EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Advanced Pharmacology - Wilkes
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,1. What are the five components of pathophysiology?:
etiology
pidemiology
pathogenesis
clinical manifestations
outcomes
2. Etiology:
Causative factor
-simple
-complex
-idiopathic
-iatrogenic
3. Epidemiology:
Patterns in populations of people and their characteristics
-incidence
-prevalence
4. Incidence:
New
5. Prevalence:
Existing and new; total
, 6. Pathogenesis:
Sequence of events from stimulus of disease and manifestations
7. Clinical manifestations:
Signs (assessment, definitive)
Symptoms (experienced by pt, subjective)
8. Outcomes:
Cure, remission, chronicity, or death-not specifically treatment
9. Primary prevention:
Preventing initial occurrence
10. Secondary prevention:
Detection and screening
11. Tertiary prevention:
Treating or reducing relapse/disability/chronicity
12. What are the 4 common mechanisms of cell injury and death?:
1. ATP depletion
2. O2 and oxygen-derived free radicals
3. Intracellular calcium and loss of steady state
4. Membrane permeability defect