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Misc 2
100

What is the bodies first line of defense?

Innate (natural/native) immunity

100

After the lungs, where will blood flow next?

Pulmonary veins

100

What is the main energy source or fuel for skeletal muscle contraction?

ATP

100

Lupus is an example of what type of hypersenivity

Type III

200

What are the plasma protein systems?

Complement system

Clotting system

Kinin system

200

Which receptors monitor chemical changes, or changes in CO2 levels and pH

Central chemoreceptors

200

How is osteoporosis diagnosed?

Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)

200

An accumulation of fluid within the interstitial spaces

Edema

300

A patient as A+ blood, what kind of blood can they recieve?

A+, A-, O+, O-

300

What are risk factors for developing DVT/PE?

Venous stasis, vascular injury, hypercoagulability (Virchow's triad)

300

How do we diagnosis dementia

all manageable causes for dementia or delirium are ruled out

300

Thickening and hardening of the vessel wall

Artiosclerosis

400

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

400

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

400

What is the treatment for seizure disorder?

During: prevent injury, airway

Medications, avoid triggers, surgery, lifestyle

400

What are nursing tasks for a patient with ARDS

frequent position changes, prone positioning, treat cause of ARDS, ventilation therapy

500

Define the ABG: pH: 7.43, PaCO2:28, HCO3: 18

Fully compensated respiratory alkalosis

500

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 

500

Abnormal Hgb synthesis due to genetic defect; suppress globin chains alpha/beta protein chains

Thalassemia

500

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.