LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED PERFECT SCORE
__________ is an important measurement that reflects the body's total iron stores - Answer -
Ferritin
__________ preload caused by hemorrhage, dehydration-anything that reduces blood volume -
Answer -Decreased
____________ has ineffective erythropoiesis - Answer -thalassemia
_____________ characterized by acute painful episodes - Answer -sickle cell anemia
______________ occurs primarily in persons from southeast Asia and china - Answer -Thalassemia
________________ has increased RBC hemoglobin S concentration, RBC dehydration, acidosis, and
hypoxemia - Answer -sickle cell anemia
"first responders" of the innate immune system - Answer -neutrophils
-appear 1st in any immune response
4 main categories of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) - Answer -Exposure-Related ILD
Connective Tissue Disease
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Other ILDs
a renal disease most often associated with autoimmunity - Answer -Glomerulonephritis
A sustained tachycardia will result in decreased _______________ - Answer -stroke volume
Afterload - Answer -amount of tension each ventricle must develop during systole to open SL
salves and eject blood
Alloimmunity - Answer -AKA isoimmunity
immune system of one individual produces a reaction against tissues of another individual
Alloimmunity examples - Answer --Neonatal disease where the maternal immune system becomes
sensitized against antigens expressed by the fetus
-Transplant rejection
-Transfusion reaction
,an ECG may demonstrate atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy in _______ - Answer -
mitral stenosis
anaphylaxis is an example of a type ____ hypersensitivity reaction - Answer -type 1
Anatomy of Heart: Flow through heart (Valves in order) - Answer -1. Tricuspid valve
2. Pulmonary valve
3. Mitral valve (Bicuspid)
4. Aortic valve
anemia types are classified by: - Answer -size
-normocytic, microcytic, macrocytic
color
-normochromic, hypochromic, hyperchromic
variability
-anisocytosis (size), poikilocytosis (shape)
Antihistamines act on _____________ - Answer -H1 receptors
aortic regurgitation presents with - Answer --early, high pitched diastolic decrescendo murmur
heard loudest at the left lower sternal border
aortic regurgitation s/s - Answer -fatigue
syncope
SOB
palpitations
wide pulse pressure (SBP-DBP)
LV dilation
-can have extra heart sound (S3) or displaced PMI
Aortic stenosis has __________, laterally displaced ___________. - Answer -sustained, apical pulse
aortic stenosis murmur characteristic - Answer -mid-systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur
heard loudest at the base and radiating to the neck
aplastic anemia - Answer -failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow
Aplastic anemia is a __________-__________ type of anemia - Answer -a normocytic-
normochromic type of anemia
, Aplastic anemia is characterized by: __________
Dx: ___ - Answer -failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells
Dx made by blood tests and bone marrow biopsy
-granulocyte count <500
-platelet count <20,000
-absolute reticulocyte count ≤ 40x109/L
Associations with particular autoimmune diseases have been identified for a variety of major
____________ or _____________ - Answer -histocompatibility complex (MHC) alleles or non-MHC
genes
Asthma - Answer -obstructive pulmonary disease
airways are constricted
two forms: intrinsic or extrinsic
asthma characterized by: - Answer -airway inflammation
bronchial hyperreactivity and smooth muscle spasm
intermittent, reversible airflow obstruction
asthma results in : - Answer --excess mucous production and accumulation
-hypertrophy of bronchial smooth muscle
-airflow obstruction
-decreased alveolar ventilation
Autoimmune diseases - Answer -Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Multiple Sclerosis
Sjogren's Syndrome
Autoimmune diseases can be ______ - Answer -familial
Blood flow through the heart: - Answer -1-Superior & Inferior Vena Cava
2-Rt Atrium
3-Tricuspid Valve
4- Rt Ventricle
5-Pulmonary Valve