Respiratory
What diagnosis is most simply defined as "reduced gas exchange caused by infectious inflammatory process"
Pneumonia
The definition of the term "ejection fraction"
The percentage of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each contraction.
Free hydrogen ions are directly related to this gas.
CO2
Name 2 substances that CAN pass through the blood brain barrier
oxygen, glucose, carbon dioxide, alcohol, water, drugs, anesthetics
What condition results from an increase in lens density and loss of less transparency?
Cataracts
What respiratory disease is characterized by the inability to talk/breath or even the loss of consciousness?
Complete Airway Obstruction
A patient's BP is 104/78. What is their map?
86.6
How does the body balance HC03-
HC03- is reabsorbed from urine in the kidney and returned to the blood. High HC03- = low H+ = Alkalosis
Type of dementia characterized by neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
Alzheimer's
Primary angle closure glaucoma occurs when there is sudden prevention of outflow this fluid
Aqueous humor
The term given to TB that is reactivated in a person who was previously infected
Secondary disease
The arrhythmia that is a variant of NSR
Sinus Arrhythmia
In Metabolic Acidosis (kidneys eliminate too much bicarbonate), how do the lungs compensate?
Hyperventilation (Kussmaul respirations)
What are the two neurotransmitters that are involved in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease
Dopamine and ACh (acetylcholine)
Condition that causes decline of central vision from loss of night vision and reading to eventual central vision loss.
Macular Degeneration
The diagnosis for a patient who is admitted day 2 postop to your medical surgical floor with symptoms of hemoptysis, sudden dyspnea, sharp stabbing pain, and cough.
Pulmonary Embolism
The four compensatory mechanisms that have the potential to activate in heart failure.
1. Sympathetic nervous system
2. RAAS
3. Chemical Responses
4. Myocardial Hypertrophy
Acid Base imbalance caused from respiratory depression. pH 7.25, HCo3- 25, PaCO2 60
Respiratory Acidosis
Type of stroke that results from a rupture of plaque that leads to clot formation and disruption of blood flow
Thrombotic
Type of hearing loss that occurs when the inner ear or auditory nerve is damaged
Sensorineural Hearing Loss