Cardiopulmonary System Flashcards
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A patient post-CABG has a sternal precaution. Which activity should be avoided?
Answer: Lifting objects greater than 5–10 lbs
Sternal precautions after CABG restrict lifting >5–10 lbs to protect the healing sternotomy from stress.
Normal blood pressure response to exercise includes:
Answer: Increase in systolic BP with stable or slight decrease in diastolic BP
During exercise, systolic BP rises with increased cardiac output while diastolic BP remains stable or slightly decreases due to vasodilation.
Orthostatic hypotension is defined as a drop in systolic BP of at least:
Answer: 20 mmHg upon standing
Orthostatic hypotension is a ≥20 mmHg drop in systolic or ≥10 mmHg drop in diastolic BP within 3 minutes of standing.
Which phase of cardiac rehabilitation focuses on supervised inpatient exercise after a cardiac event?
Answer: Phase I
Phase I cardiac rehabilitation is the acute inpatient phase, beginning while the patient is still hospitalized.
Clubbing of the fingers is associated with:
Answer: Chronic hypoxia from cardiopulmonary disease
Digital clubbing is associated with chronic hypoxemia from conditions such as cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, and congenital heart disease.
A patient's ECG shows a heart rate of 150 bpm with narrow QRS complexes. This is most consistent with:
Answer: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
Narrow-complex tachycardia at 150 bpm is characteristic of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).