13 A postsurgical patient who is recovering in the postanesthetic recovery unit
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. states that she is freezing cold. Which of the following measures is
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likely to be initiated in the patients hypothalamus in an effort to
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reduce heat loss?
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A) Opening of arteriovenous (AV) shuntshh hh hh hh
B) Reduced exhalation of warmed air hh hh hh hh
C) Contraction of pilomotor muscles hh hh hh
D) Decreased urine production hh hh
14 An elderly patient is dressed only in a hospital gown and complains of a
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. draft in her room. Consequently, she has requested a warm blanket
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while she sits in her wheelchair. Which of the following mechanisms
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of heat loss is most likely the primary cause of her request?
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A) Evaporation and conduction hh hh
B) Radiation and convection hh hh
C) Conduction and convection hh hh
D) Convection and evaporation hh hh
15 Which of the following pathophysiologic processes are capable of inducing
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. the production of pyrogens? Select all that apply.
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A) Acute inflammation hh
B) Obesity
C) Myocardial infarction hh
D) Malignancy
E) Renal failure hh
16 Which of the following patients is most likely to be susceptible to
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. developing a neurogenic fever? hh hh hh
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