WGU D027 OA Remediation (Michelle's
Version) Exam With 100% Correct
Answers
Celiac Disease - correct answers ✔✔* Lining of small intestine sees gluten as foreign invader
* Testing is IgA-tTG, Total IgA
Sjorgerens Syndrome - correct answers ✔✔* Typically affects older women or patients with RA
& Lupus
* Immune disorder with dry eyes and dry mouth
* Testing SSA+ and SSB+
Cinnamon effects - correct answers ✔✔* Decreases glucose by acting like insulin at the cellular
level
* Decreases cholesterol
* Decreases blood pressure
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) - correct answers ✔✔* Birth defect changing normal
blood flow through heart
* 3-5 year survival for 70% of infants with Stage I repair
* after age 12 months long term survival 90%
,* Dx: echo * Tx: Surgery
* S/S: high HR, SOB, poor feeding, cold/blue skin, weak
* L side heart NOT fully developed (L ventricle, mitral & aortic valve, ascending aorta, Atrial
Septal Defect)
* 1st few days of life R side works to make up for L side. Patent Ductus Arteriosus & Patent
Foramen Ovale assist with flow during this time.
Parathyroid Function - correct answers ✔✔Produce Parathyroid Hormone and regulate Serum
Calcium (Ca+)
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome - correct answers ✔✔* Progressive genetic disorder
causing child to age 10x faster than normal
* Caused by defective LMNA making protein Progerin
* S/S: short, slow growth, slow hair growth, 2 year tooth delay, wrinkles, dry skin
* Tx: NSAIDS, Statins, bone health, physical therapy
Diabetic Neuropathy Pain Meds - correct answers ✔✔Cymbalta
Lyrica
Neurontin
Hydrotherapy - correct answers ✔✔Helps with neurological and musculoskeletal diseases.
Especially Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
Decreased Lung Sounds Post Trauma (cause and tx) - correct answers ✔✔* Most likely caused
by pneumonthorax (air leaks between lungs and chest wall from blunt or penetrating chest
injury)
* May do needle compression or chest tube
, Rifampin - correct answers ✔✔* Abx
* Affects oral birth control making it not work.
TSH Lab Levels and Indications - correct answers ✔✔* TSH normal range 0.4 - 4.0
* High TSH = HYPOthyroid
* Low TSH = HYPERthyroid
T4 Lab Levels, Indications and Tx - correct answers ✔✔* T4 normal range 5.0 - 12
* High T4 = HYPERthyroid
* Low T4 = Hypothyroid, thyroiditis or toxic multinodular goiter
* Tx: PTU (Propylthiuracil) & Methimazole (Tapazole)
T3 Lab Levels, Indications and Tx - correct answers ✔✔* T3 normal range 80 - 220
* High T3 = HYPERthyroid
* Low T3 = HYPOthyroid
* Can be caused from long term illness
* Tx: Levothyroxine on empty stomach to increase absorption
Version) Exam With 100% Correct
Answers
Celiac Disease - correct answers ✔✔* Lining of small intestine sees gluten as foreign invader
* Testing is IgA-tTG, Total IgA
Sjorgerens Syndrome - correct answers ✔✔* Typically affects older women or patients with RA
& Lupus
* Immune disorder with dry eyes and dry mouth
* Testing SSA+ and SSB+
Cinnamon effects - correct answers ✔✔* Decreases glucose by acting like insulin at the cellular
level
* Decreases cholesterol
* Decreases blood pressure
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) - correct answers ✔✔* Birth defect changing normal
blood flow through heart
* 3-5 year survival for 70% of infants with Stage I repair
* after age 12 months long term survival 90%
,* Dx: echo * Tx: Surgery
* S/S: high HR, SOB, poor feeding, cold/blue skin, weak
* L side heart NOT fully developed (L ventricle, mitral & aortic valve, ascending aorta, Atrial
Septal Defect)
* 1st few days of life R side works to make up for L side. Patent Ductus Arteriosus & Patent
Foramen Ovale assist with flow during this time.
Parathyroid Function - correct answers ✔✔Produce Parathyroid Hormone and regulate Serum
Calcium (Ca+)
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome - correct answers ✔✔* Progressive genetic disorder
causing child to age 10x faster than normal
* Caused by defective LMNA making protein Progerin
* S/S: short, slow growth, slow hair growth, 2 year tooth delay, wrinkles, dry skin
* Tx: NSAIDS, Statins, bone health, physical therapy
Diabetic Neuropathy Pain Meds - correct answers ✔✔Cymbalta
Lyrica
Neurontin
Hydrotherapy - correct answers ✔✔Helps with neurological and musculoskeletal diseases.
Especially Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
Decreased Lung Sounds Post Trauma (cause and tx) - correct answers ✔✔* Most likely caused
by pneumonthorax (air leaks between lungs and chest wall from blunt or penetrating chest
injury)
* May do needle compression or chest tube
, Rifampin - correct answers ✔✔* Abx
* Affects oral birth control making it not work.
TSH Lab Levels and Indications - correct answers ✔✔* TSH normal range 0.4 - 4.0
* High TSH = HYPOthyroid
* Low TSH = HYPERthyroid
T4 Lab Levels, Indications and Tx - correct answers ✔✔* T4 normal range 5.0 - 12
* High T4 = HYPERthyroid
* Low T4 = Hypothyroid, thyroiditis or toxic multinodular goiter
* Tx: PTU (Propylthiuracil) & Methimazole (Tapazole)
T3 Lab Levels, Indications and Tx - correct answers ✔✔* T3 normal range 80 - 220
* High T3 = HYPERthyroid
* Low T3 = HYPOthyroid
* Can be caused from long term illness
* Tx: Levothyroxine on empty stomach to increase absorption
