NRNP 6560 Final Exam Questions And
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EPAP - Answer✔expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP - Answer✔continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open using air pressure delivered
via a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE - Answer✔asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving
skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups - Answer✔1. Macular and maculopapular lesions
2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions - Answer✔comedones, crusting, excoriation, lichenification,
scales, scarring, telangiectasia
acne - Answer✔inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair
follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
bullous lesions - Answer✔Caused by exfoliative toxins A and B
Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
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causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis - Answer✔most common inflammatory skin disorder, several forms
including irritant contact dermatitis allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme - Answer✔Hypersensitivity reaction characterized by targetoid rash and
bullae; *HSV and mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-johnson
syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates, sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
erythema nodosum - Answer✔inflammation of subcutaneous tissues resulting in tender,
erythematous nodules; may be an abnormal immune response to a systemic disease, an
infection, or a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis - Answer✔a condition in which there is widespread scaling of the skin,
often with pruritus, erythroderma, and hair loss
causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption - Answer✔violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions that resemble those seen
in lichen planus
Causes: cholorquine, chlorpropamide, mepacrine, quinidine, quinine, thiazides
photosensitivity - Answer✔increased reaction of the skin to exposure to sunlight
causes: amiodarone, nalidixic acid, sulfonamides, tetracycline
pigmentation - Answer✔coloration caused by deposit, or lack, of colored material in the tissues
causes: chloroquine, heavy metals, mepacrine
Psoriasiform rash - Answer✔causes: gold, methyldopa
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purpura - Answer✔multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin
causes: cytotoxic drugs, meprobamate, quinidine, quinine
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - Answer✔chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of
collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs
causes: hydralazine, isoniazid, penicillamine, procainamide
urticaria - Answer✔allergic reaction of the skin characterized by the eruption of pale red,
elevated patches called wheals or hives
causes: aspirin, imipramine, penicillin, serum, toxoid, vaccines
Bulla - Answer✔a large blister that is usually more than 0.5 cm in diameter
Comedones - Answer✔plug of keratin and sebum wedged in a dilated pilosebaceous
crust - Answer✔accumulated dried exudate
Excoriation - Answer✔a superficial loss of skin, e.g., by scratching
lichenification - Answer✔area of increased epidermal thickening with exaggerated skin
markings, caused by constant rubbing (atopic eczema)
keloid - Answer✔a sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar due to
excessive collagen formation in the dermis during connective tissue
macule - Answer✔flat, colored spot on the skin
nodule - Answer✔circumscribed, palpable area of the skin that is >0.5 cm in diameter and
appears in part or wholly within the dermis
papule - Answer✔A circumscribed, solid elevation of skin < 1cm in diameter, with no visible
fluid
patch - Answer✔large macule, >2cm in diameter
plaque - Answer✔circumscribed, disk-shaped elevated area of the skin >1cm diameter
purpura - Answer✔multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin
pustule - Answer✔raised spot on the skin containing pus
scales - Answer✔flakes or dry patches made up of excess dead epidermal cells
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