UTMB ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
5355 MODULE 6.2 PULMONARY REVIEW
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTION SET
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ A 22-year-old female just delivered a healthy baby girl. She
suffered from eclampsia during her pregnancy, and on the second
postpartum day she complained of bleeding gums and bruising on
her arms and legs. Hematology lab tests indicate that she had
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Further review of lab
tests by the nurse revealed an increase in:
Answer: Fibrin degradation products (FDPs)
Patients with DIC have high levels of FDPs.
◉ When the nurse sees a diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis
on the chart, the nurse knows this is a disorder of:
Answer: iron overload
◉ A patient has microcytic hypochromic anemia. Which of the
following pathogenic mechanisms may cause anemia in this patient?
(Select all that apply.)
Answer: - Decreased erythrocyte life span
,- Failure of mechanisms of compensatory erythropoiesis
- Disturbances of the iron cycled
◉ A 15-year-old male is diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis.
Which of the following assessment findings would he most likely
demonstrate? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: - Lymph node enlargement
- Fever and sore throat
- Fatigue
- Enlargement of liver and spleen
◉ A patient wants to know about risk factors for acute leukemia.
Which of the following should the nurse include? (Select all that
apply.)
Answer: Chemotherapy treatment for other cancers
Excessive ultraviolet radiation exposure
Ovarian Cancer
◉ A 35-year-old male was diagnosed with hepatitis B. Further tests
revealed neutropenia characterized by a neutrophil count less than
_____ per milliliter.
Answer: 2000
, ◉ A nurse realizes a patient has thrombocytopenia when the
platelet count is below _____ platelets per cubic millimeter.
Answer: 100,000
◉ A 60-year-old male presents to his primary care provider
reporting chest pain. He is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. This
disease is caused by:
Answer: Abnormal thickening and hardening of vessel walls
◉ A patient wants to know what causes atherosclerosis. How should
the nurse respond? In general, atherosclerosis is caused by:
Answer: endothelial injury and inflammation
◉ A staff member asks a nurse what foam cells are. What is the
nurse's best response? Foam cells in a fatty streak are:
Answer: Macrophages that engulf low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
◉ A nurse takes an adult patient's blood pressure and determines it
to be normal. What reading did the nurse obtain?
Answer: Systolic pressure less than 120 mm Hg and diastolic
pressure less than 80 mm Hg
5355 MODULE 6.2 PULMONARY REVIEW
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTION SET
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ A 22-year-old female just delivered a healthy baby girl. She
suffered from eclampsia during her pregnancy, and on the second
postpartum day she complained of bleeding gums and bruising on
her arms and legs. Hematology lab tests indicate that she had
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Further review of lab
tests by the nurse revealed an increase in:
Answer: Fibrin degradation products (FDPs)
Patients with DIC have high levels of FDPs.
◉ When the nurse sees a diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis
on the chart, the nurse knows this is a disorder of:
Answer: iron overload
◉ A patient has microcytic hypochromic anemia. Which of the
following pathogenic mechanisms may cause anemia in this patient?
(Select all that apply.)
Answer: - Decreased erythrocyte life span
,- Failure of mechanisms of compensatory erythropoiesis
- Disturbances of the iron cycled
◉ A 15-year-old male is diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis.
Which of the following assessment findings would he most likely
demonstrate? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: - Lymph node enlargement
- Fever and sore throat
- Fatigue
- Enlargement of liver and spleen
◉ A patient wants to know about risk factors for acute leukemia.
Which of the following should the nurse include? (Select all that
apply.)
Answer: Chemotherapy treatment for other cancers
Excessive ultraviolet radiation exposure
Ovarian Cancer
◉ A 35-year-old male was diagnosed with hepatitis B. Further tests
revealed neutropenia characterized by a neutrophil count less than
_____ per milliliter.
Answer: 2000
, ◉ A nurse realizes a patient has thrombocytopenia when the
platelet count is below _____ platelets per cubic millimeter.
Answer: 100,000
◉ A 60-year-old male presents to his primary care provider
reporting chest pain. He is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. This
disease is caused by:
Answer: Abnormal thickening and hardening of vessel walls
◉ A patient wants to know what causes atherosclerosis. How should
the nurse respond? In general, atherosclerosis is caused by:
Answer: endothelial injury and inflammation
◉ A staff member asks a nurse what foam cells are. What is the
nurse's best response? Foam cells in a fatty streak are:
Answer: Macrophages that engulf low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
◉ A nurse takes an adult patient's blood pressure and determines it
to be normal. What reading did the nurse obtain?
Answer: Systolic pressure less than 120 mm Hg and diastolic
pressure less than 80 mm Hg
