NURS 3015 FINAL EXAM REVIEW | RATED 100%
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Clotting Answer - A physiological process in which blood is converted from a
liquid to a semi-solid gel.
Triad of Virchow Answer - Venous stasis, hypercoagulability, and endothelial
damage.
Deep vein thrombosis Answer - Disorder involving a thrombus in the deep
vein.
Homan's sign Answer - Pain in the calf upon dorsiflexion.
Venous doppler ultrasound Answer - Assesses the appearance of the blood in
the body.
Venogram Answer - Dye is injected into the body to see where blood stops
(clots).
Thrombocytopenia Answer - Decrease in platelet count; complication of DVTs.
Vena cava filter Answer - Placed at the level of the diaphragm in the inferior
vena cava via the femoral vein; traps large emboli and prevents them from
travelling.
,Pulmonary embolism Answer - An occlusion of a portion of the pulmonary
blood vessels by an embolus.
ECG Answer - This electrodiagnostic test records the electrical impulses that
stimulate the heart to contract.
Ventilation perfusion scan Answer - Assessing the patency of the pulmonary
airways.
Sickle cell anemia Answer - When hemoglobin is replaced by abnormal
sickle/crescent-shaped cells.
Sickle crisis Answer - Results from tissue hypoxia due to inadequate blood flow
to a specific region or organ.
Aplastic crisis Answer - Rapid decline in hemoglobin levels in the blood (due to
lack of reticulocytes).
Sequestration Answer - Results from a pooling of sickle cells in an organ.
Acute chest syndrome Answer - Lung microvasculature gets occluded;
complication of sickle cell anemia.
Hydroxyurea Answer - Drug which helps with the production of both normal
and fetal hemoglobin.
Exchange transfusion Answer - Removing sickle cells and replacing them with
normal shaped RBCs.
, Hemophilia Answer - Autosomal recessive disorder carried on the X
chromosome.
Hemophilia A Answer - Factor VIII deficiency.
Hemophilia B Answer - Factor IV deficiency.
Von Willebrand Disease Answer - Von Willebrand factor and factor VIII
deficiency.
Severe hemophilia Answer - Spontaneous bleeding without trauma; <1%
clotting factor.
Moderate hemophilia Answer - Bleeding with mild trauma; between 1% and
5% clotting factor.
Mild hemophilia Answer - Bleeding with severe trauma or surgery; between
5% and 40% clotting factor.
PT Answer - Measures the clotting time for factors 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10.
PTT Answer - Measures factors 8, 9, 11, and 12; increased with hemophilia.
Hemarthrosis Answer - Bleeding into a joint cavity.
Desmopressin Answer - Synthetic form of a natural hormone to stop bleeding.
CORRECT
Clotting Answer - A physiological process in which blood is converted from a
liquid to a semi-solid gel.
Triad of Virchow Answer - Venous stasis, hypercoagulability, and endothelial
damage.
Deep vein thrombosis Answer - Disorder involving a thrombus in the deep
vein.
Homan's sign Answer - Pain in the calf upon dorsiflexion.
Venous doppler ultrasound Answer - Assesses the appearance of the blood in
the body.
Venogram Answer - Dye is injected into the body to see where blood stops
(clots).
Thrombocytopenia Answer - Decrease in platelet count; complication of DVTs.
Vena cava filter Answer - Placed at the level of the diaphragm in the inferior
vena cava via the femoral vein; traps large emboli and prevents them from
travelling.
,Pulmonary embolism Answer - An occlusion of a portion of the pulmonary
blood vessels by an embolus.
ECG Answer - This electrodiagnostic test records the electrical impulses that
stimulate the heart to contract.
Ventilation perfusion scan Answer - Assessing the patency of the pulmonary
airways.
Sickle cell anemia Answer - When hemoglobin is replaced by abnormal
sickle/crescent-shaped cells.
Sickle crisis Answer - Results from tissue hypoxia due to inadequate blood flow
to a specific region or organ.
Aplastic crisis Answer - Rapid decline in hemoglobin levels in the blood (due to
lack of reticulocytes).
Sequestration Answer - Results from a pooling of sickle cells in an organ.
Acute chest syndrome Answer - Lung microvasculature gets occluded;
complication of sickle cell anemia.
Hydroxyurea Answer - Drug which helps with the production of both normal
and fetal hemoglobin.
Exchange transfusion Answer - Removing sickle cells and replacing them with
normal shaped RBCs.
, Hemophilia Answer - Autosomal recessive disorder carried on the X
chromosome.
Hemophilia A Answer - Factor VIII deficiency.
Hemophilia B Answer - Factor IV deficiency.
Von Willebrand Disease Answer - Von Willebrand factor and factor VIII
deficiency.
Severe hemophilia Answer - Spontaneous bleeding without trauma; <1%
clotting factor.
Moderate hemophilia Answer - Bleeding with mild trauma; between 1% and
5% clotting factor.
Mild hemophilia Answer - Bleeding with severe trauma or surgery; between
5% and 40% clotting factor.
PT Answer - Measures the clotting time for factors 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10.
PTT Answer - Measures factors 8, 9, 11, and 12; increased with hemophilia.
Hemarthrosis Answer - Bleeding into a joint cavity.
Desmopressin Answer - Synthetic form of a natural hormone to stop bleeding.
