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HOMEO NURS 207 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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HOMEO NURS 207 EXAM QUESTIONS ANDCORRECT ANSWERS
5 classic signs of inflammation - ANSWER heat, redness, swelling, pain, loss of function
acute inflammation - ANSWER with sudden onset and short duration, relatively severe.
immediate response to trauma injury
chronic inflammation - ANSWER with long duration and slow progression. Repeated
deconstruction and repair of tissue weeks-years after injury
exudate - ANSWER material consists of serum, fibrin, & WBC that pass out of blood
vessels into area of inflammation
extravasion - ANSWER leaking substance.
diapedesis - ANSWER Passage of white blood cells through intact vessel walls into
tissue
hyperemia - ANSWER redness of the skin due to increased blood flow
mechanical injury - ANSWER bone fracture, sprain, dislocations
thermal injury - ANSWER sunburn, hot fluids, firework injury
electrical injury - ANSWER electricution
chemical injury - ANSWER bleach ingested
, radiation injury - ANSWER skin burns, treatments for cancer
biological assault - ANSWER virus, bacteria, fungal
RICE - ANSWER rest, ice, compression, elevation
acute infection - ANSWER resolved in a fews days or weeks
chronic infection - ANSWER lasts longer than 12 weeks or noncurable
localized infection - ANSWER limited to a specific body part
dissiminated infection - ANSWER Infection spreads beyond the primary site of infection
systemic infection - ANSWER multiple organs affected
HAI - ANSWER hospital acquired infection
primary infection - ANSWER root cause of current health problem
secondary infection - ANSWER complication of the root cause (primary infection) ex.
infection from a burn
asepsis - ANSWER absence of bacteria, viruses, used to prevent infection
sterile - ANSWER free of ALL contaminants, not just causing disease, used in surgery
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