question archive nursing:cardiac class Question 1 What is the Bernheim effect and the reverse Bernheim effect? Question 2 Kindly explain why the left side of the heart is more prone to disease
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Question 1
What is the Bernheim effect and the reverse Bernheim effect?
Question 2
Kindly explain why the left side of the heart is more prone to disease.
Question 3
1. Is it always necessary to examine the cardiovascular system of a
patient in the 45° incline of the head end? Other than convenience for
examining the jugular venous pressure (JVP), does this position have
any other advantage?
2. If the JVP is not visible when the patient is in the upright position, can
one presume it is not raised?
Question 4
The mitral area (of auscultation) normally corresponds with the apex
beat. When the heart is dilated and the apex beat is shifted laterally, will
the mitral area follow the apex beat to its new location or remain at the
place where the apex beat is normally situated?
Question 5
Please explain in detail how to measure the pulsus paradoxus using
a sphygmomanometer.
Question 6
What is the difference between dicrotic pulse and pulsus bisferiens?
Question 7
1. Why does the radial pulse become more prominent when the hand is
lifted overhead?
2. Please explain the mechanism of a collapsing pulse. Which is the best
artery to elicit it: radial, brachial or carotid?
Question 8
What is the mechanism of Durozier's sign?
Question 9
What effects o aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation and coarctation of the
aorta have on systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and why do they
produce these effects?
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