Unit 1 - Homeostasis Concepts
When administering blood products, you must remain with the patient for this long:
What is 15 minutes?
In Diabetes Insipidus, the serum osmolality will be this:
In this condition, protein is lost.
What is nephrotic syndrome?
Lactic acid is a measurement of this:
What is anaerobic respiration?
This is the largest potential risk of having atrial fibrillation:
What is a stroke?
These two types of hepatitis can be prevented by vaccination:
What are A & B?
This is the quickest way to lower your carbon dioxide level:
What is hyperventilation?
Addison's occurs when there is something wrong with this gland:
What is the adrenal gland?
In order to perfuse the beans, your mean arterial pressure (MAP) must be AT LEAST this:
What is 65 mmHg?
Name 3 components of a sepsis bundle:
What are: 30ml/kg fluid bolus, 2 IVs, lactic acid level, blood cultures, broad spectrum antibiotics
On the monitor it may look like a rhythm, but with no palpable pulse, it is considered this:
What is pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
This type of hepatitis requires ANOTHER form of hepatitis in order to manifest itself:
What is hepatitis D?
This condition involves an impaired ability of the heart to effectively pump blood to the body:
What is cardiogenic shock?
This is the minimum amount of urine that the body should make per hour:
What is 0.5mL/kg?
Moon face? Buffalo hump? You may have this disease:
What is Cushing's?
Provide three potential causes of a pre-renal AKI:
What are: hypovolemia, myocardial infarction, hypotension, thrombosis, stenosis.
What is aspirin?
Adenosine, which has a half-life of 6-10 seconds, is given when vagal maneuvers fail to convert this rhythm:
What is supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)?
After surgery for this condition, the patient may require a low-fat diet:
What is cholecystitis?
This blood type is the universal recipient of blood:
What is AB+?
In an adrenal crisis, these TWO electrolytes may be altered:
What are sodium and potassium?
This is the number one way to determine fluid status:
What is a daily weight?
Name the three components of Beck's Triad:
What are JVD, low blood pressure, muffled heart tones?
Sinus arrhythmia is caused by a change in this during breathing:
What is intrathoracic pressure?
This condition has complications that can include pain, hemorrhage, as well as ARDS:
What is pancreatitis?
This fluid is considered a blood product and helps to expand plasma volume by pulling from the second space:
What is albumin?
This is caused by ectopic production of ADH:
What is SIADH?
In this procedure, a physician will insert an ultrasound probe into the esophagus for a better view of the heart's anatomy:
What is a transesophageal echocardiogram?
The liver stores this, which helps with glycemic management:
What is glycogen?