BIOL2225:PhysiologyLaboratoryWritingaClinicalExplanationofExperimentalProcedures

Goals:• Connectlaboratoryexperimentationtoclinicaltopicstoincreaseunderstanding• Developskillsnecessarytoeffectivelycommunicatewithpatientsaboutwhattoexpectduringtestprocedures

andwhattheresultsofthetestmean.Instructions:

• Theassignmentshouldbewritteninyourownwords!

• Alloftheinformationnecessarytocompletethisassignmentcanbefoundinthetextbook.• Referencepageshavebeengivenforeachexperimentonyourlabschedule.• Ifyouuseoutsidesources,besurethattheyaretrust‐worthyandincludeAPAcitationsofeachsourcein‐list.

Answerthefollowingquestions:

1. Apatientmaybescheduledtoreceivethegivenexperimentalprocedurewewillbeusinginlabthisweek(EEG,ECG,orRESP)asatestforwhatkindofdisorderordisease?Provideoneexample.

2. Writeaparagraphdescribingthetesttoapatientwiththisdisorderordisease.

Include:• Howisthetestdone?• Willtheybeconnectedtoanymachinery?

• Willtheybeaskedtodoanythingotherthansitandbreathenormally?• Whatwillbemeasured?• Howcanthisdatabeusedtodiagnoseanddetermineappropriatetreatmentsfordisease?

SampleClinicalExplanationforSphygmomanometry:

1. Apatientmayreceivesphygmomanometrytotestforchangesintheirbloodpressurethatcouldoccurwithothostatichypotensioninwhichthereisnotimmediatecontrolofbloodpressureuponstanding.

2. Todayyouwillbereceivingatestcalledsphygmomanometry,alsoknownasabloodpressuretest.Thetestisdonebyplacinganinflatablecuffonyourupperarmandastethoscopeontheinsideofyourelbow.Theinflatablecuffisattachedtoanairpumpthatwillinflateandthenslowlydeflatethecuff,andabarometerthatmeasuresthepressureappliedtoyourarm.Iwillbeusingthestethoscopetolistentothesoundsproducedbybloodmovingthroughyourarteries.Youwillhavethistestdonewhilelayingdown,sittingupandthenstanding.Wewillbemeasuringthepressureinyourarterieswhenyourheartiscontracting,andwhenyourheartisrelaxedtogetthetwonumbersthatrepresentbloodpressure.Yourbloodpressurewillstaythesameinallpositionsifyouarenotsufferingfromorthostatichypotension,becauseyourbodywillimmediatelytakeactiontokeepyourbloodpressurethesame.Byexaminingthechangesinyourbloodpressureinthesethreepositions,thedoctorcandetermineifyouaresufferingfromorthostatichypotension.Thesphygmomanometrydatawillbeexaminedalongwithinformationonyourheartrateandbreathingactivity,todetermineyourbesttreatmentoptions.