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cd /tmp/workspace/attachments/a879a486-afe9-4643-929f-b6808a8eeb92/ && python3 -c " from pptx import Presentation import os files = ['7. Vital Signs.pptx', '6. Percussion & Auscultation.pptx', '5. Inspection & Palpation.pptx'] for f in files: print('='*80) print(f) print('='*80) prs = Presentation(f) for i, slide in enumerate(prs.slides, 1): texts = [] for shape in slide.shapes: if shape.has_text_frame and shape.text_frame.text.strip(): texts.append(shape.text_frame.text) if shape.has_table: tbl = shape.table for row in tbl.rows: for cell in row.cells: if cell.text.strip(): texts.append(cell.text) if texts: print(f'--- Slide {i} ---') for t in texts: print(t) print() "

Extracted all three decks. Here are 30 single-line revision Q&As per document, based directly on the slide content.

7. Vital Signs

  1. Q: Normal core body temperature? A: ~37°C (98.6°F).
  2. Q: When is body temperature lowest in the day? A: Early morning.
  3. Q: When is body temperature highest? A: Afternoon/evening.
  4. Q: Who has a wider normal temperature range, men or women? A: Women.
  5. Q: Main disadvantage of oral temperature site? A: Inaccurate if client just ate/drank hot/cold food or smoked.
  6. Q: Advantage of axillary temperature site? A: Safe and noninvasive.
  7. Q: What can distort a tympanic temperature reading? A: Presence of cerumen (earwax).
  8. Q: Which site reflects core temperature fastest? A: Tympanic membrane.
  9. Q: Limitation of the temporal artery site? A: Needs electronic equipment; affected by forehead sweat.
  10. Q: Risk of rectal temperature measurement? A: Could injure the rectum.
  11. Q: Average adult pulse rate/range? A: 80 (60-100) beats/min.
  12. Q: Average newborn pulse rate/range? A: 130 (80-180) beats/min.
  13. Q: Average adult respiratory rate/range? A: 16 (12-20) breaths/min.
  14. Q: Average newborn respiratory rate/range? A: 35 (30-60) breaths/min.
  15. Q: Three types of sphygmomanometer? A: Mercury, aneroid, digital.
  16. Q: Ideal cuff bladder width vs arm circumference? A: About 40%.
  17. Q: Ideal cuff bladder length vs arm circumference? A: About 80%.
  18. Q: Standard BP cuff size? A: 12 x 23 cm.
  19. Q: Max arm circumference for a standard cuff? A: Up to 28 cm.
  20. Q: How long avoid smoking/caffeine/exercise before BP check? A: 30 minutes.
  21. Q: How long should patient sit quietly before BP measurement? A: 5 minutes.
  22. Q: Where should the brachial artery be positioned for BP measurement? A: At heart level (level with 4th intercostal space at sternum).
  23. Q: Where is the stethoscope placed for BP measurement? A: Bell over the brachial artery.
  24. Q: What does the first Korotkoff sound mark? A: Systolic pressure.
  25. Q: What does disappearance of Korotkoff sounds mark? A: Diastolic pressure.
  26. Q: How much above estimated systolic should the cuff be inflated? A: 30 mm Hg.
  27. Q: How should initial BP be measured? A: In both arms, at least once.
  28. Q: What is white coat hypertension? A: BP high in clinic but normal at home/outside.
  29. Q: How to confirm white coat hypertension? A: Home BP monitoring or ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM).
  30. Q: Duration of ambulatory BP monitoring? A: 24 hours.

