Description : People who take blood pressure medicine: does your heart rate go up a little when your BP is lower?
Last Answer : No, but I’d think if you are taking Thyroid replacement would cause a rise in heart rate.
Description : Hormone connected with increase rate if gluconeogenesis, blood pressure and heart beat is
Last Answer : Hormone connected with increase rate if gluconeogenesis, blood pressure and heart beat is A. Insulin B. Glucagon C. Adrenaline D. FSH
Description : An 18-year-old man shot once in the left chest has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm. Hg, a heart rate of 130 beats per minute, and distended neck veins. Immediate treatment might include: A. ... of the left chest in the second intercostal space. D. Emergency thoracotomy to cross-clamp the aorta.
Last Answer : Answer: AC DISCUSSION: The finding of distended neck veins in conjunction with hypotension should suggest tension pneumothorax or pericardial tamponade. Absent ipsilateral breath sounds and a trachea ... injuries. There is no role for aortic cross-clamping in this scenario of cardiogenic shock
Description : Drugs that block the a receptor on effector cells at adrenergic nerve endings (a) Antagonize the effects of isoproterenol on the heart rate (b) Antagonize some of the effects of epinephrine on ... the effects of epinephrine on adenylyl cyclase (d) Cause mydriasis (e) Decreases blood glucose levels
Last Answer : Ans: B
Description : The major common determinant of myocardial oxygen consumption is (a) Blood volume (b) Cardiac output (c) Diastolic blood pressure (d) Heart rate (e) Myocardial fiber tension
Last Answer : Ans: E
Description : When digoxin is used in a patient with congestive heart failure (CHF), it works by exerting a positive effect on (a) Stroke volume (b) Total peripheral resistance (c) Heart rate (d) Blood pressure (e) Venous return
Last Answer : Ans: A
Description : Pulse reading is done by doctors to find out (a) Temperature (b) Heart beat (c) Blood pressure (d) Respiration rate
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) - (1) inhibits the secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary (2) inhibits the rate of heart beat (3) causes the muscular walls of the arterioles to contract that simulates the reabsorption of water from the kidney tubules (4) causes an increase in the blood pressure
Last Answer : (3) causes the muscular walls of the arterioles to contract that simulates the reabsorption of water from the kidney tubules
Description : Hypertension is the term used for – (1) increase in heart rate (2) decrease in heart rate (3) decrease in blood pressure (4) increase in blood pressure
Last Answer : (4) increase in blood pressure Explanation: Hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through the blood vessels.
Description : Select the correct statement from the ones given below. (a) Barbiturates, when given to criminals, make them tell the truth. (b) Morphine is often given to persons, who have undergone surgery, ... pressure and heart rate. (d) Cocaine is given to patients after surgery as it stimulates recovery.
Last Answer : (b) Morphine is often given to persons, who have undergone surgery, as a pain killer.
Description : In rapid eye movement sleep, the following are seen: a. increased heart rate b. increased systolic blood pressure c. decreased respiratory rate d. all above
Last Answer : increased systolic blood pressure
Description : Nor-epinephrine (i) is released by sympathetic fibers (ii) is released by parasympathetic fibers (iii)increases the heart rate (iv) decreases blood pressure. Which of the above statements are correct? (a) (i) and (iii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (ii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)
Last Answer : (a) (i) and (iii)
Description : Which of the following terms describes the amount of blood ejected per heartbeat? a) Stroke volume Stroke volume is determined by preload, afterload, and contractility. b) Cardiac output Cardiac output ... must overcome to eject blood during systole and is one of the determinants of stroke volume.
Last Answer : a) Stroke volume Stroke volume is determined by preload, afterload, and contractility.
Description : When the nurse observes that the patient's systolic blood pressure is less than 80-90 mm Hg, respirations are rapid and shallow, heart rate is over 150 beats per minute, and ... d) Irreversible In refractory or irreversible shock, the patient requires complete mechanical and pharmacologic support.
Last Answer : a) Compensatory In compensatory shock, the patient’s blood pressure is normal, respirations are above 20, and heart rate is above 100 but below 150.
