NURS 5433 Module 7--Valve Disorders Assessment
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What are the most common types of murmurs? - Answers-Aortic and mitral
What are the three reasons you would hear a murmur? - Answers-stenosis,
regurgitation, anemia
Are systolic or diastolic murmurs more common? - Answers-systolic
Which types of murmurs are always pathological? - Answers-diastolic
Name the systolic murmurs - Answers-Aortic Stenosis, Pulmonic stenosis, tricuspid
regurgitation, mitral regurgitation
Name the diastolic murmurs - Answers-Aortic regurgitation, pulmonic regurgitation,
mitral stenosis, tricuspid stenosis
What are the 7 S's of innocent murmurs? - Answers-Soft
short
systolic
single without gallops or clicks
symptomless
standing/sitting changes murmur
small area without radiation
Name 5 risk factors for a murmur - Answers-Age, pregnancy, anemia, congenital heart
disease, HTN
What do you assess when listening to a murmur - Answers-- LLTQS
- Location of murmur
-Loudness (how loud it is)
- Timing of murmur (systolic or diastolic)
- Quality
- Shape (cresendo or decresendo)
What is Still's Venus Hum murmur? - Answers-The most common innocent murmur of
childhood characterized by a low pitched systolic ejection murumur.
"soft, short and systolic"
What are some s/s of a pathologic murmur - Answers-- CARS
- Central cyanosis
- Abnormal pulse
- Respiratory distress
