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What is pulse pressure?
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the difference between the systolic (higher) and diastolic (lower) numbers of blood pressure
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What is the significance of pule pressure?
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Measures cardiac output
30-40 mmHg <30 indicates decreased cardiac output |
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What is a pulse deficit and how is it assessed?
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Occurs if the apical heart rate is faster than the radial pule rate
some of the heart's contractions are ineffective in producing cardiac output that reaches peripheral extremities |
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What aclosure re the 2 normal heart sounds?
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S1 "lub" closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves and begining of systole
S2 "dub" closure of of the aortic and pulmonic valves and beg of diastole |
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What is the S3 heart sound?
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ventricular gallop
immediately after S2 common in CHF and mitral regurgitation |
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What is the S4 heart sound?
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atrial gallop
occursimmediately before S1 common in patients who have left ventricular hypertrophy and coronary artery disease |
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Whe doing an assessment on a patient with a cardio dis, what do you assess the skin for?
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cyanosis-decreased tissue oxygenation
pallor- (deficiency ofcolor esp face) anemia erythema- extremities with venous congestion and edema |
