Thickening of the airway walls, increased mucus production, loss of elastic recoil.
What is COPD?
200
Asthma
What is ventilation?
200
Caffeine, chocolate, stress, peppermint, smoking, eating late at night, eating large meals, acidic foods.
What are teaching points for the patient with GERD, esophagitis or gastritis?
200
The lab technician reported this number was high for the very dark and concentrated urine.
What is specific gravity?
200
Direct percussion of this point can identify renal disease.
What is the costovertebral angle (CVA)?
200
The superficial mucosa of the colon becomes inflamed causing multiple ulcerations, and subsequent bleeding.
What is ulcerative colitis?
300
Pneumonia
What is both
300
4 organs damaged when GI Joe was shot in the LUQ.
What are stomach, left kidney, small and large intestine, spleen, and pancreas?
300
Urine output < 0.5ml/kg/hour
What is oliguria?
300
When assessing for diverticulitis and appendicitis, this causes an intensification of pain when released.
What is rebound tenderness?
300
Decreased water intake, and increased blood osmolality will stimulate the pituitary gland to secrete this hormone.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
400
Grunting and stridor in a child.
What is ventilation?
400
A bacteria known to cause gastritis and duodenal ulcers.
What is h. pylori or helicobacter pylori?
400
Presentation of this disease process includes elvated BUN, creatinine, and potassium; generalized discomfort, restlessness, uremia, edema, and hypertension.
What is end stage renal disease? Or chronic renal failure?
400
Examiner's thumbs should move apart 5-10 centimeters while assessing for this.
What is chest expansion?
400
Mutation of chloride ion transport results in thick, viscous secretions in lungs, pancreas, liver, and intestines and high salt content in sweat.
What is cystic fibrosis?
500
Latent tuberculosis
What is neither?
500
PEG stands for this.
What is percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy?
500
"I have had a heart attack and my legs have poor circulation. Now my kidneys aren't working well because of this disease process."
What is atherosclerosis?
500
A description of "hooking" as it applies to liver assessment
What is curl (hook) the fingers of both hands over the edge of the right costal margin and ask patient to take a deep breath while you gently pull inward and upward with your fingers?
500
Increased lymphatic flow, decreased synthesis of albumen, and increased intravascular fluid volume contribute to the movement of fluid from the vascular space into the peritoneal space.