GCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR

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GCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND WELL ELABORATED
ANSWERS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR

QUESTION: Peritonitis - ANSWER✔✔Inflammation of serous membrane

Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)



QUESTION: S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid abdomen, dehydration

"Left shift" and high WBC - ANSWER✔✔Peritonitis




QUESTION: Appendicitis - ANSWER✔✔Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left quadrant,
fever




QUESTION: S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones

Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty - ANSWER✔✔Cholelithiasis




QUESTION: Cholecystits - ANSWER✔✔gallstone stuck in the cystic duct




QUESTION: RUQ pain, + Murphy's sign, Radiating pain to the right lower shoulder, Test for
pancreatic enzymes in order to rule out pancreatitis - ANSWER✔✔Cholecystits

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QUESTION: Pancreatitis - ANSWER✔✔bile duct obstruction, digestive enzymes eating at
pancreas




QUESTION: Angina Pectoris - ANSWER✔✔Chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia




QUESTION: Stable angina - ANSWER✔✔Coronary artery luminal narrowing, symptom
occurrence during exertion, ST segment depression on ECG?




QUESTION: Unstable Angina - ANSWER✔✔chest pain at rest or chest pain of increasing
frequency




QUESTION: variant angina - ANSWER✔✔vasospasm occurs at rest




QUESTION: Angina Pectoris treatment - ANSWER✔✔Nitrates, calcium channel blockers and
beta blockers, anti-platelet medications like aspirin 81 mg and/or clopidrogrel 75 mg. Possible
percutaneous interventions.




QUESTION: Myocardial infarction treatment - ANSWER✔✔During: Nitroglycerine, aspirin,
angioplasty




After: ACE inhibitors, -benzapril

Beta blockers, - propanolol

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QUESTION: Cholecystis treatment - ANSWER✔✔intravenous hydration, correction of electrolyte
abnormalities, analgesia, and intravenous antibiotics.




QUESTION: Cholelithiasis treatment - ANSWER✔✔-if asymptomatic, treatment is non-surgical

-cholecystectomy if problem is symptomatic

-sonic shock waves




QUESTION: Pancreatitis treatment - ANSWER✔✔-No oral intake: IV fluids

-opioid analgesics: morphine sulfate

-cholecystectomy




QUESTION: Myocardial Infarction- STEMI - ANSWER✔✔-ST elevation in EKG

-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall




QUESTION: Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI - ANSWER✔✔Depressed ST




QUESTION: Costochrondritis - ANSWER✔✔-inflammation of rib cartilage

- lasts only a short while after exercise




QUESTION: Costochrondritis treatment - ANSWER✔✔anti inflammatory, pain meds