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NURS242 EXAM 1
PATH CONCEPTS - correct answer ✔


etiology - correct answer ✔cause


direct cause


risk factors


idiopathic (no known etiology


Risk factors - correct answer ✔characteristics or behaviors that increase the
chance of developing disease


pathogenesis - correct answer ✔structural abnormalities


functional abnormalities


cell stimulation


Cell depression


cell stimulation - correct answer ✔increased size, mechanical function,
secretion

,cell depression - correct answer ✔decreased #, metabolism, mechanical
function


manifestations - correct answer ✔indications of disease


ways we know disease is present


results of tests and studies


compensatory mechanisms - correct answer ✔body's attempt to compensate
for loss or alteration, fight back, make up for the change


acid base balance --> respiratory acidosis you get metabolic changes


inflammation related to fighting infection


sequela - correct answer ✔consequences of a disease process


condition resulting after a disease


something that routinely happens


complications - correct answer ✔secondary often preventable problems
known to occur with a disease in some but not all cases


usually negative consequences

,signs - correct answer ✔objective evidence of disease


physical exam


observations


lab data


diagnostic testing


symptoms - correct answer ✔subjective data from client


thoughts, feelings, memories


systemic - correct answer ✔whole body


EX: fever


local - correct answer ✔limited to one place or part of the body


syndromes - correct answer ✔complex of signs & symptoms that occur
together


EX: down's syndrome


prevalence - correct answer ✔# of people in the population who have a
disease at a given time

, divided by the # of persons in the population


incidence - correct answer ✔# of newly diagnosed cases in a year


divided by the # of persons in the populations


acute disease - correct answer ✔short term: lasts a relatively short time
(days to weeks)


relatively sudden onset


often serious or life threatening


most common: respiratory illness, injuries, and infections other than
respiratory


chronic diseases - correct answer ✔long term


do not resolve spontaneously


more gradual onset


frequent cause of death


increasing incidence with increasing age

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