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Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. CORRECT ANSWERS Low potassium
(Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in blood
pressure CORRECT ANSWERS Catecholamines - Flight or fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space.
Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. CORRECT
ANSWERS Function of Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention CORRECT ANSWERS Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular CORRECT ANSWERS Different fluid
compartments
increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. CORRECT
ANSWERS Causes of edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom.
Symptom is something the patient is feeling. CORRECT ANSWERS Signs and
Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE CORRECT ANSWERS Type 3 hypersensitivity
reaction examples
Contact with allergen CORRECT ANSWERS Cause of contact dermatitis
Primary, secondary, tertiary CORRECT ANSWERS Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes CORRECT ANSWERS Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They communicate and invade
nearby organs CORRECT ANSWERS Metastatic cancer cells
Powerhouse. CORRECT ANSWERS Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. CORRECT ANSWERS Ribosomes
, After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool for occult blood every
year, sigmoidoscopy every 5 years CORRECT ANSWERS Colonoscopy
Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets. Hematopoiesis CORRECT
ANSWERS Primary function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth CORRECT ANSWERS Assessment findings with
localized inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells CORRECT ANSWERS Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells, decreased RBC, and
decreased platelet. Lead to bone marrow suppression CORRECT ANSWERS
Leukemia
Develop disease and develop immunity of disease (immunization). CORRECT
ANSWERS Active immunity
Transfer of antibodies of one person to another. CORRECT ANSWERS Passive
immunity
Abnormal uric acid metabolism CORRECT ANSWERS What happens with Gout?
bone loss due to aging. Increased bone reabsorption than bone formation. CORRECT
ANSWERS Osteoporosis
Respiratory management CORRECT ANSWERS Priority assessment with myasthenia
crisis
produces blood glucose levels CORRECT ANSWERS Insulin
helps to increase blood glucose levels. Breaks down stored glycogen into glucose.
CORRECT ANSWERS Glucagon
Body continues to produce growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates have been fused
CORRECT ANSWERS Acromegaly
Increased growth hormone production during the growth period. CORRECT ANSWERS
Gigantism
calcium imbalance CORRECT ANSWERS Parathyroid gland problems
Priority assessment with spinal cord injury CORRECT ANSWERS Maintaining the
airway