Chapter 42 Cardiovascular Dysfunction Questions
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two major groups
Ans: congenital and acquired heart disorders
Congenital heart disease
Ans: primarily anatomic abnormalities present at birth that result in abnormal
cardiac function-clinical consequences are heart failure and hypoxemia
Acquired Cardiac disorders
Ans: disease processes or abnormalities that occur after birth
Inspection
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Ans: nutritional state
color
chest deformities
unusual pulsations
respiratory excursion
clubbing of fingers
Possible complications of catheterization
Ans: acute hemorrhage, low grade fever, nausea, vomiting, loss of pulse in the
catheterized extremity, tranzient dysrhythmias, rare risks include stroke,
seizures tamponade adn death
precath teaching
Ans: NPO for 4-6 hours
atrial septal defect
Ans: abnormal opening between teh atria, allowing blood from higher
pressure left atrium to flow into the right atrium
increased flow of oxygenated blood into the right side of the heart
systolic murumur or diastolic murmur-dacron patch surgical path closure
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