Advanced Pathophysiology Midterm Exam Latest 2024
Chamberlain College Of Nursing
Right lung - When an individual aspirates food particles, where would the nurse expect
to hear decreased or absent breath sounds?
Colonization - What is the first stage in the infectious process?
Renal failure and addison disease - Causes of hyperkalemia include
Anaplasia - Which term is used to describe a muscle cell showing a reduced ability to
form new muscle while appearing highly disorganized
Inhibiting thrombin and antithrombin III - The drug heparin acts in hemostasis by which
processes?
Development of antibiotic resistance - What is the major concern regarding the
treatment of gonococci infections
Iron deficiency - What is the most common cause of insufficient erythropoiesis in
children
Albumin - What is the most abundant class of plasma protein?
Stiffness - Decreased lung compliance means that the lungs are demonstrating which
characteristic?
IgE - Which immunoglobulin is present in childhood asthma?
Nephron - What is the functional unit of the kidney called?
murmur heard on auscultation - What physical sign is the result of turbulent blood flow
throw a vessel
Treponema pallidum - Which organism is ca common sexually transmitted bacterial
infection
Cancer is locally invasive - It has been determined that a tumor is in stage 2. What is
the meaning of this finding
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, Anemia of chronic disease - Erythrocyte life span of less than 120 days, ineffective bone
marrow response to erythropoietin, and altered iron metabolism describe the
pathophysiologic characteristics of which type of anemia?
5 - An infant's hemoglobin must fall below ____ g/dl before signs of pallor, tachycardia
and systolic murmurs occur.
Infants are obligatory nose breathers - Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to
young infants?
30 and 36 - The risk for respiratory distress syndrome decreases for premature infants
when they are born between how many weeks of gestation?
Inhibits renin and aldosterone - What effect to natriuretic peptides have during heart
failure when the heart dilates?
Laryngospasms - Examination of the throat in a child demonstrating signs and
symptoms of acute epiglottitis may contribute to which life-threatening complication?
Genital herpes - When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and
20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?
CD4 T-helper Th2 lymphocytes - Which T-lymphocyte is a key determinant of childhood
asthma?
Bound to hemoglobin - How is most of the oxygen in blood transported?
Chronic blood loss - What is the most common cause of iron deficiency anemia?
DiGeorge Syndrome - In which primary immune deficiency is thetre a partial-to-
complete absence of T-cell immunity?
QRS - Which complex (wave) represents the sum of all ventricular muscle cell
depolarizations?
eosinophils - During an IgE hypersensitivity reaction, which leukocyte is activated?
atelectasis - What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress syndrome of
the newborn
alcohol - Which substance has been shown to increase the risk of cancer when used in
combination with tobacco smoking?
Proximal convoluted tubules - The only surface inside the nephron where ells are
covered in microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area is called the?
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