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Pathophysiology FINAL EXAM-
Rasmussen Questions and Answers with
Complete Solutions
Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - ANSWER Low
potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and
increase in blood pressure - ANSWER Catecholamines - Flight or
fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into
interstitial cell space. Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid
in the peritoneal cavity. - ANSWER Function of Albumin -
decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - ANSWER Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - ANSWER
Different fluid compartments
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increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin
levels. - ANSWER Causes of edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign.
Subjective is a symptom. Symptom is something the patient is
feeling. - ANSWER Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - ANSWER Type 3
hypersensitivity reaction examples
Contact with allergen - ANSWER Cause of contact dermatitis
Primary, secondary, tertiary - ANSWER Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - ANSWER
Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They
communicate and invade nearby organs - ANSWER Metastatic
cancer cells
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Powerhouse. - ANSWER Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - ANSWER
Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool
for occult blood every year, sigmoidoscopy every 5 years -
ANSWER Colonoscopy
Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets.
Hematopoiesis - ANSWER Primary function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - ANSWER Assessment findings
with localized inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - ANSWER Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells,
decreased RBC, and decreased platelet. Lead to bone marrow
suppression - ANSWER Leukemia
Pathophysiology FINAL EXAM-
Rasmussen Questions and Answers with
Complete Solutions
Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - ANSWER Low
potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and
increase in blood pressure - ANSWER Catecholamines - Flight or
fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into
interstitial cell space. Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid
in the peritoneal cavity. - ANSWER Function of Albumin -
decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - ANSWER Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - ANSWER
Different fluid compartments
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increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin
levels. - ANSWER Causes of edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign.
Subjective is a symptom. Symptom is something the patient is
feeling. - ANSWER Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - ANSWER Type 3
hypersensitivity reaction examples
Contact with allergen - ANSWER Cause of contact dermatitis
Primary, secondary, tertiary - ANSWER Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - ANSWER
Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They
communicate and invade nearby organs - ANSWER Metastatic
cancer cells
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Powerhouse. - ANSWER Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - ANSWER
Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool
for occult blood every year, sigmoidoscopy every 5 years -
ANSWER Colonoscopy
Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets.
Hematopoiesis - ANSWER Primary function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - ANSWER Assessment findings
with localized inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - ANSWER Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells,
decreased RBC, and decreased platelet. Lead to bone marrow
suppression - ANSWER Leukemia
