PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSES A
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH 6TH
EDITION ADAMS COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Apnea
Answer: Cessation of Breathing
◉ Stridor
Answer: High Pitched Crown Noise.
Upper Respiratory Obstruction
◉ Rales
Answer: Light Bubbly Crackle Sounds with serious secretions
◉ Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis
Answer: Flesh Eating Disease. Rapid Tissue Invasion resulting
from reduced blood supply to the tissue.
◉ Rhonchi
,Answer: Deeper or Harsher Sounds from thicker sounds
◉ Anatomy of the Heart
Answer: View pic
◉ Systole
Answer: Contraction of the ventricles forcing blood into aorta and
pulmonary artery.
◉ Diastole
Answer: dilation of heart cavities, during which they fill with
blood
◉ Cardiac Output
Answer: Blood Ejected by 1 min.
Stroke Volume X Heart Rate
◉ Stroke Volume
Answer: Volume of blood pumped out of the ventricle-
Contraction
◉ Preload
Answer: Amount of Blood Delivered to heart by venous return
, Filling of ventricle
◉ Afterload
Answer: Force Required to eject blood from the ventricles
Determined by peripheral in arterie
◉ Cardiac Cycle
Answer: Atria relaxed, filling with blood
Av valves open
blood flows to ventricles
Atria contract, remaining blood forced into the ventricles
atria relax
ventricle contracts
AV valves close
Semilunar Valves open
Blood into the Aorta and pulmonary artery
Ventricles Relax
◉ Acute Coronary Syndromes
Answer: A condition that is brought on by a sudden reduction of
blood flow to the heart.
Unstable Angina
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH 6TH
EDITION ADAMS COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Apnea
Answer: Cessation of Breathing
◉ Stridor
Answer: High Pitched Crown Noise.
Upper Respiratory Obstruction
◉ Rales
Answer: Light Bubbly Crackle Sounds with serious secretions
◉ Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis
Answer: Flesh Eating Disease. Rapid Tissue Invasion resulting
from reduced blood supply to the tissue.
◉ Rhonchi
,Answer: Deeper or Harsher Sounds from thicker sounds
◉ Anatomy of the Heart
Answer: View pic
◉ Systole
Answer: Contraction of the ventricles forcing blood into aorta and
pulmonary artery.
◉ Diastole
Answer: dilation of heart cavities, during which they fill with
blood
◉ Cardiac Output
Answer: Blood Ejected by 1 min.
Stroke Volume X Heart Rate
◉ Stroke Volume
Answer: Volume of blood pumped out of the ventricle-
Contraction
◉ Preload
Answer: Amount of Blood Delivered to heart by venous return
, Filling of ventricle
◉ Afterload
Answer: Force Required to eject blood from the ventricles
Determined by peripheral in arterie
◉ Cardiac Cycle
Answer: Atria relaxed, filling with blood
Av valves open
blood flows to ventricles
Atria contract, remaining blood forced into the ventricles
atria relax
ventricle contracts
AV valves close
Semilunar Valves open
Blood into the Aorta and pulmonary artery
Ventricles Relax
◉ Acute Coronary Syndromes
Answer: A condition that is brought on by a sudden reduction of
blood flow to the heart.
Unstable Angina
