KAPLAN MED-SURG FINAL EXAM | KMS / KP MS2 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW & RATIONALES | MEDICAL-SURGICAL A REMEDIATION | PASS-READY cardioversion - --ANSWER ---used for A Fib and V Tach that is symptomatic diagnostic test of Myasthenia Gravis - --ANSWER ---tension test - if they improve after, than they are in fact in myasthenia crisis if tension test causes pt to become worse - --ANSWER ---than they are in cholinergic crisis Cholinergic crisis pts - --ANSWER ---they have more energy in the morning and less in the afternoon Cushing's triad - --ANSWER ---indicates severe =CP -- change in respirations, widening PP and slow :R osmotic diuretic - --ANSWER ---Mannitol avoid strain - --ANSWER ---=CP patients, pts with hematologic issues and bleeding (hemophilia), pts postop compartment syndrome - --ANSWER ---swelling behind the fascia this is why it is important to asses patients pain for location, quality and intensity after a leg surgery, or limb trauma - --ANSWER ---compartment syndrome (ischemia can occur in 4-8 hours) 5 P's - --ANSWER ---of compartment syndrome (Pain distal to injury, increasing Pressure, Paresthesia, Pallor, Paralysis or loss of function and Pulselessness or diminished pulse may be the first indicator of impending compartment syndrome - --ANSWER ---unrelieved