fluid and electrolytes
cardiovascular
heart failure
respiratory
neuro
100

4 major cations

2 major anions

cations-

sodium(extracellular), potassium(intracellular), magnesium(intracellular), calcium

anions-

phosphate, bicarbonate

100

nitric oxide stimulates ___? endothelin stimulates ___?

thromboxane A2 activates ___? prostacyclin inhibits ___?

1- vasodilation

2- vasoconstriction

3- clotting

4- clotting

100

COPD causes what type of heart failure

right ventricular failure

100

would you give a pt with COPD a lot of o2?

no, it would deplete their respiratory drive bc they rely on low o2 levels to want to breath.

100

what does the brain solely rely on to function?

glucose

200

what is the most important electrolyte?

potassium

200

LDL is secreted on ________ and HDL is excreted from ______.

1- artery walls

2- body

200

causes of systolic and diastolic HF

systolic-

MI, HTN, recurrent ischemia 

diastolic-

myocardial hypertrophy, ischemia, and valvular disease

200

chronic hypoxia stimulates ___ secretions by the ___ which stimulates the bone marrow to synthesize RBC, this process is called ___.

erythropoietin, kidneys, erythropoiesis. 

200

what are three things that can lead to a hemorrhagic stroke?

what causes a thrombotic stroke?

what causes an embolic stroke?

intracranial aneurysm, HTN, and head trauma.

arterial occlusions and TIA's.

atrial fibrillation.

300

what electrolyte imbalance would a pt have if they had decreased DTR or relflexes?

hypermagnesemia 

300

what are 4 things that cause after load to increase?

1- HTN

2-vasopressor meds

3- aortic stenosis

4- pulm. HTN 

300

for left heart failure inadequate perfusion is ___ and pulm. congestion is ____?

1- forward

2- backward

300

how does asthma cause bronchial edema?

inflammation causes vasodilation and vascular permeability which leads to the swelling of bronchial walls.

300

when seizures appear to result from abnormal activity in just one area of the brain they are called?

focal seizures

400

what electrolyte imbalance might a peaked T wave suggest 

hyperkalemia 

400

when the muscles in theft ventricle get bigger, what also increases?

its demand for o2, coronary artery blood flow.

400

systolic heart failure has the inability to generate adequate ____ to _____ tissues.

1- cardiac output

2- perfuse

400

list how chronic hypoxia leads to car pulmonale.

chronic hypoxia -> plum. arterial vasoconstriction -> plum. HTN -> cor pulm.

400

when Alzheimer diseases causes tau proteins to be unstable, what do they do? 

(tau is the protein that is affected AD affects)

leads to neurofibrillary tangles that prevent nutrients from reaching the brain, causing cell death.

500

what are non renal causes of hypovolemic hyponaturemia (loss of sodium and fluid)

GI losses, excessive sweating, diarrhea, vomitting

500

describe the RAAS system

drop in bp, renin is released from kidneys, angiotensin is released from the liver, renin acts with angiotensin to form angiotensin l, angiotensin-converting enzyme is related from the lungs and reacts on angiotensin l to form angiotensin ll. angiotensin ll acts on the adrenal gland to stimulate aldosterone. aldosterone acts directly on the kidneys to stimulate reabsorption of salt and water.

500

constriction of the pulm. artery creates a high after load for the ____ which can lead to ___?

1- right ventricle

2- right sided heart failure

500

if a pt chemoreceptors in the brain become insensitive to Co2 levels, what is the next stimulus to breath?

chemoreceptors in the carotid and aortic bodies that are stimulated by hypoxemia.

500

what are 4 causes of AD?

1- neurofibrillary tangles

2- senile plaques

3- cerebrocortical atrophy

4- deficiency of acetylcholine