NURS 2502 -
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Incidence of positive rheumatoid factor in patients with RA. - Answer: Positive in 80% of patients.
Most common first clinical sign of psoriatic arthritis. - Answer: Dactylics "Sausage digits"
Earliest clinical manifestation of ARDS - Answer: Dyspnea (SOB)
Initial management of ARDS - Answer: Treat underlying cause (sepsis, aspiration, shock)
Joint deformities in RA. - Answer: Appears in stage 3.
Extraarticular manifestations of RA - Answer: Fatigue, anorexia, weight loss and low grade fever.
Diagnostic tests required before beginning biologic therapy. - Answer: Latent TB
Pathophysiology of erythroblastosis fetalis - Answer: The fetus has resulting anemia from the hemolysis
of blood cells
The fetus compensates by producing large numbers of immature erythrocytes
Organ damage as a result of kernicterus - Answer: Brain damage
Rh immune globulin (RhIG) schedule for administration - Answer: 28 weeks gestation, 34 weeks
gestation and 72 hours after delivery.
Most common cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn. - Answer: Rh negative mother has a baby
with an Rh positive father
Direct Coombs test - Answer: Diagnostic for HDN. The Direct Coombs Test detects maternal anti-D
antibodies that have already bound to fetal RBCs.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, Incidence of positive rheumatoid factor in patients with RA. - Answer: Positive in 80% of patients.
Most common first clinical sign of psoriatic arthritis. - Answer: Dactylics "Sausage digits"
Earliest clinical manifestation of ARDS - Answer: Dyspnea (SOB)
Initial management of ARDS - Answer: Treat underlying cause (sepsis, aspiration, shock)
Joint deformities in RA. - Answer: Appears in stage 3.
Extraarticular manifestations of RA - Answer: Fatigue, anorexia, weight loss and low grade fever.
Diagnostic tests required before beginning biologic therapy. - Answer: Latent TB
Pathophysiology of erythroblastosis fetalis - Answer: The fetus has resulting anemia from the hemolysis
of blood cells
The fetus compensates by producing large numbers of immature erythrocytes
Organ damage as a result of kernicterus - Answer: Brain damage
Rh immune globulin (RhIG) schedule for administration - Answer: 28 weeks gestation, 34 weeks
gestation and 72 hours after delivery.
Most common cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn. - Answer: Rh negative mother has a baby
with an Rh positive father
Direct Coombs test - Answer: Diagnostic for HDN. The Direct Coombs Test detects maternal anti-D
antibodies that have already bound to fetal RBCs.
