CCI Practice Test #1

The majority of aortic aneurysms form in what part of the vessel? - Answer- infrarenal Which of the following can lead to a false negative diagnosis of ICA stenosis? - Answer- congestive heart failure The 12cm blood pressure cuffs are missing from the lab. You perform the 3 cuff method lower extremity segmental pressure exam with the 10cm cuffs on a patient that is 5'5 150 lbs. What information that you will report will be invalid? - Answer- thigh pressure only What type of precautions is required for a patient that had a renal transplant yesterday? - Answer- reverse protective isolation Which of the following lists the appropriate preventative maintenance schedule for the US system? - Answer- service engineer performs PM testing semiannually a patient presents with a script that requests an aortic Doppler evaluation due to Leriche syndrome. What are you looking for on the exam? - Answer- extensive diffuse atherosclerotic disease causing obstruction of the distal aorta The ________________ is formed by the junction of the spenlic vein and the superior mesenteric vein. - Answer- main portal vein Why would bilateral brachial BP assessment assist in the diagnosis of a subclavian steal? - Answer- the systolic BP will be lower on the affected side A 50% diameter stenosis is equivalent to ___________ area stenosis in an internal carotid artery. - Answer- 75% When a patient performs the Valsalva strain, the intra-abdominal pressure ___________ and the intrathoracic pressure ______________ - Answer- increases, increases A patient presents for a lower extremity arterial Doppler after a recent car accident due to acute onset of foot pallor and pain. They have bandages covering a wound on the lateral aspect of the calf, ankle and foot that will limit your ability to obtain a complete exam. How should you perform the exam for this patient? - Answer- remove the bandages carefully so they can be reapplied and scan the posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries for your standard protocol A patient presents for evaluation of a hemodialysis graft due to suspected stenosis. Considering the most common location of stenosis in an AVG, where should you look first for the suspe