NR 507 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST VERSION 2025 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTION 100 VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADED FREE.pdf

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A certain disease is currently found in 1 of every 10 people in the country and 1,0
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00 people contract the disease yearly. The population of the country is 4,500,000.
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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a. The prevalence of the disease is 10% and the incidence is .02%.
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b. The prevalence of the disease is .02% and the incidence is 10%.
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c. Neither is correct. m m




d. There is insufficient data
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A
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In relation to disease development, the term "etiology" refers to which of the follo
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Which of the following is(are) true about "symptoms"?
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a. objective and measurable m m




b. the same as "signs"
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c. both of the above
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d. neither of the above m m m




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In 1992, there were 980 deaths in a Midwestern city with a population of 1,000,0
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00. At the beginning of that year, 900 cases of AIDS existed in this population. D
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uring the year, 250 new cases of AIDS were diagnosed, and 75 people died of the
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Using the data given above, what was the incidence rate (per 100,000 population)
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at the end of 1992 for AIDS?
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a. 6
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d. 116
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What level of prevention is a blood pressure screening program for high school st
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udents who are pregnant?
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a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary

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Mr. Forbes complains of "indigestion" and becomes sweaty and pale. His wife ta
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kes him to the Emergency Department at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. A car
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diac catheterization 2 days later shows partial blockage of his right coronary arter
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y (RCA).
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Blockage of the right coronary artery can lead to myocardial cell injury because it
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results in which of the following?
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a. bilirubin accumulation in myocardial cells
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b. alteration in the genetic material of myocardial cells
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c. reduced energy production in myocardial cells
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d. activation of the complement system
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When myocardial cells are injured, the function of the Na-
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K membrane pump may be impaired. Which of the following may then result?
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a. intracellular msodiummwillmincrease

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Mr. Forbes is being prepared for open heart surgery when he suffers a myocardial
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infarction in which a large part of his left ventricle has suffered lethal cell injury.
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Mr. Forbes' CPK-
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MB and LDH1, enzymes associated with myocardial cells, are significantly elevat
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ed. What is the best explanation for this?
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a. It is a sign that necrotic myocardial cells have released their cytoplasmi
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c contents into the blood.
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b. It is a sign of reversible fatty accumulation in the myocardial cells
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c. It is a sign that the myocardial cells are undergoing hypertrophy.
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d. None of the above.
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If a tissue specimen of myocardial cells were obtained for examination from Mr.
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Forbes, which of the following findings would indicate irreversible cell injury?
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