Description : A 40-year-old politician suffered from attacks of chest pain diagnosed as angina pectoris. He had a tense personality, resting heart rate was 96/min, blood pressure 170/104 mm Hg, but ... antihypertensive for initial therapy in his case: A. Nifedipine B. Hydrochlorothiazide C. Atenolol D. Methyldopa
Last Answer : C. Atenolol
Description : Select the drug that may improve myocardial tolerance to ischaemia and reduce anginal attacks without altering heart rate, blood pressure or myocardial O2 consumption: A. Trimetazidine B. Nicorandil C. Dipyridamole D. Nicotinic acid
Last Answer : A. Trimetazidine
Description : The dose of digoxin in congestive heart failure is adjusted by monitoring: A. Electrocardiogram B. Heart rate and symptoms of CHF C. Blood pressure D. Plasma digoxin levels
Last Answer : B. Heart rate and symptoms of CH
Description : If a patient being anaesthetised with ether is unconscious, has regular respiration, blood pressure and heart rate are normal, corneal reflex is present and eyeballs are roving, the patient is in: A. Stage II B. Stage III plane 1 C. Stage III plane 2 D. Stage III plane 3
Last Answer : B. Stage III plane 1
Description : Succinylcholine is the preferred muscle relaxant for tracheal intubation because: A. It produces rapid and complete paralysis of respiratory muscles with quick recovery B. It does not alter heart rate or ... C. It does not cause histamine release D. It does not produce postoperative muscle soreness
Last Answer : A. It produces rapid and complete paralysis of respiratory muscles with quick recovery
Description : In a patient of hypertension, the dose of propranolol that normalized blood pressure, reduced resting heart rate to 50/min. Which of the following β blockers will be most suitable for him as an ... so that heart rate is not markedly reduced: A. Pindolol B. Celiprolol C. Bisoprolol D. Atenolol
Last Answer : A. Pindolol
Description : Hypertension is the term used for (1) increase in heart rate (2) decrease in heart rate (3) decrease in blood pressure (4) increase in blood pressure
Last Answer : increase in blood pressure
Description : Is there a relationship between heart disease and blood sugar levels ?
Last Answer : : Yes , there is a deep connection. Patients with diabetes are more likely to have a heart attack.
Description : Newton's law of viscosity is a relationship between (A) Shear stress and the rate of angular distortion (B) Shear stress and viscosity (C) Shear stress, velocity and viscosity (D) Pressure, velocity and viscosity
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Newton's law of viscosity is a relationship between (A) Pressure, velocity and temperature (B) Shear stress and rate of shear strain (C) Shear stress and velocity (D) Rate of shear strain and temperature
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the relationship between cardiac function and effective blood volume? a. A pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 5-10 rules out ... sole purpose of a pulmonary artery catheter is to measure pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac output
Last Answer : Answer: b, c Although physical findings are often adequate to establish a diagnosis and institute management of cardiac failure, direct measurement of filling pressures of the right heart ( ... blood volume is normal, filling pressures are normal, and total body extracellular fluid is excessive
Description : Relationship between arterial blood pressure (BP), cardiac outpur (CO) and peripheral vascular resistance (PVR) can be described as (a) BP = COxPVR (b) BP = CO/PVR (c) BP = PVR/CO (d) None of the above
Description : Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors reduce the following haemodynamic parameters in congestive heart failure except: A. Systemic vascular resistance B. Right atrial pressure C. Cardiac output D. Heart rate × pressure product
Last Answer : C. Cardiac output
Description : Full activation of the sympathetic nervous system, as in maximal exercise, can produce all of the following responses except (a) Bronchial relaxation (b) Decreases intestinal motility (c) Increased renal blood flow (d) Mydriasis (e) Increased heart rate (tachycardia)
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : Major beneficial effect of nitrates in classical angina is due to (a) Dilation of veins more than arteries (b) Increase in total coronary blood flow (c) An increase in the end diastolic size of the heart (d) An increase in the heart rate
Description : The term ‘active immunity’ means (a) increasing rate of heart beat (b) increasing quantity of blood (c) resistance developed after disease (d) resistance developed before disease.
Last Answer : (c) resistance developed after disease
Description : What would be the heart rate of a person if the cardiac output is 5 L, blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole is 100 mL and at the end of ventricular systole is 50 mL ? (a) 125 beats per minute (b) 50 beats per minute (c) 75 beats per minute (d) 100 beats per minute
Last Answer : (d) 100 beats per minute
Description : Which of the following terms indicates the amount of blood pumped out of the ventricle with each contraction of the heart? a) Stroke volume Stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped out ( ... d) Preload Preload is the pressure created by a volume of blood within a ventricle before contraction.
Last Answer : a) Stroke volume Stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped out (ejected) with each contraction of the heart (heart beat). Stroke volume times heart rate equals cardiac output.
Description : if you suspect atrial flutter : Consider digoxin if not already in use because it frequently increases the conduction ratio and decreases the ventricular rate. , Avoid adrenergic and ... to the muscle decrease blood supply to the muscle the heart trying to beat fast ______________________________
Last Answer : decrease O2 supply to the muscle