WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY END OF COURSE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔High blood pressure increases the workload of the left ventricle because it increases
- ✔✔Afterload
✔✔Obstructive sleep apnea would most likely be found in a patient diagnosed with -
✔✔Pickwickian Syndrome
✔✔Decreased neuromuscular excitability is often the result of - ✔✔Hypercalcemia and
hypermagnesemia
✔✔Somatic death refers to death of an - ✔✔entire organism
✔✔Patients presenting with symptoms of unstable angina and no ST-segment elevation
are treated with - ✔✔Antiplatelet drugs
✔✔The progressive stage of hypovolemic shock is characterized by - ✔✔Tachycardia
✔✔A patient with flail chest will demonstrate - ✔✔Outward chest movement on
expiration
✔✔Which blood pressure reading is considered to be indicative of prehypertension
according to the JNC-7 criteria? - ✔✔128/82
✔✔The electrolyte that has a higher concentration in the extracellular fluid than in the
intracellular fluid is? - ✔✔Sodium ion
✔✔Tachycardia is an early sign of low cardiac output that occurs because of -
✔✔Baroreceptor activity
, ✔✔Carbon monoxide injures cells by - ✔✔Reducing oxygen level on hemoglobin
✔✔A patient with cold and edematous extremities, low carbonic output, and profound
hypotension is likely to be experiencing a progressive stage of - ✔✔SEPTIC shock
✔✔A person who overuses magnesium-aluminum antacids for a long period of time is
likely to develop - ✔✔Hypophosphatemia
✔✔Neuromuscular disorder impair lung function primarily because of - ✔✔Weak
muscles of respiration
✔✔Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome is an example of an - ✔✔Deficient
immune response
✔✔The person at highest risk for developing hypernatremia is a person who -
✔✔Receives tube feedings because he or she is comatose after a stroke
✔✔When a client diagnosed with COPD type A asks. "Why is my chest so big and
round?" the nurse responds - ✔✔Loss of elastic tissue in your lungs allows your airways
to close and trap air. Which makes your chest round.
✔✔Massive release of histamine with consequent vasodilation and hypotension occurs
what type of shock? - ✔✔Anaphylatic
✔✔Most carbon dioxide is transported in the bloodstream as - ✔✔Bicarbonate ions
✔✔The increased anterior posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung
disease is cuased by - ✔✔Increased residual lung volume
✔✔Which assessment would support a diagnosis of type A COPD rather than type B
COPD - ✔✔Normal PaCO2 scant sputum accessory muscle use barrel chest
✔✔A patient who was involved in a fall from a tree becomes short of breath. The lung
sounds are absent on one side. The patient is experiencing ___shock? - ✔✔Obstructive
✔✔Hypotension, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds are classic
manifestation of - ✔✔Carbonic tamponade
✔✔When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic? - ✔✔True
✔✔An elderly patient's blood pressure is measured at 160/98. How would the patient's
left ventricular function be affected by this level of blood pressure? - ✔✔Left ventricular
workload is increased with high afterload
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔High blood pressure increases the workload of the left ventricle because it increases
- ✔✔Afterload
✔✔Obstructive sleep apnea would most likely be found in a patient diagnosed with -
✔✔Pickwickian Syndrome
✔✔Decreased neuromuscular excitability is often the result of - ✔✔Hypercalcemia and
hypermagnesemia
✔✔Somatic death refers to death of an - ✔✔entire organism
✔✔Patients presenting with symptoms of unstable angina and no ST-segment elevation
are treated with - ✔✔Antiplatelet drugs
✔✔The progressive stage of hypovolemic shock is characterized by - ✔✔Tachycardia
✔✔A patient with flail chest will demonstrate - ✔✔Outward chest movement on
expiration
✔✔Which blood pressure reading is considered to be indicative of prehypertension
according to the JNC-7 criteria? - ✔✔128/82
✔✔The electrolyte that has a higher concentration in the extracellular fluid than in the
intracellular fluid is? - ✔✔Sodium ion
✔✔Tachycardia is an early sign of low cardiac output that occurs because of -
✔✔Baroreceptor activity
, ✔✔Carbon monoxide injures cells by - ✔✔Reducing oxygen level on hemoglobin
✔✔A patient with cold and edematous extremities, low carbonic output, and profound
hypotension is likely to be experiencing a progressive stage of - ✔✔SEPTIC shock
✔✔A person who overuses magnesium-aluminum antacids for a long period of time is
likely to develop - ✔✔Hypophosphatemia
✔✔Neuromuscular disorder impair lung function primarily because of - ✔✔Weak
muscles of respiration
✔✔Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome is an example of an - ✔✔Deficient
immune response
✔✔The person at highest risk for developing hypernatremia is a person who -
✔✔Receives tube feedings because he or she is comatose after a stroke
✔✔When a client diagnosed with COPD type A asks. "Why is my chest so big and
round?" the nurse responds - ✔✔Loss of elastic tissue in your lungs allows your airways
to close and trap air. Which makes your chest round.
✔✔Massive release of histamine with consequent vasodilation and hypotension occurs
what type of shock? - ✔✔Anaphylatic
✔✔Most carbon dioxide is transported in the bloodstream as - ✔✔Bicarbonate ions
✔✔The increased anterior posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung
disease is cuased by - ✔✔Increased residual lung volume
✔✔Which assessment would support a diagnosis of type A COPD rather than type B
COPD - ✔✔Normal PaCO2 scant sputum accessory muscle use barrel chest
✔✔A patient who was involved in a fall from a tree becomes short of breath. The lung
sounds are absent on one side. The patient is experiencing ___shock? - ✔✔Obstructive
✔✔Hypotension, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds are classic
manifestation of - ✔✔Carbonic tamponade
✔✔When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic? - ✔✔True
✔✔An elderly patient's blood pressure is measured at 160/98. How would the patient's
left ventricular function be affected by this level of blood pressure? - ✔✔Left ventricular
workload is increased with high afterload
