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What are symptoms?
Causes the patient to seek medical attention.
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What are signs?
Indicates the presence of a pathological condition.
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Give 2 examples of a enhanced visualization tool:
otoscope,ophthalmoscope
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Give an examples of a indirect visualization tool:
Pharyngeal mirror
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Give an example of a external palpation and a internal palpation.
External palpation: abdominal, thyroid; Internal palpation: pelvic exam,digital rectal exam.
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Give an example of an auscultation tool:
Stethoscope.
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Radiography is a.k.a?
X-ray/radiography/ roentenography
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A radiography is ordered by who and why?
Ordered by the anesthesia provider for identification of lung abnormalities that may interfere with the exchange of gases during anesthesia.
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A portable x-ray is used for what reasons?
- -Identify the location of abnormalities and foreign bodies.
- -Located retained sponges, sharps, or instruments.
- -Discover fluid or air within body cavities.
- -Verify fluid/air within body cavities.
- -Verifythe correct location for an operative procedure.
- -Aid in bone realignment and prosthesis placement.
- -Verifyplacement of indwelling catheters, tubes, and drains.
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An anterior/posterior (AP) radiographic views require that the film be placed where?
Underneath the patient.
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What is a mammography used for?
To locate tumors of the breast in their early stages.
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What is a myelography used for?
Used to evaluate the spine for patients, it also can outline bone tissue.
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A fluroscopy is used for what, and what is it projected on to?
Projects images of the body structures onto a monitor.
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What is an angiography used for?
Assessing the cause & severity of peripheral vascular disease.
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Cardiac catherization permits the evaluation of what?
Heart function, visualization of coronary arteries and cardiac chamber and the measurement of pressure within the cardiac chambers.
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What is a cholangiography used for?
Used to outline calculi/ other obstruction under fluoroscopy.
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What does a CAT produce, and what is it better used for?
X-raymachine that produces pictures of the body parts in slices. CTscanning is better for emergencies related to the brain because is is faster and better able to detect fresh bleeding.
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What does a pet scan help identify?
How different areas of the brain function by highlighting chemical metabolic activity.
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What does a MRI produce and what is it good for?
Produces pictures of the body parts in slices, but it can be taken from any direction. Good for imaging soft tissue.
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What is an ultrasound good for?
Examination of the fetus.
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What does a echocardiography provide?
Two dimensional image of the heart.
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What does a doppler monitor do?
Measures blood flow that transmits the sound of moving RBC's to the transducer.
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What is a Doppler ultrasonography used for in the OR?
To determine the patency of arterial anastomosis.
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A collections of isotopes in a certain area are referred to as a what? And what may it indicate?
“hotspot” and may indicate the presence of a pathological condition.
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How does radiation therapy work?
Radiation kills cells by interfering with their metabolic activity.
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What is a smear & brush biopsy?
Fluid with cells that can be smeared & fixed on a microscope slide.
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What is a aspiration biopsy?
Is the removal of fluid through a needle attached to a syringe.
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How must a frozen section be sent to the pathology department?
It must be sent dry; placed in a specimen container of the right sizewith no preservative.
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How must a permanent section be sent to the pathology department?
In a preservative such as formalin.
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How must calculi be sent to pathology?
Dry.
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Why is a cultured performed?
Aculture is performed to determine the exact organism.
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What bacteria will die quickly if exposed to air?
Anaerobic bacteria.
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A gram positive will fade into what color?
Fade to blue.
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A gram negative will fade into what color?
Fade to pink.
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CFS is withdrawn from what area of the spinal column? And what color is it normally?
The lumbar area. The fluid is normally clear.
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What is thoracentesis? And why is this done?
The placement of a needle into a posterior portion of the pleural space.Generally performed to diagnose an inflammatory diseases of the pleura or the lung.
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What is a electrocardiography done for?
To detect and evaluate all forms of heart disease, especially MI.
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What is an electroencephalograph used for?
Used to display and record the electrical activity of the brain.
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What is a electromyography used for?
The study and recording of the electrical activity of skeletal muscle.
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What is a pulse oximetry used for?
Measures the oxygen saturation.
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What is a capnography used for?
To measures the amount of carbon dioxide that is exhaled.
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What is a spirometry used for?
Its use to evaluate the lung capacity, resistance, and ventilatory pressure.
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What is a endoscopy used for?
To directly visualize internal structures for diagnostic purposes.
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A plethysomagraphy used on what type of patients? And what is it used for?
Patients with diffuse small vessel arterial disease, especially diabetics. To determines the amount of blood present in a extremity/passing through it.
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What is used to diagnose deep vein thrombosis?
Aphleborheography.
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