Groove is in the Heart
A procedure that uses very cold temperature to freeze and destroy cardiac tissue that is contributing to atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter; typically scheduled after cardioversion has not been successful.
What is a cryoablation?
The normal measurement of a PR Interval
What is 0.12-0.20
What is hypercapnic respiratory failure
Common lung sound heard on auscultation for a client with ARDS
What is Crackles
Most common cause of intrarenal acute kidney injury
What is acute tubular necrosis
Syndrome where kidney function declines to the point that signs and symptoms may be seen in multiple systems throughout the body
Uremia
I should be administered rapidly (over a few seconds) to patients experiencing PSVT followed by a saline flush after vagal maneuvers are attempted. I may cause chest pain, syncope, flushing and a brief period of asystole.
What is Adenosine
Two common factors that contribute to a prolonged QT Interval
Medication and electrolyte imbalance
Early signs of respiratory failure
What is restlessness, tachypnea, tachycardia, hypertension, fatigue, and headache?
Hypoxemia despite increased FiO2
What is late clinical manifestation of ARDS
Four phases of acute kidney injury
What is initiation, oliguric, diuretic, recovery
A client with CKD receives a dinner tray that includes salmon, rice, green beans, and pudding. One of these items is contraindicated on a renal diet.
What is pudding
The treatment for symptomatic bradycardia
What is atropine or transcutaneous pacing/pacemaker
Rhythm may be caused by pain, infection, anxiety, hypovolemia,
What is Tachycardia
What is prone position
Can be caused by high levels of PEEP during mechanical ventilation
What is pneumothorax
Phase of kidney injury when urine output is less than 400ml per day
What is Oliguric
Best index to determine kidney function
What is GFR
Treatment for V tach with a pulse
Delivers an electrical current with the patient's QRS complex. Can be used to treat afib
What is synchronized cardioversion
What is bronchodilators and mucolytics
Most common clinical manifestation of a pulmonary embolism
Dyspnea
Treatment for hyperkalemia
What is Regular Insulin, Sodium bicarbonate, Calcium Gluconate IV, Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate), Dietary restriction of Potassium
Medication used to treat anemia in CKD
What is Epogen
Rhythms with increased risk of stroke
What is a fib and a flutter
Treatment for V fib
What is immediate initiation of CPR with defibrillation
The client receiving mechanical ventilation becomes agitated and pulls out the endotracheal tube.
What is an unplanned extubation
Types of drug therapy used in pulmonary embolism
What is anticoagulation and fibrinolytic
Nutritional therapy for acute kidney injury
High carbohydrate meals (if not diabetic), replacement of dietary protein individualized to the patient, restrict sodium, potassium, and phosphorous,
Signs include cloudy peritoneal dialysis fluid (effluent), abdominal pain, rebound tenderness.
What is Peritonitis