NR 507 EDAPT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
EDAPT TEST PAPER FULL SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● What is a normal amount of WBCs in CSF?
Answer: 0-8 per ul
●● What is a normal amount of protein in CSF?
Answer: 14-45 mg/dl
●● What is a normal amount of glucose in CSF?
Answer: 45-75 mg/dl
●● What is the normal appearance of CSF?
Answer: clear & colorless
●● What is the pathophysiology of meningitis?
Answer: inflammation of the meningial tissues of the brain & spinal
cord; can be bacterial, viral, or fungal
●● What is the normal point of entry for meningitis?
,Answer: upper respiratory tract
●● What type of meningitis is considered a medical emergency?
Answer: bacterial meningitis- 100 % fatality if untreated
●● What types of bacteria typically cause bacterial meningitis?
Answer: Streptococcus pneumoniae,
Neisseria meningitides, & Haemophilus influenzae
●● What types of viruses typically cause viral meningitis?
Answer: polio viruses, West Nile, Herpes simplex, & HIV
●● What types of fungus typically cause fungal meningitis?
Answer: candida albicans & Histoplasma capsulatum
●● What are the signs & symptoms of bacterial meningitis?
Answer: - increased inflammatory response
- increase CSF
- cerebral edema
●● What are the clinical manifestations of meningitis?
Answer: - meningal irritation ( causing nuchal rigidity)
, - photophobia
- fever
- headache
- nausea
- vomiting
- loss of conciousness
- increased ICP
- seizures
- rash/petechiae (in meningococcus)
●● What is the most common complication of meningitis?
Answer: increased ICP
●● What is the most common residual complication of meningitis?
Answer: CN dysfunction (causing blindness, altered ocular movement,
facial paralysis, hearing loss)
●● What are the signs of Waterhouse-Fridreichson syndrome?
Answer: petechiae, circulatory shock, & DIC
●● What diagnostic test is done first to test for meningitis?
Answer: blood cultures
EDAPT TEST PAPER FULL SOLUTION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● What is a normal amount of WBCs in CSF?
Answer: 0-8 per ul
●● What is a normal amount of protein in CSF?
Answer: 14-45 mg/dl
●● What is a normal amount of glucose in CSF?
Answer: 45-75 mg/dl
●● What is the normal appearance of CSF?
Answer: clear & colorless
●● What is the pathophysiology of meningitis?
Answer: inflammation of the meningial tissues of the brain & spinal
cord; can be bacterial, viral, or fungal
●● What is the normal point of entry for meningitis?
,Answer: upper respiratory tract
●● What type of meningitis is considered a medical emergency?
Answer: bacterial meningitis- 100 % fatality if untreated
●● What types of bacteria typically cause bacterial meningitis?
Answer: Streptococcus pneumoniae,
Neisseria meningitides, & Haemophilus influenzae
●● What types of viruses typically cause viral meningitis?
Answer: polio viruses, West Nile, Herpes simplex, & HIV
●● What types of fungus typically cause fungal meningitis?
Answer: candida albicans & Histoplasma capsulatum
●● What are the signs & symptoms of bacterial meningitis?
Answer: - increased inflammatory response
- increase CSF
- cerebral edema
●● What are the clinical manifestations of meningitis?
Answer: - meningal irritation ( causing nuchal rigidity)
, - photophobia
- fever
- headache
- nausea
- vomiting
- loss of conciousness
- increased ICP
- seizures
- rash/petechiae (in meningococcus)
●● What is the most common complication of meningitis?
Answer: increased ICP
●● What is the most common residual complication of meningitis?
Answer: CN dysfunction (causing blindness, altered ocular movement,
facial paralysis, hearing loss)
●● What are the signs of Waterhouse-Fridreichson syndrome?
Answer: petechiae, circulatory shock, & DIC
●● What diagnostic test is done first to test for meningitis?
Answer: blood cultures
