Small Animal

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What is tapping of the bodys surface to produce vibration and sound?

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Percussion

Front 2

Percussion sound reflects what?

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The density of underlying tissue and size and position of organs

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Percussion is most commonly used on the

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thorax for examining th heart and lungs.

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Percussion is also helps determine if a tissue

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is fluid-filled, air-filled, or solid

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Thoracic percussion in the standing restraint can be used to detect ?, which is found in?

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a fluid line

hydrothorax

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Percussion ventral to a fluid line produces a

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dull thud

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Percussion dorsal to the fluid line produces a

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resonant or hyperresonant sound

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A structure being palpated that is referred to as being fluctuant means

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Soft, Elastic , Undulant, as with a cyst or abscess

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Dullness sounds like ?

& Is produced by?

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Thudlike

Encapsulated tissue

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Resonance sounds like?

& Is produced by?

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Hollow

Airfilled lungs

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Flatness sounds like?

& Is produced by?

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Extremely dull

Very dense tissue like muscle or bone

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The stethoscope allows for Auscultation of specific areas within the body cavity for assessment of the

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cardiovascular, respiratory, ad gastrointestinal systems

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The patients attentiveness or reaction to ots environment provides a basis to evaluate the

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degree of consciousness, depression, excitement, or overreaction to stimuli.

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What is depressed

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patient os conscious but slow to respond to stimuli

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What is coma

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unconscious patient that does not respond to any stimuli.

Worst prognosis

Front 16

What do the vital signs include?

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Respiratory rate and effort,

Heart rate rhythm,

and indications of perfusion

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Changes in any vital signs can warn the medical teAm of

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impending complications

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The initial vital signs are used as the baseline and

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Subsequent findings help establish trends indicating improvements or deterioration

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vital signs should be evaluated in relation to the

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Presenting complaint , history, and current health status

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Changes in what can be significant.

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Behavior, response to stimuli or posture

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Unconscious patients can be tested by __ to detect there response to this painful stimuli

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toe pinching

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any decline in the level of consciousness suggests

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Worsening pathologic changes and warrants immediate neurologic examination and medical or surgical intervention.

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dilated or midrange fixed pupils are most commonly related to

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Midbrain injury and are a grave sign

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Eye position is noted, with ventral or lateral Stanislaus indicating

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A midbrain lesion

Front 25

What is stabismus

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Crossed eyes

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Nystagmus is caused by a

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Vestibular problem, either in the inner ear or within the brainstem,

Front 27

What should you wear when giving a medicated bath?

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Exam gloves

Front 28

What kind of administration of medications can also be effectively achieved in the feline patients

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burial or transmucosal

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Who should you not give phosphate enemas to?

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Cats and small dogs

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Fluids are not readily absorbed when injected SQ in

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Severely dehydrated, debilitated, or patients with poor perfusion or shock

so you should use IV

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Dry coarse sounds on inspiration and expiration suggests

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Fibrosis of the lung

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Absence of lung sounds indicates

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Interruption of sound transmission by air or fluid in the pleural space

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What is the first subtle sign of respiratory distress?

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Increased respiratory rate

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Normal respiratory rates are

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8-30

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What are some potential causes for a decreased respiratory rate?

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Trauma to the brain or spinal cord

Diseases affecting respiratory drive

Cops

Drugs

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Possible causes for increased respiratory rates?

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Midbrain lesion

Fever

Pain

Anxiety

Trauma to the brain or chest

Front 37

When ECG has a P WAVE associated with most QRS complexes and the QRS are normal width, the rhythm is termed as

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Supraventricular

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What is a sinus arrhythmia?

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Fluctuation of heart rate with respiration,

Decreasing with expiration and increasing with inspiration, this is normal in dogs

Front 39

What anatomic site of disease causes strider (loud breathing heard without stethoscope)???

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Upper airway (nasal passages, Layrnx/ Phalanx, trachea)

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What reflects perfusion of blood flow to peripheral tissues?

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Mucous membrane,color, capillary refill time, pulse strength and quality, and body temperature

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Blood pumped into the aorta during. Ventricular contraction creates a fluid wave that travels from the heart to the peripheral arteries is called

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A pulse

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Evaluation of pulse strength is based on the difference between the __ & __ pressure, called the _____.

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Systolic (heart contracting)

Diastolic (heart filling)

Pulse pressure

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With normal pulse pressure , the pulse is easily palpated and strong, when the difference is great, the pulse is

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Bounding

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Causes of a bounding pulse include

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Fever, hyperthyroidism, patent ducts arteriousus, and early shock.

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When the difference is small or the time to maximum systolic pressure is prolonged ,

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The pulse feels weak

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Any condition that decreases cardiac output causes

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A weak pulse

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Normal capillary refill time us

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1-2 seconds

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A prolonged capillary refill time suggests

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Poor peripheral perfusion

(Late shock, severe vasodilation or vasoconstriction, primordial effusion, heart failure)

More than 2 seconds

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A short capillary refill time is ? And can be related to

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Less than one second.

It can be related to anxiety, compensatory shock, fever, and pain

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Cerebral vasoconstriction and brain hypoxia can develop if the

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Blood carbon dioxide levels fall too love from hyperventilating.

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Damage to vascular cells can lead to

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Disseminated intraocular coagulation, slouching of the gastrointestinal mucosa, bacterial translocation and hypovolemia

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What sounds are produced by movement of air through the trachea and large bronchi

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bronchial sounds

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Where are bronchial sounds heard?

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Trachea and cardinal most noticeably during expiration.

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Abnormal lung sounds include

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Crackles, tales, where's,dull lung sounds,muffled lung sounds

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Cause of crackles.

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Caused by air movement through small airways within the lumen reduced by fluid, mucus, or thickened walls. Mostly heard in conditions such as pulmonary edema, bronchopneumonia, and pulmonary fibrosis

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What causes wheezes.

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High-pitched, musical sounds heard mostly on expiration.

Associated with infectious or allergic bronchitis

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Hypothermia may occur with

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Infection, sepsis, toxicity, inflammation,brain lesions, or tumors, heat stroke, seizures, stress and excitation

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Murmurs are caused by

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Turbulence disturbing, the normal laminar flow of blood

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Assessment of the nervous system should always start with

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Mentation

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Paradoxical movements may indicate

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Diaphragmatic hernia or neurological conditions

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Abdominal components can indicate

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Pleural complications, neurological compromise, trauma, or chest wall trauma