SCRIBEAMERICA OP ACTUAL FINAL PAPER 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries caused by HLD puts the pt at risk for -
✔✔CAD/ MI
✔✔Narrowing of the carotid arteries from HLD puts the pt at risk for - ✔✔CVA/TIA
✔✔free fatty acids in the blood can damage pancreatic cells causing - ✔✔pancreatitis
✔✔non pharm HLD management - ✔✔decrease ETOH, lose weight, close follow up,
exercise, change diet
✔✔HLD med suffix - ✔✔-statin
✔✔HLD common drugs - ✔✔lipitor, zocor, crestor
✔✔narrowing of the coronary arteries limits blood supply to the heart muscle causing
ischemia - ✔✔CAD etiology
✔✔CAD risk factors - ✔✔FHx <55, HTN, HLD, DM, smoking
✔✔CC of CAD - ✔✔significant chest pain or pressure that is worst with exertion or
improved with rest and NTG
✔✔meds that ppl w/ CAD take - ✔✔aspirin, NTG
✔✔CAD is dx'd with - ✔✔cardiac catheterization
✔✔CAD is the #1 risk factor for - ✔✔MI
✔✔CAD non pharm management - ✔✔control the risk factors, weight loss, manage
stress/depression, smoking cessation, exercise
✔✔CAD surgical levels of severity - ✔✔cardiac cath < angioplasty < coronary stent <
CABG
✔✔open heart surgery/heart bypass - ✔✔CABG
✔✔constriction of the airway due to inflammation and muscular contraction of the
bronchioles, known as bronchospasm - ✔✔asthma etiolgy
✔✔risk factors of asthma - ✔✔fhx, obesity, allergic rhinitis
, ✔✔CC of asthma - ✔✔SOB, wheezing (improved w/ nebulizer)
✔✔PE of asthma - ✔✔wheezes (insp or exp)
✔✔asthma is dx'd - ✔✔peak flow testing
✔✔questions a provider may ask a pt about asthma - ✔✔do you have a nebulizer?
steroids? hospitalized? have you been intubated?
✔✔asthma is dx'd with __ __ __ , with a peak flow monitor measured in __ - ✔✔peak
expiratory flow, liters/min
✔✔oral asthma steroids - ✔✔prednisone, decadron
✔✔inhaled bronchodilators - ✔✔advair, albuterol/ventolin, xopenex, atrovent
✔✔inhaled steroids - ✔✔pulmicort, flovent, symbicort
✔✔ sensation of tingling or numbness - ✔✔paresthesia
✔✔excessive thirst - ✔✔polydipsia
✔✔loss of blood supply - ✔✔ischemia
✔✔chronic illnesses cause about ___% of deaths and ___% of seniors have chronic
illnesses and ___% have 2 or more - ✔✔70, 90, 75
✔✔why comorbidies are complex - ✔✔1) tx contradiction
2) adverse drug rxns
3)poor compliance
4) if more than 1 illness affects an organ, organ failure risk is higher
✔✔increase in BP causes excess force against arterial walls - ✔✔HTN etiology
✔✔risk factors of HTN - ✔✔FHx, obesity, DM, high salt diet, smoking, ETOH
✔✔HTN is often ___ or can be dx when measured at home, other symptoms include __
__ __ __ __ - ✔✔asymptomatic
HA, CP, palpitations, blurred vision, epistaxis
✔✔PE findings of HTN - ✔✔lower extremity edema, carotid bruit, JVD, abnormal heart
sounds
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries caused by HLD puts the pt at risk for -
✔✔CAD/ MI
✔✔Narrowing of the carotid arteries from HLD puts the pt at risk for - ✔✔CVA/TIA
✔✔free fatty acids in the blood can damage pancreatic cells causing - ✔✔pancreatitis
✔✔non pharm HLD management - ✔✔decrease ETOH, lose weight, close follow up,
exercise, change diet
✔✔HLD med suffix - ✔✔-statin
✔✔HLD common drugs - ✔✔lipitor, zocor, crestor
✔✔narrowing of the coronary arteries limits blood supply to the heart muscle causing
ischemia - ✔✔CAD etiology
✔✔CAD risk factors - ✔✔FHx <55, HTN, HLD, DM, smoking
✔✔CC of CAD - ✔✔significant chest pain or pressure that is worst with exertion or
improved with rest and NTG
✔✔meds that ppl w/ CAD take - ✔✔aspirin, NTG
✔✔CAD is dx'd with - ✔✔cardiac catheterization
✔✔CAD is the #1 risk factor for - ✔✔MI
✔✔CAD non pharm management - ✔✔control the risk factors, weight loss, manage
stress/depression, smoking cessation, exercise
✔✔CAD surgical levels of severity - ✔✔cardiac cath < angioplasty < coronary stent <
CABG
✔✔open heart surgery/heart bypass - ✔✔CABG
✔✔constriction of the airway due to inflammation and muscular contraction of the
bronchioles, known as bronchospasm - ✔✔asthma etiolgy
✔✔risk factors of asthma - ✔✔fhx, obesity, allergic rhinitis
, ✔✔CC of asthma - ✔✔SOB, wheezing (improved w/ nebulizer)
✔✔PE of asthma - ✔✔wheezes (insp or exp)
✔✔asthma is dx'd - ✔✔peak flow testing
✔✔questions a provider may ask a pt about asthma - ✔✔do you have a nebulizer?
steroids? hospitalized? have you been intubated?
✔✔asthma is dx'd with __ __ __ , with a peak flow monitor measured in __ - ✔✔peak
expiratory flow, liters/min
✔✔oral asthma steroids - ✔✔prednisone, decadron
✔✔inhaled bronchodilators - ✔✔advair, albuterol/ventolin, xopenex, atrovent
✔✔inhaled steroids - ✔✔pulmicort, flovent, symbicort
✔✔ sensation of tingling or numbness - ✔✔paresthesia
✔✔excessive thirst - ✔✔polydipsia
✔✔loss of blood supply - ✔✔ischemia
✔✔chronic illnesses cause about ___% of deaths and ___% of seniors have chronic
illnesses and ___% have 2 or more - ✔✔70, 90, 75
✔✔why comorbidies are complex - ✔✔1) tx contradiction
2) adverse drug rxns
3)poor compliance
4) if more than 1 illness affects an organ, organ failure risk is higher
✔✔increase in BP causes excess force against arterial walls - ✔✔HTN etiology
✔✔risk factors of HTN - ✔✔FHx, obesity, DM, high salt diet, smoking, ETOH
✔✔HTN is often ___ or can be dx when measured at home, other symptoms include __
__ __ __ __ - ✔✔asymptomatic
HA, CP, palpitations, blurred vision, epistaxis
✔✔PE findings of HTN - ✔✔lower extremity edema, carotid bruit, JVD, abnormal heart
sounds
