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WCU Pathophysiology midterm review

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Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by




the autonomic nervous system




Coagulative necrosis is caused by

, interrupted blood supply




Blood flow is slow through capillaries because capillaries




have the largest total cross-sectional area




The nurse provides teaching regarding dietary intake of potassium to avoid an
electrolyte imbalance when a patient




has chronic heart failure that is treated with diuretics




Causes of hypomagnesemia include




chronic alcoholism




A patient is diagnosed with heart failure with normal ejection fraction. This patient is
most likely characterized by a(n)

, an elderly woman without a previous history of MI




The most appropriate treatment for secondary polycythemia is




measured to improve oxygenation




The person at highest risk for developing hypernatremia is a person who




receives tube feedings because he or she is comatose after a stroke




After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-
lowering medication. This is an example of


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tertiary prevention




The hypersecretion of mucus resulting for chronic bronchitis is the result of


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, recurrent infection




The hypersensitivity reaction that does not involve antibody production is type


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IV




The assessment findings of a 5-year-old with a history of asthma include extreme
shortness of breath, nasal flaring, coughing, pulsus paradoxus, and use of accessory
respiratory muscles. There is no wheezing and the chest is silent in many areas. How
should you interpret your assessment?


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The child may be having such a severe asthma episode that the airways are
closed, so start oxygen and get the doctor immediately.




A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart failure reports that, "My feet
swell if I eat salt but I don't understand why" The nurse's best response is


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"Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your
blood vessels, so fluid leaks out into your tissues and makes them swell."

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