SCRIBE U UPDATED END OF COURSE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm) - ✔✔"Ballooning" or weakening of arterial wall in
lower abdomen (usually near the kidneys); chronically worsens; lower abdomen; may
have pulsatile mass where the vessel is weakest
✔✔Aortic dissection - ✔✔Sudden separation of muscle and membrane of aorta; can
occur suddenly; mostly found in chest and upper back; unique description for pain:
ripping or tearing
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔systemic infection when bacteria travel through the bloodstream
✔✔Anterior/Ventral - ✔✔front
✔✔Posterior/Dorsal - ✔✔back
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔near point of attachment
✔✔Distal - ✔✔far from point of attachment
✔✔Medial - ✔✔near midline
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔far from midline
✔✔Superior - ✔✔above
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔below
✔✔Focal - ✔✔one area
✔✔Diffuse - ✔✔widespread
✔✔Palmar - ✔✔palm of hand
✔✔Plantar - ✔✔sole of foot
✔✔Superficial - ✔✔close to surface
✔✔Anemia - ✔✔pale conjunctiva
✔✔Jaundice - ✔✔yellow conjunctiva
, ✔✔Rhinitis - ✔✔swelling of nasal mucosa
✔✔Edentulous - ✔✔no teeth
✔✔renal insufficiency - ✔✔Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) high
✔✔renal insufficiency - ✔✔Creatinine (Creat)
✔✔Troponin (Trop) - ✔✔elevated regardless of type of MI
✔✔D-Dimer - ✔✔if high, there is blood clot in body
✔✔CHF - ✔✔B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) high
✔✔Arterial blood gas (ABG) - ✔✔typically drawn on respiratory patients; direct
information on pH and amount of O2 and CO2 in blood
✔✔Venous blood gas (VBG) - ✔✔can be useful when detecting diseases like DKA (pH
information)
✔✔International normalized ratio (INR) - ✔✔amount of Coumadin or Warfarin in the
blood; 2-3 is normal
✔✔pancreatitis - ✔✔Lipase (Lip) high
✔✔diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) - ✔✔Serum ketones (ketones) high (primarily seen in
Type I DM)
✔✔Type and Cross (T+X) blood type - ✔✔gets blood ready for transfusion (not just an
OB lab)
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔high temp and HR; low BP
✔✔sepsis or cell death in the body - ✔✔lactic acid high
✔✔Chest x-ray (CXR) - ✔✔used to diagnose pneumonia, pneumothorax, CHF, pleural
effusion, widened mediastinum (dissection)
✔✔Acute abdominal series/Kidneys ureters bladder (AAS/KUB) - ✔✔used to see free
air (rupture), SBO (small bowel obstruction), constipation, large kidney stones
✔✔CT without IV contrast - ✔✔used to image large hemorrhagic or ischemic CVA,
cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine fracture or subluxation (partial dislocation), PNA, PTX,
pleural effusion, rib fracture, kidney stones, pyelonephritis
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm) - ✔✔"Ballooning" or weakening of arterial wall in
lower abdomen (usually near the kidneys); chronically worsens; lower abdomen; may
have pulsatile mass where the vessel is weakest
✔✔Aortic dissection - ✔✔Sudden separation of muscle and membrane of aorta; can
occur suddenly; mostly found in chest and upper back; unique description for pain:
ripping or tearing
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔systemic infection when bacteria travel through the bloodstream
✔✔Anterior/Ventral - ✔✔front
✔✔Posterior/Dorsal - ✔✔back
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔near point of attachment
✔✔Distal - ✔✔far from point of attachment
✔✔Medial - ✔✔near midline
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔far from midline
✔✔Superior - ✔✔above
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔below
✔✔Focal - ✔✔one area
✔✔Diffuse - ✔✔widespread
✔✔Palmar - ✔✔palm of hand
✔✔Plantar - ✔✔sole of foot
✔✔Superficial - ✔✔close to surface
✔✔Anemia - ✔✔pale conjunctiva
✔✔Jaundice - ✔✔yellow conjunctiva
, ✔✔Rhinitis - ✔✔swelling of nasal mucosa
✔✔Edentulous - ✔✔no teeth
✔✔renal insufficiency - ✔✔Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) high
✔✔renal insufficiency - ✔✔Creatinine (Creat)
✔✔Troponin (Trop) - ✔✔elevated regardless of type of MI
✔✔D-Dimer - ✔✔if high, there is blood clot in body
✔✔CHF - ✔✔B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) high
✔✔Arterial blood gas (ABG) - ✔✔typically drawn on respiratory patients; direct
information on pH and amount of O2 and CO2 in blood
✔✔Venous blood gas (VBG) - ✔✔can be useful when detecting diseases like DKA (pH
information)
✔✔International normalized ratio (INR) - ✔✔amount of Coumadin or Warfarin in the
blood; 2-3 is normal
✔✔pancreatitis - ✔✔Lipase (Lip) high
✔✔diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) - ✔✔Serum ketones (ketones) high (primarily seen in
Type I DM)
✔✔Type and Cross (T+X) blood type - ✔✔gets blood ready for transfusion (not just an
OB lab)
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔high temp and HR; low BP
✔✔sepsis or cell death in the body - ✔✔lactic acid high
✔✔Chest x-ray (CXR) - ✔✔used to diagnose pneumonia, pneumothorax, CHF, pleural
effusion, widened mediastinum (dissection)
✔✔Acute abdominal series/Kidneys ureters bladder (AAS/KUB) - ✔✔used to see free
air (rupture), SBO (small bowel obstruction), constipation, large kidney stones
✔✔CT without IV contrast - ✔✔used to image large hemorrhagic or ischemic CVA,
cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine fracture or subluxation (partial dislocation), PNA, PTX,
pleural effusion, rib fracture, kidney stones, pyelonephritis
