Holt GNRS 582 Exam -3 - Pulmonary and Cardiac Part 1 questions with answers

Holt GNRS 582 Exam #3 - Pulmonary and
Cardiac Part 1 questions with answers

Virchow's triad - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hypercoagulability, venous stasis
and endothelial damage



Hypercoagulability - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is an abnormality of blood
coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis (blood clots in blood vessels).



venous stasis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a disorder in which the normal flow
of fluid through a vessel of the body is slowed or halted; the underlying cause
of thrombus formation.



endothelial damage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trauma or injury to a blood
vessel



Pulmonary embolus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Blockage of the pulmonary
artery or one of its branches due to a translocated clot



Pulmonary embolus - Clinical signs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. ACUTE RT.
SIDED HEART FAILURE

2. ACUTE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

3. OBSTRUCTIVE SHOCK (assoc. w/ MASSIVE PE)

4. Most cases are non-specific symptoms, others are sudden

, 5. Tachypnea, Dyspnea, Chest pain

6. Increased dead space

7. V/Q mismatch

8. Decreased PaO2

9. Pulmonary infarction / pulmonary hypertension

10. Decreased cardiac output

11. Systemic hypotension



Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rapid breathing



Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔subjective sensation of difficulty
breathing

Shortness of breath



PaO2 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Physically dissolved in plasma



abbreviation for partial pressure of oxygen; measurement of the amount of
oxygen in the blood



Pulmonary infarction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lung tissue that is damaged
or dies as a result of blood vessel occlusion and tissue ischemia.