IRENE GOLD PART 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
what is the most common lung infection - Answer -primary atypical pneumonia
with viral pneumonia, what is the cough/sputum, and organism involved - Answer -
dry/mucopurulent
adenovirus, parainfluenza
with pnumocystis carinii what is the organism involved - Answer -protozoan
(AIDS patients)
with cytomegalovirus what is the organism involved - Answer -CMV
(AIDS patients)
what are signs and symptoms of left sided heart failure - Answer --pulmonary edema
-nocturnal dyspnea
-exertional dyspnea
-tachycardia
-systemic hypertension
-orthopnea and coughing
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,-rales head at the lung base
what are signs and symptoms of right sided heart failure - Answer --pitting edema
-ascities
-cor pulmonale
-hepatomegaly
-jugular venous distention
-esophageal varices
-hemorrhoids
-testicular variocosities
what does the p wave in an EKG represent? - Answer -atrial depolarization
what does the QRS complex in an EKG represent? - Answer -ventricular depolarization
what does the T wave in an EKG represent? - Answer -ventricular repolarization
what produces aortic regurgitation - Answer -prinzmetal angina (angina pectoris at rest) and
pistol shot pulse
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,what signs would lead you to believe the vascular disease is arterial? - Answer -cool skin
temperature
pale and cyanotic skin color
weak or absent pulse
numbness
raynauds phenomenon present
thin skin, hair loss
what signs would lead you to believe the vascular disease is venous? - Answer -skin
temperature normal/cool
normal/red skin color
swelling
stasis dermatitis
valve incompetence
what is raynauds phenomenon - Answer -triphasic color change localized area due to an arterial
spasm.
-turns white then blue and finally when the spasm relaxes it turns red
secondary to collagen diseases (lupus, RA)
what is raynauds disease - Answer -primary condition seen in upper extremities of females
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, with Buergers (thromboangitis obliterans) who does it effect, what is it associated with, and
what are the signs and symptoms? - Answer --20-40 yo males
-excess tobacco smoking
-intermittent claudication, nonhealing ulcers, gangrene
with Raynauds, who does it effect, what is it associated with, and what are the signs and
symptoms? - Answer -> 15 yo females
-buergers, scleroderma, smoking
-arterial spasms, cold sensitive, finger tip ulcers
what orthopedic tests would you do for buergers - Answer -buergers test, claudication time
what orthopedic tests would you do for raynauds - Answer -allens test
with aneurysm, what is it associated with, and what are the signs and symptoms? - Answer --
heart disease, cardiovascular disease
-abnormal widening that involves all 3 layers
how is an aneurysm diagnosed? - Answer -ultrasound (size and thickness)
what is associated with a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta - Answer -marfans
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ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
what is the most common lung infection - Answer -primary atypical pneumonia
with viral pneumonia, what is the cough/sputum, and organism involved - Answer -
dry/mucopurulent
adenovirus, parainfluenza
with pnumocystis carinii what is the organism involved - Answer -protozoan
(AIDS patients)
with cytomegalovirus what is the organism involved - Answer -CMV
(AIDS patients)
what are signs and symptoms of left sided heart failure - Answer --pulmonary edema
-nocturnal dyspnea
-exertional dyspnea
-tachycardia
-systemic hypertension
-orthopnea and coughing
1|Page
,-rales head at the lung base
what are signs and symptoms of right sided heart failure - Answer --pitting edema
-ascities
-cor pulmonale
-hepatomegaly
-jugular venous distention
-esophageal varices
-hemorrhoids
-testicular variocosities
what does the p wave in an EKG represent? - Answer -atrial depolarization
what does the QRS complex in an EKG represent? - Answer -ventricular depolarization
what does the T wave in an EKG represent? - Answer -ventricular repolarization
what produces aortic regurgitation - Answer -prinzmetal angina (angina pectoris at rest) and
pistol shot pulse
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,what signs would lead you to believe the vascular disease is arterial? - Answer -cool skin
temperature
pale and cyanotic skin color
weak or absent pulse
numbness
raynauds phenomenon present
thin skin, hair loss
what signs would lead you to believe the vascular disease is venous? - Answer -skin
temperature normal/cool
normal/red skin color
swelling
stasis dermatitis
valve incompetence
what is raynauds phenomenon - Answer -triphasic color change localized area due to an arterial
spasm.
-turns white then blue and finally when the spasm relaxes it turns red
secondary to collagen diseases (lupus, RA)
what is raynauds disease - Answer -primary condition seen in upper extremities of females
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, with Buergers (thromboangitis obliterans) who does it effect, what is it associated with, and
what are the signs and symptoms? - Answer --20-40 yo males
-excess tobacco smoking
-intermittent claudication, nonhealing ulcers, gangrene
with Raynauds, who does it effect, what is it associated with, and what are the signs and
symptoms? - Answer -> 15 yo females
-buergers, scleroderma, smoking
-arterial spasms, cold sensitive, finger tip ulcers
what orthopedic tests would you do for buergers - Answer -buergers test, claudication time
what orthopedic tests would you do for raynauds - Answer -allens test
with aneurysm, what is it associated with, and what are the signs and symptoms? - Answer --
heart disease, cardiovascular disease
-abnormal widening that involves all 3 layers
how is an aneurysm diagnosed? - Answer -ultrasound (size and thickness)
what is associated with a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta - Answer -marfans
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