Nursing 214 - Exam #3 - Cardiac Infections and Structures
Questions With Complete Solutions
____ rub may be heart in a pt. with pericarditis. Best heard
where? Correct Answers Pleural rub, L. sternal boarder
_____, ____, and ____ can cause infective endocarditis. Correct
Answers bacteria, viruses, fungi
A CBC drawn on pt. with rheumatic fever may reveal ____ and
____ Correct Answers leukocytosis and anemia
A chest x-ray from a pt. with rheumatic fever may show ______
Correct Answers cardiomegaly
A pericardiocentesis can be ____ and ____ Correct Answers
diagnostic and therapeutic
A rash with red margins, that is aggravated by hot showers but
not painful and non pruritic is called _____. It is seen with
which cardiac infection? Correct Answers erythema
marginatum, rheumatic fever
A systolic click usually found in women that is usually
asymptomatic is _____ Correct Answers mitral valve prolapse
Aminoglycosides can be toxic to which two systems? Correct
Answers Nephrotoxic, ototoxic
An example of chemical pericarditis is ____ Correct Answers
uremic pericarditis
, An inflamed myocardium that occurs after and upper respiratory
infection or virus is known as ____ Correct Answers
myocarditis
Another diagnosis for rheumatic fever is a histopathology
specimen with collagen, fibrin and cellular debris found termed:
Correct Answers Aschoff's body
Assessment of a pt. with dilated cardiomyopathy may reveal ___
gallop and murmurs, ___ on auscultation of lungs, marked ____,
decreased _______, decreased ____, at risk for _____. ____
distention, ____, ____ pulses, displaced ____. Correct Answers
S3, rales, cardiomegaly, myocardial contractility, cardio output,
clots, JVD, tachycardia, weak, PMI
Assessment of a pt. with pericarditis may reveal pt. who is ____,
has ___ pain, ____/_____, pulsus ____, electrical _____, narrow
_____, ____ neck veins, ____ heart sounds, _____ rub, x-ray
may show _____. Correct Answers anxious, chest pain,
tachycardia, tachypnea, pulsus paradoxus, alterans, pulse
pressure, distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds, pleural
friction rub, cardiomegaly
Assessment of Jone's modified criteria MAJOR includes _____,
inflamed joints termed _____, _____ which is a rash with red
margins, _____ which is defined by jerky movements and facial
grimacing, and ____ which are firm swellings on bony
prominences. Correct Answers carditis, polyarthritis, erythema
marginatum, sydenham's chorea, subcutaneous nodules
Questions With Complete Solutions
____ rub may be heart in a pt. with pericarditis. Best heard
where? Correct Answers Pleural rub, L. sternal boarder
_____, ____, and ____ can cause infective endocarditis. Correct
Answers bacteria, viruses, fungi
A CBC drawn on pt. with rheumatic fever may reveal ____ and
____ Correct Answers leukocytosis and anemia
A chest x-ray from a pt. with rheumatic fever may show ______
Correct Answers cardiomegaly
A pericardiocentesis can be ____ and ____ Correct Answers
diagnostic and therapeutic
A rash with red margins, that is aggravated by hot showers but
not painful and non pruritic is called _____. It is seen with
which cardiac infection? Correct Answers erythema
marginatum, rheumatic fever
A systolic click usually found in women that is usually
asymptomatic is _____ Correct Answers mitral valve prolapse
Aminoglycosides can be toxic to which two systems? Correct
Answers Nephrotoxic, ototoxic
An example of chemical pericarditis is ____ Correct Answers
uremic pericarditis
, An inflamed myocardium that occurs after and upper respiratory
infection or virus is known as ____ Correct Answers
myocarditis
Another diagnosis for rheumatic fever is a histopathology
specimen with collagen, fibrin and cellular debris found termed:
Correct Answers Aschoff's body
Assessment of a pt. with dilated cardiomyopathy may reveal ___
gallop and murmurs, ___ on auscultation of lungs, marked ____,
decreased _______, decreased ____, at risk for _____. ____
distention, ____, ____ pulses, displaced ____. Correct Answers
S3, rales, cardiomegaly, myocardial contractility, cardio output,
clots, JVD, tachycardia, weak, PMI
Assessment of a pt. with pericarditis may reveal pt. who is ____,
has ___ pain, ____/_____, pulsus ____, electrical _____, narrow
_____, ____ neck veins, ____ heart sounds, _____ rub, x-ray
may show _____. Correct Answers anxious, chest pain,
tachycardia, tachypnea, pulsus paradoxus, alterans, pulse
pressure, distended neck veins, muffled heart sounds, pleural
friction rub, cardiomegaly
Assessment of Jone's modified criteria MAJOR includes _____,
inflamed joints termed _____, _____ which is a rash with red
margins, _____ which is defined by jerky movements and facial
grimacing, and ____ which are firm swellings on bony
prominences. Correct Answers carditis, polyarthritis, erythema
marginatum, sydenham's chorea, subcutaneous nodules
