TMC KETTERING PATHOLOGY ACTUAL FINALS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are arrhythmias? - ✔✔Irregular cardiac rhythms
✔✔EKG signs of MI - ✔✔Inverted T waves, elevated ST segment
✔✔X-ray findings in ARDS - ✔✔Honeycombing, ground-glass appearance
✔✔ARDS treatment - ✔✔Oxygen
low VT, low PIP
CPAP/PEEP
✔✔Diagnostic tests for Myasthenia Gravis - ✔✔Tensilon test
electromyography
✔✔Chest X-ray findings in TB - ✔✔Cavity formation in upper lobes
✔✔TB treatment - ✔✔Rifampin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
Streptomycin
✔✔TB isolation precautions - ✔✔airborne isolation
negative-pressure room
✔✔Diagnostic tests for TB - ✔✔Acid-fast stain (identifies Mycobacterium TB),
Mantoux test (skin test)
✔✔indication of a positve TB skin test result - ✔✔hardened red area 24-72 hrs after
injection
, ✔✔Key assessment findings in TB - ✔✔Cough with sputum
hemoptysis
polycythemia
cor pulmonale, dull percussion
✔✔breath sounds TB - ✔✔bronchial/ crackles/pleural friction rub
✔✔Chest X-ray finding in pleural effusion - ✔✔Blunting of costophrenic angle
✔✔pleural effusion X-ray - ✔✔lateral decubitus
✔✔Pleural effusion treatment - ✔✔Thoracentesis (primary)
chest tube (secondary)
antibiotics
steroids
✔✔Breath sounds in pneumonia - ✔✔crackles, bronchial, whispered pectoriloquy
✔✔Sputum characteristics in pneumonia - ✔✔Yellow or green
gram-positive or gram-negative organisms
✔✔Chest X-ray findings in pneumonia - ✔✔Air bronchograms
increased density from consolidation
✔✔Pneumonia treatment - ✔✔O₂ therapy
pulmonary hygiene
hyperinflation therapy (IS/SMI, IPPB)
antibiotics
antipyretics
analgesics
increased fluid intake
✔✔Age group affected by epiglottitis - ✔✔2-6 years old
✔✔Key assessment signs of epiglottitis - ✔✔Drooling
dysphagia
nasal flaring
substernal & intercostal retractions
high-grade fever
✔✔Breath sounds in epiglottitis and Croup - ✔✔Diminished with inspiratory stridor
✔✔Key chest X-ray finding in epiglottitis - ✔✔Thumb sign
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are arrhythmias? - ✔✔Irregular cardiac rhythms
✔✔EKG signs of MI - ✔✔Inverted T waves, elevated ST segment
✔✔X-ray findings in ARDS - ✔✔Honeycombing, ground-glass appearance
✔✔ARDS treatment - ✔✔Oxygen
low VT, low PIP
CPAP/PEEP
✔✔Diagnostic tests for Myasthenia Gravis - ✔✔Tensilon test
electromyography
✔✔Chest X-ray findings in TB - ✔✔Cavity formation in upper lobes
✔✔TB treatment - ✔✔Rifampin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol
Streptomycin
✔✔TB isolation precautions - ✔✔airborne isolation
negative-pressure room
✔✔Diagnostic tests for TB - ✔✔Acid-fast stain (identifies Mycobacterium TB),
Mantoux test (skin test)
✔✔indication of a positve TB skin test result - ✔✔hardened red area 24-72 hrs after
injection
, ✔✔Key assessment findings in TB - ✔✔Cough with sputum
hemoptysis
polycythemia
cor pulmonale, dull percussion
✔✔breath sounds TB - ✔✔bronchial/ crackles/pleural friction rub
✔✔Chest X-ray finding in pleural effusion - ✔✔Blunting of costophrenic angle
✔✔pleural effusion X-ray - ✔✔lateral decubitus
✔✔Pleural effusion treatment - ✔✔Thoracentesis (primary)
chest tube (secondary)
antibiotics
steroids
✔✔Breath sounds in pneumonia - ✔✔crackles, bronchial, whispered pectoriloquy
✔✔Sputum characteristics in pneumonia - ✔✔Yellow or green
gram-positive or gram-negative organisms
✔✔Chest X-ray findings in pneumonia - ✔✔Air bronchograms
increased density from consolidation
✔✔Pneumonia treatment - ✔✔O₂ therapy
pulmonary hygiene
hyperinflation therapy (IS/SMI, IPPB)
antibiotics
antipyretics
analgesics
increased fluid intake
✔✔Age group affected by epiglottitis - ✔✔2-6 years old
✔✔Key assessment signs of epiglottitis - ✔✔Drooling
dysphagia
nasal flaring
substernal & intercostal retractions
high-grade fever
✔✔Breath sounds in epiglottitis and Croup - ✔✔Diminished with inspiratory stridor
✔✔Key chest X-ray finding in epiglottitis - ✔✔Thumb sign
