PORTAGE LEARNING NURS 231: Pathophysiology Exam 4 With Correct Verified Answers 2024/2025

The three stages of hemostasis include each of the following except: - Correct Answer vascular dilation Which of the following medications would decrease a person's risk for clotting? Select all that apply. - Correct Answer heparin, warfarin, lovenox Which of the following is a hypercoagulable state? Select all that apply. - Correct Answer congestive heart failure, smoking, post-surgical state Which of the following is FALSE of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)? Select all that apply. - Correct Answer lab results show a decreased PT, PTT In which of the following ways is blood flow NOT negatively affected? - Correct Answer low hematocrit Which of the following increases the strength of the muscular contraction? - Correct Answer inotropic influence Which of the following is NOT a regulator of blood pressure? - Correct Answer parasympathetic nervous system activation Which of the following does NOT lead to an increased risk for DVT? Select all that apply. - Correct Answer non-smoker Which of the following symptoms is NOT associated with iron deficiency anemia? - Correct Answer neurologic changes What are the two major causes of microcytic anemias? - Correct Answer iron deficiency anemia, thalassemias Treatment of or prevention of sickling crisis in sickle cell disease include each of the following except: - Correct Answer iron supplementation A child with homozygous sickle cell disease arrives at the ER. Lab tests indicate pneumococcal sepsis, a bacterial infection. Imaging called spleen scintigraphy measures IV administered radiopharmaceutical tracers present in the tissue, and is used to assess the size, shape, position, and health of the organ. While the physician could palpate the patient's spleen, it could not be visualized by the scintigraphy. What is the likely complication this patient is experiencing? - Correct Answer functional asplenia Which