PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM- RASMUSSEN UNIVERSITY 2024

Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - correct answer Low potassium (Hypokalemia) Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in blood pressure - correct answer Catecholamines - Flight or fight response Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space. Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. - correct answer Function of Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites Sodium and water retention - correct answer Function of aldosterone extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - correct answer Different fluid compartments increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. - correct answer Causes of edema Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom. Symptom is something the patient is feeling. - correct answer Signs and Symptoms Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - correct answer Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction examples Contact with allergen - correct answer Cause of contact dermatitis Primary, secondary, tertiary - correct answer Levels of prevention