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Vital Signs Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What respiratory pattern suggests stroke?✔✔ Cheyne-Stokes
How does anemia affect SpO2?✔✔ Normal SpO2
What blood pressure reading suggests crisis?✔✔ >180/120 + symptoms
Why is pulse pressure important?✔✔ Stroke volume
What temperature pattern suggests malaria?✔✔ Paroxysms
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How does CHF affect JVD?✔✔ Elevated
What pulse characteristic suggests PE?✔✔ Accentuated P2
Why should you avoid axillary temps in hypothermia?✔✔ Poor perfusion
What vital sign combination suggests MI?✔✔ Tachycardia + hypotension
How does asthma affect expiration?✔✔ Prolonged
What blood pressure phenomenon occurs with ICP?✔✔ Cushing's triad
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Why is respiratory rate key in pneumonia?✔✔ >30 = severe
What temperature route is best for OR?✔✔ Nasopharyngeal
How does PE affect D-dimer?✔✔ Elevated
What pulse pattern suggests VTach?✔✔ Wide complex
Why should you avoid oral temps in dyspnea?✔✔ Mouth closed
What respiratory pattern suggests OD?✔✔ Slow (opioids), fast (stimulants)
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How does shock affect skin?✔✔ Cool/clammy
What blood pressure reading suggests dissection?✔✔ Arm-leg difference
Why is SpO2 unreliable in CO poisoning?✔✔ COHb mimics O2Hb
What is the most reliable way to take a temperature in an uncooperative toddler?✔✔ Rectal or temporal artery method for accuracy
How does crying affect a child's respiratory rate measurement?✔✔ Crying increases respiratory rate - wait until calm for true baseline
Why should you never take blood pressure on an arm with a dialysis shunt?✔✔ Risk of damaging the shunt and compromising vascular access
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