UNDERSTANDING PATHO EXAM SUCCESS: ULTIMATE A+, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BREAKDOWN

UNDERSTANDING PATHO EXAM SUCCESS: ULTIMATE
A+, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BREAKDOWN
After sitting in a chair for an hour, an elderly patient develops moderate lower extremity edema. His
edema is most likely a consequence of:

right sided heart failure

Which of the following will decrease stroke volume, potentially leading to systolic heart failure?

ventricular remodeling due to ischemia

Risk for factors for hypertension most often alter:

pressure-natriuresis relationship

All forms of shock are associated with inadequate tissue perfusion
T/f

True

Risk factors for hypertension include

all of the above. male gender, smoking, obesity

Cardiogenic shock is characterized by low cardiac output, low blood pressure, and low cardiac preload
T/F

False

A lack of surfactant as occurs with IRDS causes airway collapse and hyperinflation of alveoli
T/F

False

Second-degee heart block I (Wenckenback) is characterized by:

variable PR interval and dropped QRS complexes

second degree type II

Hypotension associated with neurogenic and anaphylactic shock is due to:

peripheral pooling of blood

Cardiogenic shock is characterized by

reduced cardiac output

High blood pressure increases the workload of the left ventricle because it increases

the afterload

sick sinus syndrome