ADVANCED PHARM EXAM 5 STUDY
GUIDE WITH ANSWERS
◉ CVD risk factors
Answer: Non-modifiable: Family history, gender and age.
Modifiable: Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and physical
inactivity, diabetes,
◉ Why to reposition patients every 2 hours?
Answer: Because high pressure cuts off blood flow-> causes
pressure injury
◉ Atherscelorsis
Answer: Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of
cholesterol plaque on the interior walls of the arteries
◉ Why is hypertension bad?
Answer: Damages blood vessels causing atherosclerosis
Overworks the heart
◉ diabetes mellitus
Answer: Raises blood glucose levels
, ◉ What does high blood sugar do to the body?
Answer: Nerves and blood vessels
◉ Osmosis
Answer: Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable
membrane
◉ High salt leads to high concentration in the blood vessels which
leads to what?
Answer: High blood pressure-> stroke
◉ Med therapy for CVD
Answer: Lower bp
Pee more
Making heart easier to pump
Reduce cholesterol/plaque
◉ Hypercholesterolemia
Answer: excessive cholesterol in the blood
◉ Hypercholesterolemia increase risk for
Answer: CAD
GUIDE WITH ANSWERS
◉ CVD risk factors
Answer: Non-modifiable: Family history, gender and age.
Modifiable: Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and physical
inactivity, diabetes,
◉ Why to reposition patients every 2 hours?
Answer: Because high pressure cuts off blood flow-> causes
pressure injury
◉ Atherscelorsis
Answer: Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of
cholesterol plaque on the interior walls of the arteries
◉ Why is hypertension bad?
Answer: Damages blood vessels causing atherosclerosis
Overworks the heart
◉ diabetes mellitus
Answer: Raises blood glucose levels
, ◉ What does high blood sugar do to the body?
Answer: Nerves and blood vessels
◉ Osmosis
Answer: Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable
membrane
◉ High salt leads to high concentration in the blood vessels which
leads to what?
Answer: High blood pressure-> stroke
◉ Med therapy for CVD
Answer: Lower bp
Pee more
Making heart easier to pump
Reduce cholesterol/plaque
◉ Hypercholesterolemia
Answer: excessive cholesterol in the blood
◉ Hypercholesterolemia increase risk for
Answer: CAD
