Advanced Pathophysiology Questions and Correct Answers
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Advanced Pathophysiology
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Advanced Pathophysiology
Autologous
Ans Bone marrow transplant that is from the patients own stem cells
*Chapter 12: HIV Disease and AIDS*
Ans
HIV and AIDS affect on CD8+ T cells
Ans Reverses CD4:CD8 ratio
CD8 T-cells play a crucial role in controlling HIV replication during the early phase of infection.
HIV-speci...
Advanced Pathophysiology
Questions and Correct Answers
*Chapter 1: Introduction to Pathophysiology*
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Risk
Ans Factor that when present increases the chance of disease
Not stressors, but conditions or situations that increase the likelihood of encountering a
stressor
Prevalence
Ans A measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood of having a
disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent cases is the total number of cases of disease
existing in a population. A prevalence rate is the total number of cases of a disease existing in
a population divided by the total population
Indicates how widespread the disease is
Incidence
,Ans A measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's probability of being
diagnosed with a disease during a given period of time. Therefore, incidence is the number of
newly diagnosed cases of a disease. An incidence rate is the number of new cases of a
disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the disease.
Conveys information about the risk of contracting the disease.
Ratio
Ans The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one
value contains or is contained within the other.
Primary Prevention
Ans Altering susceptibility or reducing exposure for susceptible persons
*Both illness and disease are absent
example: vaccinations, healthy lifestyles
Secondary Prevention
Ans Early detection, screening, and management of disease
*Illness absent, disease present
,example: screenings and testings
Tertiary Prevention
Ans Rehabilitation, supportive care, reducing disability, and restoring effective functioning
*Both illness and disease present
example: education
Epidemiology
Ans study of the patterns of disease involving populations; examining the occurrence,
incidence, prevalence, transmission, and distribution of diseases in large groups of
populations/people
Endemic
Ans A disease theat is native to a local region
Epidemic
Ans When a disease is disseninated to many individals at the same time
(spread to many people at the same time)
, Pandemic
Ans Epidemics that affect large geographic regions, perhaps spreading worldwide.
(spread to large geographic areas)
*Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Adaptive Responses to Stressors*
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Homeostasis
Ans A state of being in which all systems are in balance around a articular ideal "set-point"
Exhausation
Ans Point where body can no longer return to homeostasis following a prolonged exposure
to noxious agents
Allostatic Overload
Ans "Cost" of body's organs and tissues for an excessive or ineffectively regulated allostatic
response; effect of "wear and tear" on the body
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