PNVN1631 PROCTORED EXAM PREP TEST BANK WITH UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PNVN1631 PROCTORED EXAM PREP TEST
BANK WITH UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS

●● hyperlipidemia is a major cause of what ?
Answer: atherosclerosis


●● What is atherosclerosis?
Answer: build up of fats, cholesterol, hardening of the arteries


●● what puts you at high risk for atherosclerosis and coronary heart
disease
Answer: - low levels of HDL
- high levels of LDL


●● primary treatments for hyperlipidemia
Answer: - weigh reduction
- low choledterol & fat
- exersice


●● what is the action of bile acid binding resins
Answer: bind bile acids to promote increased metabolism of cholesterol

, ●● what drugs are bile binding resins
Answer: - cholestyramine
-colestipol
-cocosevelam


●● what are the actions of fibric acids
Answer: lower triglyceride levels


●● what drugs are fibric acids
Answer: -gemfibrozil (lopid)
-gnograte (tricor)


●● What is a dysrhythmia
Answer: Abnormal heart rhythm


●● what causes dysrhythmias
Answer: caused by the abnormal pacemaker cells or a blockage of the
normal pathway. stress, ischemia, and heart failure can also cause
irregular muscular contraction


●● what are the 2 types of dysrhythmias and their defining
characteristics