Pump it Up
Troponin I and Troponin T
What are labs specific to cardiac damage?
Place client in prone position
What is a nursing intervention for ARDS?
Pallor and numbness distal to AV fistula
What is venous insufficiency?
Headache, vertigo, cherry red skin, weakness, confusion, upper airway edema
What are expected findings for carbon monoxide poisoning?
Restlessness, irritability, confusion, decreased LOC, severe headache, n/v, Cushing's triad, seizures
What are expected findings of increased ICP?
Hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, hypertension
What are risk factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)?
An electrolyte imbalance that causes a peaked T wave and widened QRS on an EKG strip
Hyperkalemia
Dyspnea, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, reduced lung compliance, patchy infiltrates, severe hypoxemia
What are expected findings of ARDS?
Elevated BUN and Creatinine
What are labs for CKD?
Assess for spinal cord injury and monitor for cardiac arrhythmias
Treatment for brain herniation to lower ICP by decreasing PC02, causing vasoconstriction.
What is hyperventilate?
Liver-lobe resection
What is a surgical intervention for liver cancer?
Can be relieved with rest and nitrogen
What is stable angina?
What is the most common cause of ARDS?
Hypertension, fatigue, dyspnea, anemia, heart failure
What are expected findings of CKD?
Hyperkalemia, hyponatremia, increased glucose, BUN, Hct, Hgb, chloride, decreased albumin and total protein
What are expected lab values during resuscitation phase of burn injury?
Bruising and edema around eyes, bruising behind ears, CSF leakage
What are findings of a basilar skull fracture?
Reduce protein intake
What is an intervention to decrease ammonia level?
Elevated ESR, Increased CRP, Increased Troponin I
What are expected labs for Pericarditis?
Muscle wasting, cognitive loss, functional impairment
Treatment for seizures from disequilibrium syndrome
What is phenytoin?
What is escharotomy?
Bladder distention, fecal impaction, skin breakdown, tight clothing
What are risks for autonomic dysreflexia?
A lab that should be assessed for symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy.
What is ammonia level?
Inflammation of the membranous sac that encloses the heart
What is Pericarditis?
Hypotension, headache, severe dyspnea, decreased LOC
What should the nurse monitor for a client with ARF?
Headache, restlessness, nausea, changes in LOC, seizures
What are expected findings for disequilibrium syndrome?
What is biliary cirrhosis?
Common complication that can occur after an MI
What is heart failure?
Thrombosis, Infection, Anemia, Disequilibrium syndrome, hypotension
What are complications of hemodialysis
Assessment for asterixis
What is extend the arms,?
Medications used in the treatment of a MI.
What are aspirin, nitroglycerin, metoprolol and morphine?
Hyperkalemia
What are findings of oliguric phase of AKI?