sports Physicals Exam with Accurate
Solutions
3 major things looking at on a sports physical - correct answer-joints
heart
asthma
CV causes of sudden death in young athletes - correct answer--HCM
-coronary artery anomalies
-Commotio cordis
-myocarditis
-aortic rupture (Marfan's)
-Arrhythmogenic right ventricular hypertrophy
-aortic stenosis
-long QT syndrome
-Wolf-parkinson-White sydrome
what is commotio cordis - correct answer-blunt trauma to chest wall causing Vfib
red flag items in personal history - correct answer-*exercise-induced:*
-chest pain/pressure
-lightheadedness
-syncope
-dizziness
-palpitations
-dysrhythmias
*previous acute CHF*
red flag items in family history - correct answer--premature *sudden death* <50 yo
-early *CAD* or coronary anomalies
-recurrent *syncope*
-lethal *dysrhythmias* requiring urgent treatment
Water-hammer pulse definition - correct answer--Rapid rise and fall with elevated
systolic and low diastolic pressure
what is Water-hammer pulse associated with - correct answer-HCM
aortic regurgitation
severe mitral regurgitation
patent ductus arteriosus
Solutions
3 major things looking at on a sports physical - correct answer-joints
heart
asthma
CV causes of sudden death in young athletes - correct answer--HCM
-coronary artery anomalies
-Commotio cordis
-myocarditis
-aortic rupture (Marfan's)
-Arrhythmogenic right ventricular hypertrophy
-aortic stenosis
-long QT syndrome
-Wolf-parkinson-White sydrome
what is commotio cordis - correct answer-blunt trauma to chest wall causing Vfib
red flag items in personal history - correct answer-*exercise-induced:*
-chest pain/pressure
-lightheadedness
-syncope
-dizziness
-palpitations
-dysrhythmias
*previous acute CHF*
red flag items in family history - correct answer--premature *sudden death* <50 yo
-early *CAD* or coronary anomalies
-recurrent *syncope*
-lethal *dysrhythmias* requiring urgent treatment
Water-hammer pulse definition - correct answer--Rapid rise and fall with elevated
systolic and low diastolic pressure
what is Water-hammer pulse associated with - correct answer-HCM
aortic regurgitation
severe mitral regurgitation
patent ductus arteriosus
