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NSG 530 Exam 3 Advanced Pathophysiology-Wilkes Newest
2025/2026 Complete Questions And Correct Detailed
Answers (Verified Answers)|Brand New Version!!
A 1-year-old patient is very irritable and is passing currant jelly stools. Which
intervention would be considered initially for this condition?
A) Surgery
B) Enema reduction
C) Ultrasonographic imaging
D) Antibiotics - ANS-Ultrasonographic imaging
What is the term for a "severe deficiency of all nutrients"?
A) Kwashiorkor
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Gluten-sensitive enteropathy - ANS-Marasmus
A premature infant has abdominal distention, pain, fever, bradycardia, and apnea.
Stools are bloody, and white blood cells are elevated. What diagnosis do these
symptoms support?
A) Failure to thrive
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Celiac sprue - ANS-Necrotizing enterocolitis
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Which of the following is TRUE regarding childhood diarrhea?
A) It occurs 3-5 times during the first 3 years of life.
B) Most episodes resolve within 24 hours.
C) Infant diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly.
D) It is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years old. - ANS-
Infant diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly
A 3-year-old child presents with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The child attends
a daycare and has not been vaccinated. There is no other significant history, and his
parents are healthy. Which diagnosis is supported by these symptoms?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Hepatitis B
C) Hepatitis C
D) Cirrhosis - ANS-Hepatitis A
A patient is experiencing diuresis . Which statement is an accurate explanation ?
A. Increase in renin
B. Increase in aldosterone
C. Increase in antidiuretic hormone
D. Increase in atrial natriuretic peptide - ANS-D. Increase in atrial natriuretic
peptide
Which of the following, found in the liver sinusoids, are important for healing liver
injury and are bactericidal?
A) hepatocytes
B) liver lobules
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C) kupffer cells
D) dissespace - ANS-C) kupffer cells
A female patient undergoes gastric resection . Following surgery , she experiences
intermittent severe pain and epigastric fullness after eating . Which of the
following is the most likely reason for her symptoms ?
A. Diarrhea
B. Dumping
C. Alkaline
D. Afferent loop obstruction - ANS-D. Afferent loop obstruction
A patient presents with flank pain and anuria followed by polyuria after undergoing
catheterization of the ureters. What is the most likely cause of this condition?
A. Acute tubular necrosis
B. Prerenal acute kidney injury
C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
D. Infrarenal acute kidney injury - ANS-C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the renal pelvis and the
kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of
tubules due to multiple bouts of acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Inflammation of the bladder
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Common pathogens are E. Coli and staphylococcus saphrophyticus
Symptoms of cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Frequency, urgency, dysuria, lower
back pain
Renal cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=cancerous tumor that arises from
kidney tubule cells
Renal adenoma - CORRECT ANSWER=small, slow-growing glandular
noncancerous tumor of the kidney
Renal transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=rare and primarily
arises in the renal parenchyma and renal pelvis.
Transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=a malignant tumor of the
urinary tract that is often found within the urinary bladder or within the renal
pelvis. Generally occurs in older men. Gross painless hematuria
Gomerulonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the glomeruli within
the kidney
Primary glomerulonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the
glomeruli of the kidneys that occurs independently of other chronic conditions;
usually the result of an acute infectious process
secondary glomerulonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the
glomeruli of the kidneys that results from other chronic conditions, such as lupus
erythematosus or diabetes.
NSG 530 Exam 3 Advanced Pathophysiology-Wilkes Newest
2025/2026 Complete Questions And Correct Detailed
Answers (Verified Answers)|Brand New Version!!
A 1-year-old patient is very irritable and is passing currant jelly stools. Which
intervention would be considered initially for this condition?
A) Surgery
B) Enema reduction
C) Ultrasonographic imaging
D) Antibiotics - ANS-Ultrasonographic imaging
What is the term for a "severe deficiency of all nutrients"?
A) Kwashiorkor
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Gluten-sensitive enteropathy - ANS-Marasmus
A premature infant has abdominal distention, pain, fever, bradycardia, and apnea.
Stools are bloody, and white blood cells are elevated. What diagnosis do these
symptoms support?
A) Failure to thrive
B) Marasmus
C) Necrotizing enterocolitis
D) Celiac sprue - ANS-Necrotizing enterocolitis
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Which of the following is TRUE regarding childhood diarrhea?
A) It occurs 3-5 times during the first 3 years of life.
B) Most episodes resolve within 24 hours.
C) Infant diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly.
D) It is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years old. - ANS-
Infant diarrhea may be a congenital or metabolic anomaly
A 3-year-old child presents with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The child attends
a daycare and has not been vaccinated. There is no other significant history, and his
parents are healthy. Which diagnosis is supported by these symptoms?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Hepatitis B
C) Hepatitis C
D) Cirrhosis - ANS-Hepatitis A
A patient is experiencing diuresis . Which statement is an accurate explanation ?
A. Increase in renin
B. Increase in aldosterone
C. Increase in antidiuretic hormone
D. Increase in atrial natriuretic peptide - ANS-D. Increase in atrial natriuretic
peptide
Which of the following, found in the liver sinusoids, are important for healing liver
injury and are bactericidal?
A) hepatocytes
B) liver lobules
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C) kupffer cells
D) dissespace - ANS-C) kupffer cells
A female patient undergoes gastric resection . Following surgery , she experiences
intermittent severe pain and epigastric fullness after eating . Which of the
following is the most likely reason for her symptoms ?
A. Diarrhea
B. Dumping
C. Alkaline
D. Afferent loop obstruction - ANS-D. Afferent loop obstruction
A patient presents with flank pain and anuria followed by polyuria after undergoing
catheterization of the ureters. What is the most likely cause of this condition?
A. Acute tubular necrosis
B. Prerenal acute kidney injury
C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
D. Infrarenal acute kidney injury - ANS-C. Postrenal acute kidney injury
Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the renal pelvis and the
kidney
Chronic Pyelonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=Interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of
tubules due to multiple bouts of acute pyelonephritis
Can be associated with chronic UTI's, vesicoureteral reflux, or kidney stones
Cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Inflammation of the bladder
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Common pathogens are E. Coli and staphylococcus saphrophyticus
Symptoms of cystitis - CORRECT ANSWER=Frequency, urgency, dysuria, lower
back pain
Renal cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=cancerous tumor that arises from
kidney tubule cells
Renal adenoma - CORRECT ANSWER=small, slow-growing glandular
noncancerous tumor of the kidney
Renal transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=rare and primarily
arises in the renal parenchyma and renal pelvis.
Transitional cell carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER=a malignant tumor of the
urinary tract that is often found within the urinary bladder or within the renal
pelvis. Generally occurs in older men. Gross painless hematuria
Gomerulonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the glomeruli within
the kidney
Primary glomerulonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the
glomeruli of the kidneys that occurs independently of other chronic conditions;
usually the result of an acute infectious process
secondary glomerulonephritis - CORRECT ANSWER=inflammation of the
glomeruli of the kidneys that results from other chronic conditions, such as lupus
erythematosus or diabetes.
