NSG 533 Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 1 - Module One Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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NSG 533
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NSG 533
Pathophysiology - Answer the study of human physiologic dysfunction in disease
etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and outcomes - Answer What are the five components of disease?
epidemiology - Answer risk factors and distribution in populations
etiology ...
NSG 533 Advanced Pathophysiology
Exam 1 - Module One Questions And
Already Passed Answers.
Pathophysiology - Answer the study of human physiologic dysfunction in disease
etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and outcomes - Answer What are the five
components of disease?
epidemiology - Answer risk factors and distribution in populations
etiology - Answer causative mechanisms
pathogenesis - Answer disease mechanisms
clinical manifestations - Answer signs, symptoms and diagnostic criteria
outcomes - Answer cure, remission, chronicity, or death
etiology - Answer The "why" of the disease, what is the reason for it. May be complex or straight
forward
idiopathic - Answer also called cryptogenic, known in cause or origin
iatrogenic - Answer occurs as a results of a medical or surgical intervention (e.g. yeast infection after
getting antibiotics)
epidemiology - Answer this looks at the patterns of disease among groups or populations. this
complement represents the relationship between numerous population characteristics and looks at the
incidence or prevalence of diease
, incidence - Answer the number of new cases occurring in a given population with a given time period -
usually a year. can be expressed as a percentage
prevalence - Answer involves the number of cases existing (both old and new) at a given time period.
Can be expressed as a percentage
pathogenesis - Answer involves the sequence of events that occurs between the stimulus events and
the manifestations of the disease.
clinical manifestations - Answer it is what tells an individual and their HCP that something is wrong.
Also called "signs and symptoms'
primary prevention - Answer directed towards preventing the initial occurrence of a disorder
Secondary and tertiary prevention - Answer (2 terms) these seek to arrest or retard existing disease
and its effect through early detection and appropriate treatment - or to reduce the occurrence of
relapses and the establishment of chronic conditions
at the cellular or sub-cellular level - Answer Where does all disease begin?
lethal (irreversible) and non-lethal (reversible) - Answer What are the two types of cell injury?
ATP depletion, oxygen and oxygen-derived free radicals, intercellular calcium and loss of calcium steady
state, and defects in membrane permeability - Answer What are the four categories of stressors that
cause disease?
by their mechanisms of action - Answer How are the four categories of stressors that cause disease
differentiated?
ATP depletion - Answer Which of the stressors causes the most disease?
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