MDSC 515 FINAL EXAM TEST BANK NEWEST VERSION ALL WITH 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED

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MDSC 515 FINAL EXAM TEST BANK NEWEST
VERSION ALL WITH 550 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED



Question: opioids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-used for analgesia (no pain) and opiod agonist
therapy (addictions treatment - prevents withdrawal symptoms but do not feel the euphoria)

-interact with ovoid receptors in the nervous system to reduce pain stimulus transmission

-causes: euphoria, pinpoint pupils, decreased GI motility, respiratory depression




Question: specimen collection for drug testing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-preferred specimen is
urine

-non-invasive and sufficient volume can be obtained

-longer window for detection than in blood - metabolites in higher concentration than the
parent drug

-can only see the exposure from urine and not the amount taken




Question: mass spec for drug testing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-measures analytes based on mass
to charge ratio




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-breaking apart a molecule into fragments with predictable masses/charges and forms a mass
spec

-can be compared to standards/library to identify




Question: acutely poisoned patient - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lab test to aid diagnosis and
management

-when an individual is unable to tell you what they took

-organ function assessment

-identify metabolic derangements

-identify specific toxins




Question: forensic/medicolegal autopsy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-sudden/unexpected deaths

-investigated by corners or medical examiners

-mandate to determine cause and manner of death




Question: medical/hospital autospy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-usually natal death

-performed by pathologists

-mandate is to answer clinical questions




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Question: cause of death - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-injury, physiological aberration, or illness that
set in motion the unbroken chain of events that end with death




Question: manner of death - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-circumstances under which the cause of
death took place




Question: reasons for autopsy in the ICU - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-check accuracy of diagnostic
tools

-help understand pathophysiology and epidemiology

-describe new disease entities

-function as an educational tool

-assess the application of innovative techniques

-protect from litigation

-provide info for relatives




Question: molecular autopsy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-molecular assays becoming a big part of
pathology

-important for screening family members - when young indivuduals die for some reason

-part of the workup for sudden unexpected deaths in infants




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Question: virtual autopsy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-expanded use of post-mortem imaging -
documenting trauma (choking)

-less inflammatory than photographs

-creates a complete record

-not sufficient for Manu medical diagnoses - imagine gives differential diagnosis but tossup is
required for a definitive one




Question: thalidomide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anti-convulsive drug - made users sleepy and
relaxed

-impossible to achieve LD50 of the drug (this is when 50% of the test organisms die due to
poisoning from it)

-animal tests did not determine the effects during pregnancy

-it was highly toxic during pregnancy - babies were born without limbs due to it

-pregnant women had been taking it as it reduced morning sickness

-eventually it was withdrawn as the outcomes were bad




Question: theranos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theranos testing only required a drop of blood for
thousands of tests to be completed on individuals

-it was also a cheaper method than typical conventional methods

-it began to become more popular in lots of pharmacies




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