Musculoskeletal
This type of traction is used to decrease muscle spasms and immobilize the extremity prior to surgery.
Skin Traction of Buck's Traction
This condition releases an excessive amount of vasopressin which can cause headache, confusion, muscle weakness, anorexia, muscle cramps, weight gain, and oliguria.
SIADH
Name the disease that has impaired CO2 and O2 exchange causing air to be trapped making it harder to exhale than inhale.
COPD
This causes peaked T waves and ST elevation, severe v-fib and cardiac arrest.
Hyperkalemia
This disease causes fatigue, fluid volume overload, anemia, decreased urine gravity, increased levels of BUN/Creatinine and hematuria.
Chronic Kidney Disease
This prevents dislocation in a patient post hip fracture.
Limit flexing the hip 90 degrees.
This disease causes an excessive output of thyroid hormones and can give the patient a rapid pulse, heat intolerance, flushed skin, tremors, bulging eyes and weight loss.
Hyperthyroidism
This causes patients to have dyspnea, fear, anxiety, chest pain, diaphoresis, hemoptysis as well as an increased d-dimer.
Pulmonary Embolism
A stable or unstable condition which causes anxiety, chest pain, feelings of impending doom and pain can radiate to the neck, jaw, back, arm, or shoulder.
Angina
This infection causes chills, colicky pain, nausea, fatigue, burning, urgency, flank pain, nocturia and tachycardia.
Pyelonephritis
Name the 5 P's of compartment syndrome.
Pain, Paralysis, Paresthesia, Pallor, Pulselessness
This condition causes the patient to have obesity, a moon face, a buffalo hump and purple striae.
Cushing's Syndrome
This condition causes anxiety, tachypnea, hypoxia, dyspnea, tracheal deviation, as well as diminished breath sounds.
Pneumothorax
This condition can cause dyspnea, rales, orthopnea, weakness, nocturnal paroxysmal, weight gain, and an increased HR.
Left-sided heart failure
These cause severe flank pain, urinary frequency, dysuria, fever, diaphoresis, pallor, hematuria and tachycardia.
Renal Calculi
Post-amputation, how long should you have the patient lay prone?
20-30 minutes, 3-4 times/day
This condition causes the patient to have increased thirst, dry mouth, frequent urination, high levels of sugar, and slow wound healing.
Hyperglycemia
This disease causes night sweats, anorexia, blood-tinged sputum, dyspnea, fever, chills, cough, fatigue and requires the patient to be in a negative pressure room with airborne precautions.
Tuberculosis
Name the lab that helps to diagnose heart failure.
BNP less than 100 no HF, 100-300 HF present, over 900 means severe heart failure
This injury is sudden and causes decreased urine output, HTN, fluid overload, hyperkalemia, crackles, and hematuria.
Acute Kidney Injury
This disease causes morning stiffness, joint pain, fatigue, and pleuritic pain.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
This condition usually happens with type 1 diabetics and creates the three P's, blurred vision, fruity breath and kussmaul respirations.
DKA
This condition is treated with high fowlers, albuterol, and steroids.
Asthma
This disease prevents oxygenated blood from reaching the distal extremities. The patient can feel burning or cramping in the legs that can be relieved by placing the patient in a dependent position.
Peripheral Arterial Disease
This disease causes clusters of fluid filled cysts, abdominal flank pain, abdominal girth, nocturia and is hereditary.
Polycystic Kidney Disease