GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam-
Cumulative Questions and Answers
Pancreatitis treatment - - -
correct answer ✅-No oral intake: IV fluids
-opioid analgesics: morphine sulfate
-cholecystectomy
Myocardial Infarction- STEMI - - -
correct answer ✅-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall
Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI - - -
correct answer ✅Depressed ST
Costochrondritis - - -
correct answer ✅-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise
Peritonitis - - -
correct answer ✅Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)
,GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam-
Cumulative Questions and Answers
S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid
abdomen, dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC - - -
correct answer ✅Peritonitis
Appendicitis - - -
correct answer ✅Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left
quadrant, fever
S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty - - -
correct answer ✅Cholelithiasis
Cholecystits - - -
correct answer ✅gallstone stuck in the cystic duct
RUQ pain, + Murphy's sign, Radiating pain to the right lower
shoulder, Test for pancreatic enzymes in order to rule out
pancreatitis - - -
correct answer ✅Cholecystits
, GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam-
Cumulative Questions and Answers
Pancreatitis - - -
correct answer ✅bile duct obstruction, digestive enzymes eating
at pancreas
Angina Pectoris - - -
correct answer ✅Chest pain caused by reversible myocardial
ischemia
Stable angina - - -
correct answer ✅Coronary artery luminal narrowing, symptom
occurrence during exertion, ST segment depression on ECG?
Unstable Angina - - -
correct answer ✅chest pain at rest or chest pain of increasing
frequency
variant angina - - -
correct answer ✅vasospasm occurs at rest
Angina Pectoris treatment - - -
correct answer ✅Nitrates, calcium channel blockers and beta
Cumulative Questions and Answers
Pancreatitis treatment - - -
correct answer ✅-No oral intake: IV fluids
-opioid analgesics: morphine sulfate
-cholecystectomy
Myocardial Infarction- STEMI - - -
correct answer ✅-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall
Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI - - -
correct answer ✅Depressed ST
Costochrondritis - - -
correct answer ✅-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise
Peritonitis - - -
correct answer ✅Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)
,GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam-
Cumulative Questions and Answers
S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid
abdomen, dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC - - -
correct answer ✅Peritonitis
Appendicitis - - -
correct answer ✅Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left
quadrant, fever
S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty - - -
correct answer ✅Cholelithiasis
Cholecystits - - -
correct answer ✅gallstone stuck in the cystic duct
RUQ pain, + Murphy's sign, Radiating pain to the right lower
shoulder, Test for pancreatic enzymes in order to rule out
pancreatitis - - -
correct answer ✅Cholecystits
, GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam-
Cumulative Questions and Answers
Pancreatitis - - -
correct answer ✅bile duct obstruction, digestive enzymes eating
at pancreas
Angina Pectoris - - -
correct answer ✅Chest pain caused by reversible myocardial
ischemia
Stable angina - - -
correct answer ✅Coronary artery luminal narrowing, symptom
occurrence during exertion, ST segment depression on ECG?
Unstable Angina - - -
correct answer ✅chest pain at rest or chest pain of increasing
frequency
variant angina - - -
correct answer ✅vasospasm occurs at rest
Angina Pectoris treatment - - -
correct answer ✅Nitrates, calcium channel blockers and beta
