Lab test
Normal lab value for erythrocytes.
What is 4.2-6.1?
Who are pregnant persons?
The layer of the heart that is affected by pericarditis.
What is the Pericardium?
Which heart condition is defined at Heart Rate <60bpm.
What is Bradycardia?
Condition that prevents patients from receiving beta blockers.
What is asthma?
Hematocrit indicates what.
This type of lead is the first diagnostic test when diagnosing a heart condition.
What is a 12 lead EKG?
When the atria contract the blood flows into these?
Where are the ventricles?
Arrythmia that does not show the P wave on EKG.
Position to avoid with a patient who has pericarditis.
What is supine?
Lab values that are most important for a patient with Pericarditis.
What is White Blood Cell count?
This vital sign is most important before administering Nitroglycerine.
What is blood pressure?
The node where the electrical impulses start in the heart.
What is the SA node?
This wave in an EKG shows ventricular repolarization.
What is the T-Wave?
When testing for Rheumatic Heart Disease these labs are most relevant.
What are cultures with group A or group B Streptococcus infection?
Condition that does not have a specific diagnostic test.
What is Buerger's Disease?
This is a specific type of ventricular tachycardia that can be deadly if untreated.
What is torsade's?
Medication commonly used for gout treatment that is used to treat pericarditis.
What is Colchicine?
This lab finding indicates an issue with the heart muscles.
What is troponin?
This test is the last resort when diagnosing heart conditions.
What is a cardiac catheter?
What is the peripherally inserted central line (PICC)