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WGU D027 OA EXAM STUDY GUIDE-QUESTIONS AND
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cystic fibrosis - ✔effects pancreas, increased mucus

Klinefelter syndrome - ✔A chromosomal disorder in which males have an extra X
chromosome

Turner Syndrome - ✔A chromosomal disorder in females in which either an X
chromosome is missing, making the person XO instead of XX, or part of one X
chromosome is deleted.

Alpha Thalassemia - ✔Severe anemia, do not give ferrous sulfate

B and T cells - ✔Mature in bone marrow, the go to thymus/spleen/liver

Lichen planus - ✔causes extreme itching

Pityriasis Rosea - ✔Itchy patch-like rash in children

actinic keratosis - ✔caused by UV exposure, precursor to squamous cell carcinoma

Glucocorticoids - ✔Tx for cancers that arise from lymphoma tissue, can be toxicities
with long term treatment

Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) - ✔Tamoxifen; used for pts with
hormone-receptor positive breast cancer after mastectomy

Normal EF - ✔55-60%

Best way to look at structure/fxn of heart - ✔Echo

Left sided heart failure - ✔affects pulmonary vasculature, increased JVP, S3, rales

right sided heart failure - ✔1. Jungular Vein Distention
2. Ascending Dependent Edema
3. Weight Gain
4. Hepatomegaly (Liver Enlargement)

Stage 1 hypertension - ✔130-139/80-89

Stage 2 hypertension - ✔>140 or >90

first line HTN drugs - ✔ACE-I
ARB
CCB

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ANSWERS
Thiazide diuretics

Ischemic heart disease - ✔Chest discomfort, physical exam normal; must take aspirin
or another antithrombic

EKG changes with MI - ✔ST elevation is usually MI, while ST depression is angina

chronic bronchitis - ✔excess mucus production, chronic productive cough, smooth
muscle hypertrophy

Emphysema - ✔decrease in alpha1-antitrypsin

Asthma - ✔Obstruction reversible! Know triggers, usually worse at night

common ICS - ✔Budesonide, Fluticasone

Common LABAs - ✔Salmeterol, Formoterol

Back Pain - ✔Do not give narcotics/opioids; H&P is good for diagnosis if in first 4-6 wks
of pain

acromegaly - ✔overproduction of growth hormone

Addison's disease - ✔a condition that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce
enough cortisol or aldosterone

Hyperthyroidism - ✔Tx with PTU

GFR in CKD - ✔Good >90, Stage 5 <15, need dialysis

ACE inhibitors adverse effects - ✔cough, hyperkalemia, fetal injury, angioedema

Beta blockers (beta adrenergic antagonist) - ✔Propanolol is nonselective, should not be
used in patients with asthma; should be give to patients for 6 months after AMI

Statins - ✔Muscle pain is an emergency -> rhabdo

Hemoglobin A1C - ✔Goal <6.5%, poor>9%

Sulfonylureas - ✔glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride; increases insulin secretion by
pancreas can cause hypoglycemia

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