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30 Cards in this Set
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Assessment questions for cough
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Length of cough, productive/dry, severity, makes it better or worse, color of sputum.
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Causes of Dyspnea. Questions to ask pt.
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CHF, Chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, airwary obstruction, TB, HIV-related pulmonary, pulm fibrosis. When do you become SOB? Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) or orthopneic.
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Chest pain. PQRST
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Provoked or palliative: what makes it better or worse? Quality: burning, dull, sharp. Region or radiation. Severity. Timing
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Medications that cause pulmonary problems.
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Amiodarone, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers. ASA, methotrexate and some chemo drugs.
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Tachypnea
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RR >20
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Bradypnea
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RR <12
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Cheyne-Stokes
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Fast, irregular respirations with periods of apnea, usually indicative of heart failure, uremia or CNS disease
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Biot's
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Fast, regular, shallow resp w/ periods of apnea, indicative of Increased ICP or spinal meningitis
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Kussmaul's
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fast, reg, and deep resp w/out pause. DKA.
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A/C (assist control)
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Type of positive pressure ventilator setting that delivers a preset volume of gas whenever a pt takes a breath. If a pt doesn't breath on their own within a set time, then the vent will breath for them. This setting isn't good for pts with a lot of spontaneous breaths b/c they can blow off too much CO2.
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Assessment questions for cough
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Length of cough, productive/dry, severity, makes it better or worse, color of sputum.
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Causes of Dyspnea. Questions to ask pt.
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CHF, Chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, airwary obstruction, TB, HIV-related pulmonary, pulm fibrosis. When do you become SOB? Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) or orthopneic.
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Chest pain. PQRST
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Provoked or palliative: what makes it better or worse? Quality: burning, dull, sharp. Region or radiation. Severity. Timing
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Medications that cause pulmonary problems.
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Amiodarone, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers. ASA, methotrexate and some chemo drugs.
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Tachypnea
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RR >20
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Bradypnea
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RR <12
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Cheyne-Stokes
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Fast, irregular respirations with periods of apnea, usually indicative of heart failure, uremia or CNS disease
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Biot's
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Fast, regular, shallow resp w/ periods of apnea, indicative of Increased ICP or spinal meningitis
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Kussmaul's
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fast, reg, and deep resp w/out pause. DKA.
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A/C (assist control)
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Type of positive pressure ventilator setting that delivers a preset volume of gas whenever a pt takes a breath. If a pt doesn't breath on their own within a set time, then the vent will breath for them. This setting isn't good for pts with a lot of spontaneous breaths b/c they can blow off too much CO2.
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Assessment questions for cough
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Length of cough, productive/dry, severity, makes it better or worse, color of sputum.
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Causes of Dyspnea. Questions to ask pt.
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CHF, Chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, airwary obstruction, TB, HIV-related pulmonary, pulm fibrosis. When do you become SOB? Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) or orthopneic.
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Chest pain. PQRST
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Provoked or palliative: what makes it better or worse? Quality: burning, dull, sharp. Region or radiation. Severity. Timing
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Medications that cause pulmonary problems.
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Amiodarone, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers. ASA, methotrexate and some chemo drugs.
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Tachypnea
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RR >20
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Bradypnea
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RR <12
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Cheyne-Stokes
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Fast, irregular respirations with periods of apnea, usually indicative of heart failure, uremia or CNS disease
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Biot's
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Fast, regular, shallow resp w/ periods of apnea, indicative of Increased ICP or spinal meningitis
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Kussmaul's
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fast, reg, and deep resp w/out pause. DKA.
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A/C (assist control)
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Type of positive pressure ventilator setting that delivers a preset volume of gas whenever a pt takes a breath. If a pt doesn't breath on their own within a set time, then the vent will breath for them. This setting isn't good for pts with a lot of spontaneous breaths b/c they can blow off too much CO2.
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