Cardiogenic Catharsis
An increase in sympathetic tone would cause your heart rate to do what?
Increase
True/False
Pediatric patients require a higher index of suspicion of shock due to their bodys ability to maintain vital signs for much longer than adults.
True
The Thymus does what as we age?
Decrease in size/Shrink
_____ is an increase in the size of cells due to an increasing workload.
Hypertrophy
Im thinking of a number between 1 and 10.
7
Hypovolemia is especially bad for circulation because it reduces ______, which causes reduced circulation to the heart muscle.
Preload
Cellular injury is most commonly caused by what?
Hypoxia
True/False
The inflammatory response is a non-specific.
True
Histamine is released from what kind of cells?
If "HAPE" means "High Altitude Pulmonary Edema", then "HACE" means what?
High Altitude Cerebral Edema
Myocardial _______ is when cardiac tissue is being damaged but has not died yet.
Ischemia
When a patient has crossed over from compensated into decompensated shock, what is the most likely metabolic state of the patients body cells?
Anaerobic Metabolism
Delaying care in a hypoglycemic patient is bad because what kind of cells begin to die?
Brain Cells
What does the acronym HAPE stand for?
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Patients in neurogenic shock are bradycardic AND hypotensive due to the inability of the body to stimulate what glands?
The Adrenal Glands
None. Zero.
A patient who is in shock has flushed skin, bradycardia, and hypotension. What kind of distributive shock is this patient in?
Neurogenic
Bonus:
This shift makes it difficult for oxygen to do what?
Left
Off-load from hemoglobin into the tissues of the body.
The Acid-Base Balance in the body can be severely affected by a increase in what circulating Ions?
Hydrogen Ions
Breathing rapidly AND deep would most likely indicate the body is in ________ ________.
Metabolic Acidosis
***Daily Double***
This pre-existing condition is notorious for making HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema) worse.
Hypertension
This term is the fancy word that basically means the body can not meet the needs of the cells.
Hypoperfusion
Radiation Treatments for Cancer would be a(n) ________ cause of immune deficiency.
Iatrogenic
What is Claudication?
Severe pain in the calf muscle due to inadequate blood supply.
***Daily Double***
What is Pulsus Paradoxus?
SBP drops more than 10mmHg during inspiration