FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ respiratory alkalosis treatment.
Answer: restore fluid/electrolyte imbalances
◉ How do acid/base imbalances affect electrolytes.
Answer: - Potassium levels increase in acidosis as the body attempts
to maintain electroneutrality during buffering.
- Potassium is elevated in acute respiratory acidosis and normal/low
in chronic respiratory acidosis when kidney compensation is
present
- Alkalosis = hypocalcemia and hypokalemia
- Acidosis = HYPERkalemia
◉ alkalosis.
Answer: hypocalcemia and hypokalemia
◉ acidosis.
Answer: HYPERkalemia
, ◉ Upper GI consists of.
Answer: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
◉ Barret's Epithelium.
Answer: premalignant; columnar epithelium that develops in lower
esophagus
◉ Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (dumping syndrome).
Answer: happens in PT with gastrectomy, from rapid emptying of
food contents into the small intestine.
◉ Dumping syndrome S/S.
Answer: nausea, distension, cramping pains, diarrhea within 15
minutes after eating
◉ Leukoplakia.
Answer: thickened, white, firmly attached patches; slightly
raised/rounded; most benign
◉ Erythroplakia.
Answer: precancerous, red, velvety, the floor of mouth, tongue,
palate, mandibular mucosa; difficult to distinguish