Author Question: Which of the following are global monitoring indexes? 1. APACHE 2. APS 3. TISS 4. ATS a. 1 and 3 ... (Read 16 times)

madam-professor · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

Which of the following are global monitoring indexes? 1. APACHE 2. APS 3. TISS 4. ATS

a. 1 and 3 only
b. 1, 2, and 3 only
c. 2 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4

Question 2

Which of the following are used to determine a patient's neurologic status? 1. Measuring VD/VT ratio 2. Pupillary response and eye movement 3. Corneal and gag reflex 4. Respiratory rate and pattern

a. 1 and 3 only
b. 1, 2, and 3 only
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 2, 3, and 4 only

soda0602 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 16, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
These indices (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation APACHE 1, 2, 3 and 4, Acute Physiology Score APS, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System TISS, and Burns Weaning Assessment Program BWAP) are determinations of scores from a number of monitored values obtained from snapshots of the patient's condition, usually during the first 24 hr after hospital admission.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Neurologic examinations include evaluation of the following: mental status, pupillary response, eye movements, corneal responses, gag reflex, respiratory rate and pattern, motor evaluation, and sensory evaluation.