F&E/Cardio
What is: pH - 7, HCO3 - 27, CO - 58
Respiratory acidosis uncompensated
Why edema in the inflammatory process?
Renin - where and why is it released?
Released from the kidney when an individual is hypovolemic
Monro-Kellie hypothesis
The sum of volumes of brain, CSF, and intracranial blood is constant.
An increase in one should cause a decrease in one or both of the remaining two.
Signs and symptoms of iron deficient anemia
Fatigue, palpitations, dyspnea, angina, tachycardia
Highest concentration of an ion intracellularly
Potassium
What causes vasodilation in the inflammatory process?
Histamine
Causes of acute kidney disease
Prerenal
Intrarenal (acute tubular necrosis)
Postrenal
Status epilepticus
Ongoing gneralized tonic clonic seizures without and recovery time between seizures. Can last 20-30 minutes
Aplastic anemia
Bone marrow fails to produce blood cells; bone marrow suppression
Clinical manifestations of right sided heart failure?
Swelling in legs and feet, shortness of breath
In inflammation, what signs and symptoms would be systemic?
Fever and elevated white blood cell count
Risk factors for osteoporosis
Age, race, postmenopausal, height, weight
Normal Intracranial pressure value
0-15mmg Hg
3 stages of hemostasis
Vascular constriction, formation of platelet plug, blood coagulation
Atherosclerosis - how does it all start?
Injury to the edothelial cells that line the artery walls
Certain areas of the lungs are not optimally exchanging gases due to either inadequate ventilation relative to blood flow or inadequate blood flow relative to ventilation
Types of urinary incontinence
Stress, urge, overflow
Signs and symptoms of thyrotoxic crisis - "thyroid storm"
Bleeding and clotting at the same time
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Ischemia
Temporarily deprive of blood supply
Kussmals respirations
An abnormal breathing pattern characterized by rapid, deep breathing at a consistent pace
Pathological fracture
A fracture that happens where there is already an abnormality in that bone
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) - tell us about it, what is it, why does it happen, what are some signs and symptoms
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Polycythemia - what is it
Abnormally high number of red blood cells in the blood, as a primary disease or secondary condition (usually associated with lung or heart disease or living at high altitude). Cause the blood to be thicker, and this, in turn, increases the risk of other health issues, such as blood clots