GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam- Cumulative Questions and Correct Answers| Latest Update

GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam- Cumulative
Questions and Correct Answers| Latest Update




Pancreatitis treatment
-No oral intake: IV fluids
-opioid analgesics: morphine sulfate
-cholecystectomy




Myocardial Infarction- STEMI
-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall




Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI
Depressed ST

,Costochondritis
-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise




Peritonitis
Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)




S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid
abdomen, dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC
Peritonitis




Appendicitis
Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left quadrant, fever

, S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty
Cholelithiasis




Cholecystitis
gallstone stuck in the cystic duct




RUQ pain, + Murphy's sign, Radiating pain to the right lower
shoulder, Test for pancreatic enzymes in order to rule out
pancreatitis
Cholecystitis




Pancreatitis
bile duct obstruction, digestive enzymes eating at pancreas