6. Percussion & Auscultation

  1. Q: Four components of physical examination? A: Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation.
  2. Q: Definition of inspection? A: Visual exam for abnormalities, posture, movement, skin changes, asymmetry.
  3. Q: Definition of palpation? A: Touch-based assessment of temperature, texture, tenderness, swelling, organ size.
  4. Q: Definition of percussion? A: Tapping body surfaces to assess structures via the sound produced.
  5. Q: Definition of auscultation? A: Listening to body sounds (heart, lungs, bowel), usually with a stethoscope.
  6. Q: What is direct (immediate) percussion? A: Tapping directly on skin with one or two fingers.
  7. Q: Where is direct percussion used? A: Frontal/maxillary sinuses, rib tenderness.
  8. Q: What is indirect (mediate) percussion? A: Pleximeter hand on the body, tapped by the plexor finger of the other hand.
  9. Q: Which finger acts as pleximeter in chest percussion? A: Middle finger of the non-dominant hand.
  10. Q: Percussion note over normal lung? A: Resonance.
  11. Q: Percussion note over hyperinflated/child lung? A: Hyperresonance.
  12. Q: Percussion note over intestines? A: Tympany.
  13. Q: Percussion note over bone/muscle? A: Flatness.
  14. Q: Percussion note over dense organs? A: Dullness.
  15. Q: Causes of dull lung percussion? A: Pneumonia, pleural effusion, lung tumor, atelectasis.
  16. Q: Causes of hyperresonant lung percussion? A: Pneumothorax, emphysema.
  17. Q: Cause of tympanic lung percussion? A: Large pneumothorax.
  18. Q: What organs does auscultation primarily assess? A: Heart, lungs, abdomen.
  19. Q: Where are vesicular breath sounds best heard? A: Over most/peripheral lung fields.
  20. Q: Timing of vesicular breath sounds? A: Throughout inspiration and first third of expiration.
  21. Q: What are crackles and when heard? A: Popping sounds at end of inspiration (e.g., pneumonia).
  22. Q: What is wheezing and its cause? A: Whistling sound on exhalation from lower airway narrowing (asthma/bronchitis).
  23. Q: What is stridor and its cause? A: High-pitched inspiratory sound from upper airway obstruction.
  24. Q: Location of aortic auscultation area? A: Right 2nd intercostal space, parasternal.
  25. Q: Location of pulmonary auscultation area? A: Left 2nd intercostal space, parasternal.
  26. Q: Location of tricuspid auscultation area? A: Left lower sternal border, 4th-5th intercostal space.
  27. Q: Location of mitral (apex) area? A: Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line.
  28. Q: Location of Erb's point? A: Third left intercostal space.
  29. Q: Which percussion type is used for deep organs (lungs, heart, abdomen)? A: Indirect (mediate) percussion.
  30. Q: Four components of overall clinical assessment? A: History, physical exam, lab tests, instrumental investigations.

5. Inspection & Palpation

  1. Q: What is general inspection? A: Overall assessment of appearance, posture, movement, behavior.
  2. Q: What is focused inspection? A: Detailed exam of a specific area/system based on findings or complaints.
  3. Q: Three body habitus types? A: Normosthenic, asthenic, hypersthenic.
  4. Q: Body type in Marfan syndrome? A: Ectomorphic.
  5. Q: What is arachnodactyly? A: Long, slender "spider" fingers (Marfan syndrome).
  6. Q: What is pectus excavatum? A: Sunken chest (Marfan syndrome).
  7. Q: Causes of pallor? A: Anemia, blood loss, shock, vasoconstriction.
  8. Q: Causes of jaundice? A: Liver disease, hemolysis, neonatal jaundice.
  9. Q: Cause of cyanosis? A: Hypoxia (heart failure, asthma).
  10. Q: Cause of erythema? A: Fever, infection, inflammation.
  11. Q: Cause of hyperpigmentation? A: Hemochromatosis.
  12. Q: Cause of hypopigmentation? A: Vitiligo, albinism.
  13. Q: Condition causing "moon face"? A: Cushing's syndrome.
  14. Q: Condition causing mask-like face? A: Parkinson's disease.
  15. Q: What is exophthalmos and cause? A: Bulging eyes; hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease).
  16. Q: Cause of miosis? A: Opioid overdose.
  17. Q: Cause of mydriasis? A: Brain injury or atropine.
  18. Q: Nail finding in chronic hypoxia? A: Clubbing.
  19. Q: Nail finding in iron-deficiency anemia? A: Koilonychia (spoon-shaped nails).
  20. Q: Nail finding in cirrhosis? A: Terry's nails.
  21. Q: Nail finding in infective endocarditis? A: Splinter hemorrhages.
  22. Q: Cause of unilateral leg swelling? A: DVT.
  23. Q: Cause of bilateral leg edema? A: Heart failure, kidney or liver disease.
  24. Q: Cause of periorbital edema? A: Allergies, nephrotic syndrome.
  25. Q: What is pectus carinatum and cause? A: Protruding chest; rickets.
  26. Q: What is Cheyne-Stokes breathing and cause? A: Cyclical breathing with pauses; brain damage/heart failure.
  27. Q: What is caput medusae and cause? A: Dilated abdominal veins; portal hypertension.
  28. Q: Purpose of ballottement? A: Detects fluid-filled structures.
  29. Q: What are petechiae? A: Small (<3mm) non-blanching red/purple spots from subcutaneous bleeding.
  30. Q: What is excoriation? A: Superficial skin abrasion from scratching/rubbing.
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