Student Presentation Test Questions

• What measurements indicate increased risk for AAA rupture?

  •  5.0cm for females, 5.5cm for males
• What form of imaging is the gold standard for diagnosing AAA?

  • CTA
•  What percentage of heart rate reserve (HRR) should your patient with an AAA be working within during cardiovascular fitness exercises while they are in your care prior to surgery?

  • 60-80%
• What is the cause of coal worker's pneumoconiosis?

  • fibrosis in lung tissue from inhaling dust particles in and around coal mines
• How can coal worker's pneumoconiosis be prevented?

  • Wearing a mask at work, wash skin/clothes that comes into contact with dust, mines limit amount of dust in the air
• Is coal worker's pneumoconiosis considered an obstructive or restrictive lung disease?

  • Both-ish; begins restrictive, but can lead to obstructive
• Which of the following is not a complication of sickle cell anemia?

  • glomerulonephritis
• What is the inheritance pattern of sickle cell anemia?

  • autosomal recessive
• All of the following are treatments for sickle cell anemia except?

  • iron supplements
• All of the following lab values are to be closely monitored for a patient with a Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), EXCEPT?

  • magnesium
• Of the following classes of medication, which are MOST likely to be used for the medical management of VTE?

  • anticoagulants & thrombolytics
• Of the following screening/prediction tools, which is the most commonly used to assess the risk of VTE in both UE and LE in hospitalized patients?

  • Padua Prediction Score
• What type of pneumonia is the most common in patients with dementia?

  • aspiration pneumonia
• What is the prognosis of pneumonia?

  1-2 weeks
• Which is not a symptom of pneumonia?

  Bradycardia