Oxygenation/Perfusion
An intervention to mobilize secretions and decrease pressure on the lungs to improve hemodynamics
Proning
A priority intervention for acute kidney injury caused by dehydration.
What is administering IV fluids to restore renal perfusion?
Gestational diabetes increases the risk of this neonatal conditioning the immediate postnatal period.
What is hypoglycemia?
Critical lab value indicating septic shock.
What is serum lactate level greater than 2 mmol/L?
Another name for collapsed lung
pneumothorax
A patient with the following ABGs:
Ph 7.3
PaCO2 60
HCO3 28
PaO2 55
Respiratory Acidosis
Anticipated order after removing 3 liters of fluid via paracentesis from a patient with liver failure.
What is a transfusion of albumin?
Excessive bleeding classified as postpartum hemorrhage for a vaginal delivery is defined as blood loss over this amount.
What is 500 mL?
Hypotension, tachycardia, and decreased urine output 24 hours after a burn injury.
What is hypovolemic shock?
neurogenic shock
Low O2 Sats, not responsive to supplemental oxygen
refractory hypoxemia
A finding that indicates a patient may have an upper GI bleed.
What is coffee-ground emesis?
This intervention is often required to improve oxygenation in premature infants with RDS.
What is surfactant therapy?
Decreased urine output and increased serum uric acid levels 24 hours after chemotherapy treatment.
What is tumor lysis syndrome?
Mechanical ventilation required for patients with injury at or above C__
4
This diagnostic lab value rises within 3-4 hours of a myocardial infarction and remains elevated for up to 14 days.
What is troponin?
Serum lab results indicating decreased fibrinogen, prolonged PT times, decreased platelets, increased D-dimer, and low hematocrit.
What is DIC?
This condition involves the placenta implanting abnormally low in the uterus, and can put both mother and fetus at risk.
What is placenta previa?
During this phase of burn recovery, sepsis is the greatest risk of death.
What is the acute phase?
Neurovascular 5 P's Assessment
pain, pulse, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis
This type of heart failure is characterized by fluid backing up into the lungs, causing pulmonary congestion and dyspnea.
What is left-sided heart failure
A common symptom associated with colorectal cancer.
What are changes in bowel habits, such as constipation or diarrhea?
The four “T’s” representing the primary causes of postpartum hemorrhage include these factors.
What are tone, tissue, trauma, and thrombin?
A newly diagnosis lung cancer patient exhibiting signs of confusion, kidney stones, abdominal pains and weakness.
What is the paraneoplastic syndrome hypercalcemia?
Widening pulse pressure, bradycardia, irregular respirations
Cushing's Triad