NR 601 Week 2; Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics
questions with verified answers
A patient with HFpEF will have what heart sounds? Ans✓✓✓ S4 gallop.
A patient with HFrEF will have what heart sounds? Ans✓✓✓ S3 heart sounds
with soft heart sounds—possibly a mitral valve regurgitation murmur.
An anticoagulation strategy is necessary for patients with atrial fibrillation to
decrease the risk of stroke. True or False Ans✓✓✓ True.
How do you calculate pack-year? Ans✓✓✓ take the amount of packs per day
times the amount of years the patient has smoked.
How does a patient present who has asthma? Ans✓✓✓ Chest tightness,
intermittent and nocturnal wheezing, and dyspnea. Cough may be the only
symptom.
How does a patient with ILD present? Ans✓✓✓ Dyspnea, nonproductive cough,
inspiratory rales, clubbing on nails.
How does spirometry testing diagnose coronary artery disease? Ans✓✓✓ A
percent decrease predicted FEV1 is a risk factor for coronary artery disease.
How is HTN diagnosed? Ans✓✓✓ A diagnosis of HTN should be based on 2 or
more BP readings obtained on 2 or more separate occasions.
, If a patient has a hx of stroke or TIA, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ THIAZ, ACE or ARB, CCB.
If a patient were to be post MI, what is the treatment of choice for their HTN?
Ans✓✓✓ BB, ACE or ARB, ALDO ANT.
If a patient were to have a high cardiovascular risk or IHD (ischemic hear disease),
what I site treatment of choice for HTN? Ans✓✓✓ BB, ACE, or ARB.
If a patient were to have an diabetes, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ ACE or ARB, CCV, THIAZ, BB.
If a patient were to have angina pectoris, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ BB, CCB.
If a patient were to have chronic kidney disease, what is the treatment of choice
for their HTN? Ans✓✓✓ ACE or ARB.
If a patient were to have heart failure, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ BB, ACE or ARB, ALDO ANT.
In a patient with non-compelling indications, what is the medication of choice for
a patient with HTN? Ans✓✓✓ Non-black person: Thiazide diuretic or CCB or ACE
or ARB, alone or in combination.
Out of the 2 main types of lung cancer, which one metastasizes faster? Ans✓✓✓
Small cell lung cancer.
questions with verified answers
A patient with HFpEF will have what heart sounds? Ans✓✓✓ S4 gallop.
A patient with HFrEF will have what heart sounds? Ans✓✓✓ S3 heart sounds
with soft heart sounds—possibly a mitral valve regurgitation murmur.
An anticoagulation strategy is necessary for patients with atrial fibrillation to
decrease the risk of stroke. True or False Ans✓✓✓ True.
How do you calculate pack-year? Ans✓✓✓ take the amount of packs per day
times the amount of years the patient has smoked.
How does a patient present who has asthma? Ans✓✓✓ Chest tightness,
intermittent and nocturnal wheezing, and dyspnea. Cough may be the only
symptom.
How does a patient with ILD present? Ans✓✓✓ Dyspnea, nonproductive cough,
inspiratory rales, clubbing on nails.
How does spirometry testing diagnose coronary artery disease? Ans✓✓✓ A
percent decrease predicted FEV1 is a risk factor for coronary artery disease.
How is HTN diagnosed? Ans✓✓✓ A diagnosis of HTN should be based on 2 or
more BP readings obtained on 2 or more separate occasions.
, If a patient has a hx of stroke or TIA, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ THIAZ, ACE or ARB, CCB.
If a patient were to be post MI, what is the treatment of choice for their HTN?
Ans✓✓✓ BB, ACE or ARB, ALDO ANT.
If a patient were to have a high cardiovascular risk or IHD (ischemic hear disease),
what I site treatment of choice for HTN? Ans✓✓✓ BB, ACE, or ARB.
If a patient were to have an diabetes, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ ACE or ARB, CCV, THIAZ, BB.
If a patient were to have angina pectoris, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ BB, CCB.
If a patient were to have chronic kidney disease, what is the treatment of choice
for their HTN? Ans✓✓✓ ACE or ARB.
If a patient were to have heart failure, what is the treatment of choice for their
HTN? Ans✓✓✓ BB, ACE or ARB, ALDO ANT.
In a patient with non-compelling indications, what is the medication of choice for
a patient with HTN? Ans✓✓✓ Non-black person: Thiazide diuretic or CCB or ACE
or ARB, alone or in combination.
Out of the 2 main types of lung cancer, which one metastasizes faster? Ans✓✓✓
Small cell lung cancer.
