Meds
Clopidogrel (Plavix) is this type of medication
What is an antiplatelet?
Type of test that collects CSF for gram staining for rapid identification of a causative bacteria
What is a lumbar puncture?
What is an Electroencephalography (EEG)?
Disease process where damage to the optic nerve is related to increased intraocular pressure caused by congestion of the aqueous humor
What is Glaucoma?
Must be in patients chart prior to starting a blood transfusion
What is informed consent?
What is methylprednisolone?
This type of precautions are initiated at least 24 hours after initiation of antibiotics for meningitis
What are droplet precautions?
What is an ischemic stroke?
Progressive otitis media can cause this infection which causes swelling behind the ear
What is mastoiditis?
Inherited blood disorder in which the patient does not clot properly
What is hemophilia?
Cholinesterase Inhibitors like Donepezil (Aricept) may be given for what disease process?
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
The two organs that regulate the growth of blood cells and form factors that ensure proper blood clotting
What are the spleen and liver?
Type of spinal cord injury that may compromise the airway
What are cervical and upper thoracic SCI's?
Involuntary rhythmic movement of the eyes associated with vestibular dysfunction
What is nystagmus?
Hypoxia, dehydration, strenuous exercise and infections are conditions that cause ________________ in patients
What is sickling or sickle cell crisis?
Baclofen is given to MS patients for what secondary complaint?
What are back spasms?
Evaluates the patient's hematologic status when other tests show abnormal findings that indicate possible problems with blood cell production or maturation
What is a bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy?
Phase of Alzheimer's Disease when patient are disoriented to time, place event and may start to wander?
What is the Symptomatic Pre-Dementia (Moderate) Phase?
Brief period of incapacitating vertigo that occurs when the position of the patients head changes with respect to gravity
*Must give complete name, not just abbreviation*
What is benign positional vertigo (BPV)?
Types of cells looked at to distinguish types of Lymphoma
What are Reed-Sternberg Cells?
Antimetabolite medication used to help prevent the formation of sickled RBC's
What is Hydroxyurea (Hydrea)?
Name of test that tests the ability to clump by mixing the patients plasma with an agonist substance that should cause clumping
What is platelet aggregation?
The cardinal signs of Parkinson Disease
What are Tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia/akinesia and/or postural instability?
Triad of symptoms for Meniere's Disease
What are episodic vertigo, tinnitus, and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss
Oncologic emergency in which a large number of cancer cells die within a short period – releasing their contents into the blood
What is tumor lysis syndrome?