NUR 621 (Adult_Gero Acute) MOD #4, Part 1 (Infective Endocarditis) Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
life threating infections of heart valves that has a high morbidity and mortality
*can be native or prosthetic
Answer:
endocarditis
Question 2:
endocarditis is also classified as
Answer:
acute - days, aggressive subacute - weeks/months, slow developing
Question 3:
which is more dangerous, left sided or right sided infective endocarditis?
Answer:
-left side is more dangerous- associated with
stroke, surgery may be needed
-right side is associated
with IV drug use, can be treated with IV ABX
Question 4:
what's the most common pathogen and also the one that causes the highest mortality in infective
endocarditis?
Answer:
staphylococcus aureus
Question 5:
risk factors for IE
Answer:
, native valve disease, pacemakers, prosthetic valves, central lines, IV drug use, long term hospital
stay
Question 6:
fever, murmurs, chest pain, heart block, night sweats, syncope, Janeway lesions (painless lesions
on palms and soles) are signs of
Answer:
infective endocarditis
Question 7:
most widely used tool for diagnosing IE
Answer:
Duke's Criteria
Question 8:
-2 separate positive blood cultures
-persistently positive blood cultures
-single positive blood culture for C. Burnetti
-IE positive on echo
-new valvular murmurs
Answer:
Duke's major criteria for IE
Question 9:
what kind of echo is preferred?
Answer:
TEE is preferred over the chest one
Question 10:
-predisposing heart condition or IV drug use
-fever
-vascular issues (clots, Janeway lesions/purple spots on
soles of hands and feet, splinter hemorrhages under fingernails)
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
life threating infections of heart valves that has a high morbidity and mortality
*can be native or prosthetic
Answer:
endocarditis
Question 2:
endocarditis is also classified as
Answer:
acute - days, aggressive subacute - weeks/months, slow developing
Question 3:
which is more dangerous, left sided or right sided infective endocarditis?
Answer:
-left side is more dangerous- associated with
stroke, surgery may be needed
-right side is associated
with IV drug use, can be treated with IV ABX
Question 4:
what's the most common pathogen and also the one that causes the highest mortality in infective
endocarditis?
Answer:
staphylococcus aureus
Question 5:
risk factors for IE
Answer:
, native valve disease, pacemakers, prosthetic valves, central lines, IV drug use, long term hospital
stay
Question 6:
fever, murmurs, chest pain, heart block, night sweats, syncope, Janeway lesions (painless lesions
on palms and soles) are signs of
Answer:
infective endocarditis
Question 7:
most widely used tool for diagnosing IE
Answer:
Duke's Criteria
Question 8:
-2 separate positive blood cultures
-persistently positive blood cultures
-single positive blood culture for C. Burnetti
-IE positive on echo
-new valvular murmurs
Answer:
Duke's major criteria for IE
Question 9:
what kind of echo is preferred?
Answer:
TEE is preferred over the chest one
Question 10:
-predisposing heart condition or IV drug use
-fever
-vascular issues (clots, Janeway lesions/purple spots on
soles of hands and feet, splinter hemorrhages under fingernails)
