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ACCS Respiratory Questions and Answers Graded A+

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ACCS Respiratory Questions and Answers Graded A+ Normal Urine Output ✔✔40 mL/hr (approx. 1 Liter/day) Decreased CVP (<2 mmHg) ✔✔Hypovolemia Increased CVP (>6 mmHg) ✔✔Hypervolemia Glas... gow Coma Scale (GCS) ✔✔Eye-opening response Spontaneous opening- 4 To verbal stimuli- 3 To pain- 2 None- 1 Most appropriate verbal response Oriented- 5 Confused- 4 Inappropriate words- 3 Incoherent- 2 None- 1 Most intergrated motor response (arm) Obeys commands- 6 Localizes pain- 5 Withdraws from pain- 4 Flexion to pain- 3 Extension to pain- 2 None- 1 Orthopnea ✔✔ability to breathe only in an upright position (CHF, Heart problem) General malaise ✔✔Run down feeling, nausea, weakness, fatigue, headache (electrolyte imbalance) Dyspnea ✔✔Grade 1- occurs after unusual exertion Grade 2- breathless after going up hills or stairs Grade 3- while walking at normal speed Grade 4- slowly walking a short distance Grade 5- at rest, shaving, dressing, etc. vasovagal syncope ✔✔Common dizziness and fainting, caused by loss of peripheral venous tone orthostatic hypotension ✔✔Excessive drop in BP when assuming the standing position Carotid sinus syncope ✔✔Associated with hypertension carotid sinus - more common in elderly patients Cough (tussive) syncope ✔✔Transient loss of consciousness following severe coughing [Show More]

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