NURS 611 Patho Exam 2 Review EXAM 2025 UPDATE
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Where are nociceptors located? - (answers)Peripheral Nervous System (skin,
muscles, joints, bones, internal organs)
Where do nociceptors send electrical signaling messages to? - (answers)Dorsal
horn of the spinal cord
What happens to the sympathetic nervous system in chronic pain? -
(answers)Sympathetic unresponsiveness (adaptation); The patient may even look
calm with no increase in pulse or respiratory rate
What can are 4 things extreme, prolonged hyperthermia can cause -
(answers)Nerve damage, coagulation of proteins, convulsions, and death
Exogenous pyrogens are produced by what? - (answers)Pathogens
Endogenous pyrogens are produced by what? - (answers)Phagocytic cells
(prostaglandin, interleukins)
Higher body temperatures decrease serum levels of what? - (answers)Zinc, Iron,
and Copper (minerals needed for bacterial replication)
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Fever: Subtle or atypical responses accompanied by dehydration are seen in
which age group? - (answers)Older adults
Fever: In severe systemic infection, there may be no fever. Which age group? -
(answers)Older adults
Fever: Strange body sensations, headache, vivid dreams, and hallucinations are
associated with which age group? - (answers)Older adults
Fever: Severe systemic infections causing alternating hypothermia and high fever
in a 24hr period are seen in which age group? - (answers)Older adults and
Children
True/False: Infected babies may not develop infectious fever in the first few days
of life. - (answers)True
Fever: Present with fever and no other symptoms, making differential diagnosis
difficult. Which age group? - (answers)Young infants (60-90 days of age)
Fever: Skin vasoconstriction can lead to a rapid increase in body temperature.
Which age group? - (answers)Children
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Partial or total airway obstruction to airflow recurring during sleep with
continuous respiratory efforts made against a closed airway is what? -
(answers)Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
A condition that involves multiple apneic episodes that last 10 seconds or longer -
(answers)Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
A condition that involves the temporary absence or diminution of ventilatory
effort during sleep with decreased sensitivity to carbon dioxide and oxygen
tensions, and decreased airway dilator muscle activation - (answers)Central sleep
apnea
Condition associated with heart failure, neurologic disease, high altitude, or
narcotic medications - (answers)Central sleep apnea
Condition that includes daytime hypercapnia and sleep disordered breathing not
caused by other disorders of hypoventilation - (answers)Obesity hypoventilation
syndrome
If left untreated, this condition can lead to polycythemia, pulmonary HTN, right-
sided congestive heart failure, liver congestion, and peripheral edema -
(answers)Sleep apnea
Carcinoma of the external auditory canal or middle ear are associated with what?
- (answers)Conductive hearing loss