Exam 1
What is the bodies first line of defense?
Innate (natural/native) immunity
After the lungs, where will blood flow next?
Pulmonary veins
What is the main energy source or fuel for skeletal muscle contraction?
ATP
Lupus is an example of what type of hypersenivity
Type III
What are the plasma protein systems?
Complement system
Clotting system
Kinin system
Which receptors monitor chemical changes, or changes in CO2 levels and pH
Central chemoreceptors
How is osteoporosis diagnosed?
Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
An accumulation of fluid within the interstitial spaces
Edema
A patient as A+ blood, what kind of blood can they recieve?
A+, A-, O+, O-
What are risk factors for developing DVT/PE?
Venous stasis, vascular injury, hypercoagulability (Virchow's triad)
How do we diagnosis dementia
all manageable causes for dementia or delirium are ruled out
Thickening and hardening of the vessel wall
Artiosclerosis
The patient has the following symptoms: thirst, weight gain, bounding pulse, and increased blood pressure. What fluid and electrolyte imbalance is the patient experiencing?
Hypernatremia
Define: A serum whose measurement is used as a sensitive and specific diagnosis test to help identify myocardial injury during acute coronary syndromes.
Troponin I
What is the treatment for seizure disorder?
During: prevent injury, airway
Medications, avoid triggers, surgery, lifestyle
What are nursing tasks for a patient with ARDS
frequent position changes, prone positioning, treat cause of ARDS, ventilation therapy
Define the ABG: pH: 7.43, PaCO2:28, HCO3: 18
Fully compensated respiratory alkalosis
A patient came into the ER with sepsis, the patient now is having increase O2 demand and decreased urinary output. What condition have this patient moved to?
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Abnormal Hgb synthesis due to genetic defect; suppress globin chains alpha/beta protein chains
Thalassemia
What changes will there start to be in stage 3 of ICP
small and reactive pupils, widened pulse pressure, decreased pulse, full and bounding pulse.