NRNP 6560 Final exam with
complete verified solutions
EPAP - answer expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP - answer continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open
using air pressure delivered via a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE - answer asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving
skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups - answer 1. Macular and
maculopapular lesions
2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions - answer comedones, crusting,
excoriation, lichenification, scales, scarring, telangiectasia
acne - answer inflammatory disease of the skin involving the
sebaceous glands and hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
bullous lesions - answer Caused by exfoliative toxins A and B
,Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis - answer most common inflammatory skin
disorder, several forms including irritant contact dermatitis allergic
contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme - answer Hypersensitivity reaction
characterized by targetoid rash and bullae; *HSV and mycoplasma
infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-johnson
syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates,
sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
erythema nodosum - answer inflammation of subcutaneous tissues
resulting in tender, erythematous nodules; may be an abnormal
immune response to a systemic disease, an infection, or a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis - answer a condition in which there is
widespread scaling of the skin, often with pruritus, erythroderma,
and hair loss
causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
, lichenoid eruption - answer violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions
that resemble those seen in lichen planus
Causes: cholorquine, chlorpropamide, mepacrine, quinidine,
quinine, thiazides
photosensitivity - answer increased reaction of the skin to exposure
to sunlight
causes: amiodarone, nalidixic acid, sulfonamides, tetracycline
pigmentation - answer coloration caused by deposit, or lack, of
colored material in the tissues
causes: chloroquine, heavy metals, mepacrine
Psoriasiform rash - answer causes: gold, methyldopa
purpura - answer multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation
of blood under the skin
causes: cytotoxic drugs, meprobamate, quinidine, quinine
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - answer chronic autoimmune
inflammatory disease of collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs
causes: hydralazine, isoniazid, penicillamine, procainamide