Nr 509 Midterm Exam Questions (74 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

Talkative patient {Ans: repeat what she said in the first 5 minutes and get her to focus on one aspect of what she told you}Presentation of retinal detachment {Ans: If sudden visual loss is unilateral and painless,}Tension headache {Ans: A headache located all over the head, is a tightness, and is noted after looking at a computer all day}Health History {Ans: ● Identifying data and source of the history; reliability ● Chief complaint(s) ● Present illness ● Past history ● Family history ● Personal and social history ● Review of systems}signs of asthma {Ans: wheezes absent breath sounds & abnormal retraction (severe asthma) hyperresonance}Signs of increased ICP {Ans: Papilledema ( pink, hyperemic, loss of venous pulsations, disc more visible, disc swollen with blurred margins, physiologic cup not visible)}Cause of saddle numbness and urinary retention {Ans: Cauda equina syndrome}Acromion {Ans: }tracheal sounds {Ans: Loud, harsh sounds heard over the trachea in the neck}Labs for vitiligo {Ans: thyroid (hyperthyroidism)}