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HUBS 1406 Exam Prep Questions and Answers 100% Solved A critically ill patient in hospital who requires fluid replacement is given a large infusion of hypertonic saline by mistake. What would be the likely result of this? - Hypertonic saline would cause water to move out of the patient's cells...

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A critically ill patient in hospital who requires fluid replacement is given a

large infusion of hypertonic saline by mistake. What would be the likely

result of this? - ✔✔Hypertonic saline would cause water to move out of the

patient's cells into the blood, resulting in cell shrinkage. If this occurred in

the brain, then brain function would be compromised.

A menopausal woman who eats a well-balanced diet with adequate

vitamins and minerals is showing signs of mild osteoporosis. Which of the

following changes is likely to be the most beneficial in terms of reversing

this? - ✔✔An exercise regime of daily walking/jogging, to increase stress

on the bones

A patient has suffered central nervous system damage after a car accident.

This could mean that there was direct damage to: - ✔✔the brain and/or the

spinal cord

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Anxiety disorders are becoming increasingly common in our society, and

may also be helping to increase the incidence of a number of other

illnesses such as heart disease, infections and cancer. What is the most

likely link between anxiety and these other diseases? - ✔✔An anxious state

of mind results in an increase in the release of the stress hormone cortisol.

This hormone also suppresses immune function, leaving an individual more

vulnerable to infections and cancers.

Body fluids such as blood and intracellular fluid have their pH strictly

controlled. There are some body fluids, however, that are acidic. In which

of the following locations would you expect to find strongly acidic fluids and

what would the purpose be ? - ✔✔the stomach, to destroy incoming

organisms

If a person does some very intense exercise, what is likely to happen to the

acidity of their blood? - ✔✔The pH will go down slightly, meaning the fluids

are more acidic

Patricia is suffering from emphysema which is limiting gas transfer in her

lungs. Her arterial oxygen is low and her arterial carbon dioxide is high.

However, the acidity of her arterial blood is still within normal limits. What is

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Patricia's body doing to keep the pH within normal limits? - ✔✔Patricia's

kidneys will be excreting more acid to compensate for the high arterial

carbon dioxide level.

People who suffer from asthma attacks are sometimes taught to breathe

out through a small tube while they are having an attack. What good would

this do? - ✔✔The narrow tube would cause the air pressure inside the

airways to increase, preventing the collapse of small airways during

expiration.

Premature babies may deveop great difficulty breathing immediately after

birth, and have to make huge efforts to breathe - a condition known as

infant respiratory distress syndrome. If this occurred, they would be given a

particular drug via a breathing tube. What would this drug do? - ✔✔It would

reduce the surface tension in the alveoli of the lungs, allowing the babies to

inflate their lungs more easily

Soft bones (osteomalacia) and rickets can be a problem in people who

keep their entire skin surface covered most of the time, for example,

muslim women who wear a burka. Why would this be? - ✔✔Bones rely on

their calcium content to make them hard, and calcium absorption into the

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