NR509 Bates Test Bank: Midterm Q&A with Explanations update

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b A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increase
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s with breathing. Which anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
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A) Musculoskeletal




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,B) Reproductive

C) Urinary

D) Endocrine - ANS>>A) Musculoskeletal
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Chest pain may be due to a musculoskeletal condition, such ascost
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ochondritis or intercostal muscle cramp. This would be worsene
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d by motion of the chest wall. Pleuritic chest pain is also a sharp c
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hest pain which increases with a deep breath. This type of pain ca
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occur with inflammation of the pleura from pneumonia or other conditions an
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d pulmonary embolus.
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A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of breath.
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To which anatomic region would you assign the symptom?
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A) Reproductive

B) Urinary




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,C) Cardiac

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Cardiac disorders such as congestive heart failure are the most likely on this li
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st to result in shortness of breath. There are cases within the other categories
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which may also result
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in shortness of breath, such as anemia in the hematologic category, pregnan
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cy in the reproductive
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category, or sepsis with UTI in the urinary category.
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A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following anatomi
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c regions can be responsible for a cough?
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A) Ophthalmologic

B) Auditory
C) Cardiac

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, The cardiac system can cause a cough if the patient has congestive heart failur
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e. This results in fluid buildup in the lungs, which in turn can cause a cough th
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at produces pink,
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frothy sputum. A foreign body in the ear may also cause a cough by stimulatin
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g Arnold's branch of the vagus nerve, but this is less likely to be seen clinically
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A 22-year-
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old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The pain is new,
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located in the wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective fever.
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The patient denies a rash; she also denies recent travel or camping activi
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ties. She has a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based o
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n this information, which of the following pathologic processes would be
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b the most correct?
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A) Infectious

B) Inflammatory




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