Cardiac Inflammation Quiz: Endo Or Peri?

1. Pericarditis may be caused by viral, bacterial, or autoimmune etiologies. Which virus is most common?

Influenza

Coxsackievirus

Coronavirus

Adenovirus

2. Which finding helps differentiate endocarditis from pericarditis on physical exam?

Friction rub

New cardiac murmur

Chest pain on inspiration

Pericardial knock

3. A patient with pericarditis is prescribed colchicine. What is the expected benefit?

Antibiotic effect

Reduces inflammation and recurrence risk

Prevents tamponade

Improves cardiac output

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5. Which complication is most common in untreated endocarditis?

Pericardial effusion

Heart failure from valve damage

Pericarditis

Pulmonary edema only

6. A patient with pericarditis shows electrical alternans on ECG. What does this indicate?

Normal variant

Pericardial effusion with tamponade

Atrial fibrillation

Myocardial infarction

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8. Which nursing intervention is most important for a patient with acute pericarditis?

Encourage supine positioning

Administer NSAIDs and monitor pain

Restrict fluid intake

Promote strenuous activity

9. In endocarditis, the Duke criteria help establish diagnosis. Which finding is a major criterion?

Fever

Positive blood cultures

Immunosuppression

Recent dental work

10. A patient with pericarditis develops signs of tamponade. Which finding would you expect?

Widened pulse pressure

Elevated JVP and hypotension

Decreased heart rate

Loud S3 gallop

11. Which cardiac layer is primarily affected in endocarditis?

Epicardium

Endocardium

Myocardium

Pericardium

12. What is the primary antibiotic therapy for streptococcal endocarditis?

Ciprofloxacin

Penicillin or ceftriaxone

Vancomycin alone

Metronidazole

13. A patient with endocarditis has splinter hemorrhages under the nails. What is the mechanism?

Direct bacterial invasion

Immune complex vasculitis

Septic emboli from vegetations

Thrombocytopenia

14. Which ECG change is commonly seen in acute pericarditis?

ST elevation in all leads

PR depression

T-wave inversion in V1-V2 only

Prolonged QT interval

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16. Which of the following is a risk factor for bacterial endocarditis?

Recent viral infection

Prosthetic heart valve

Hypertension

Obesity

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18. Which finding is classic for acute pericarditis?

Friction rub on auscultation

New regurgitant murmur

Splinter hemorrhages

Osler nodes

19. A patient presents with a new heart murmur, fever, and positive blood cultures. Which condition is most likely?

Pericarditis

Endocarditis

Myocarditis

Rheumatic fever

20. Which cardiac layer is primarily affected in pericarditis?

Endocardium

Myocardium

Pericardium

Epicardium

Cardiac Inflammation Quiz: Endo or Peri?

1. Pericarditis may be caused by viral, bacterial, or autoimmune etiologies. Which virus is most common?

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2. Which finding helps differentiate endocarditis from pericarditis on physical exam?

3. A patient with pericarditis is prescribed colchicine. What is the expected benefit?

4. Rheumatic fever can lead to chronic rheumatic heart disease with valve damage. This increases risk for ____.

5. Which complication is most common in untreated endocarditis?

6. A patient with pericarditis shows electrical alternans on ECG. What does this indicate?

7. Endocarditis vegetations primarily form on ____.

8. Which nursing intervention is most important for a patient with acute pericarditis?

9. In endocarditis, the Duke criteria help establish diagnosis. Which finding is a major criterion?

10. A patient with pericarditis develops signs of tamponade. Which finding would you expect?

11. Which cardiac layer is primarily affected in endocarditis?

12. What is the primary antibiotic therapy for streptococcal endocarditis?

13. A patient with endocarditis has splinter hemorrhages under the nails. What is the mechanism?

14. Which ECG change is commonly seen in acute pericarditis?

15. Pericarditis often presents with chest pain that worsens when the patient ____.

16. Which of the following is a risk factor for bacterial endocarditis?

17. A patient with endocarditis develops small painful nodules on fingertips. These are called ____.

18. Which finding is classic for acute pericarditis?

19. A patient presents with a new heart murmur, fever, and positive blood cultures. Which condition is most likely?

20. Which cardiac layer is primarily affected in pericarditis?