GNRS 582A Pathophysiology Master Your Exam: Premium Practice Questions & Solutions

GNRS 582A Pathophysiology

albumin - Correct Answer ✔️✔️____ in the intravascular space

helps pull water into the vascular space


osmotic pressures - Correct Answer ✔️✔️normally intracellular

and extracellular fluid _____ _____ are equal and water is distributed

between the interstitial and intracellular compartments


10 mEq/L in 24 hours - Correct Answer ✔️✔️do not over correct

(increase or decrease Na2+ level more than ____ in ___)


inversely proportional - Correct Answer ✔️✔️relationship

between calcium and phosphorus


from the gut decreases - Correct Answer ✔️✔️If phosphate

increases, calcium absorption...


elevates phorphorus - Correct Answer ✔️✔️hypocalcemia effect

on phosphorus

,seizures and tetany - Correct Answer ✔️✔️hypocalcemia cause

___ and ___ in severe cases


prolonged QT, cardiac arrest - Correct Answer ✔️✔

️hypocalcemia effect on the heart


increases risk of bleeding - Correct Answer ✔️✔️hypocalcemia

effect on clotting


hypocalcemia - Correct Answer ✔️✔️• Elevates phosphorus


• Seizures and tetany in severe cases


• Muscle spasms


• Prolonged QT à cardiac arrest


• Increased risk of bleeding


• Chvostek sign


• Trousseau sign

, phosphorus - Correct Answer ✔️✔️necessary for formation of

ATP and DNA


involved in acid base balances


bone strength


elevated; low - Correct Answer ✔️✔️persons with mild to •

moderate kidney dysfunction have _____ phosphorus and conversely

they will have ____ calcium


magnesium < 1.7 - Correct Answer ✔️✔️hypomagnesemia


hypomagnesemia - Correct Answer ✔️✔️o Tachycardia:

prolongs re-polarization which could lead to deadly rhythm


o Increased reflexes


K+ > 5.5 - Correct Answer ✔️✔️hyperkalemia


hyperkalemia - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Can lead to ventricular

arrhythmias - VT, VF, asystole