WALDEN UNIVERSITY
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
GRADED A+.
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1. What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?: Individu- als with depression
show that persistently elevated plasma cortisol levels can resultin inflammation that...
WALDEN UNIVERSITY
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024
GRADED A+.
,1. What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?: Individu- als with depression
show that persistently elevated plasma cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger
depression
2. A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the
healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treatthis anemia?: Erythropoietin
3. What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?: Periorbitaledema
4. A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare
provider associate with this condition?: Absence of sweat-ing despite a high core temperature
5. Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large clots, and
the depletion of iron stores support which diagno-sis?: Abnormal uterine bleeding
6. The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient
asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best?: A
fracture that happens at the site of anabnormality already in that bone.
7. A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to
partially lose contact with each other. What treatmentdoes the health care professional
prepare the patient for?: Reduction and immobilization
8. Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?: Excessive mucus pro-duction
9. Stroke Volume (SV): measurement of the amount of blood ejected from a ventri-cle in one
contraction
10. Multiple Sclerosis (MS): disease of the central nervous system characterizedby the demyelination
(deterioration of the myelin sheath) of nerve fibers, with episodes of neurologic dysfunction
(exacerbation) followed by recovery (remission)
11. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA): Minor stroke; where neurological function isregained quickly
with time
12. Myasthenia Gravis: autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized byweakness of
voluntary muscles
13. Headaches: pain anywhere in the cranial cavity (a.k.a. cephalalgia)
14. Seizure Disorders:
15. Head Injury:
, 16. Spinal Cord Injury: the type of paralysis is determined by the level of thevertebra closest
to the injury
17. Inflammatory disease of the Musculoskeletal System:
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