NURS-6501N-32,Advanced Pathophysiology.2020 Spring Qtr 87% CORRECT ANSWERS

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Question 1 Selected Answer: What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant? AB Question 2 COURSES  MY HOME PAGE HELP chinenye Ugwuanyi 8Select ... ed Answer: The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which concept? Incidence Question 3 Selected Answer: A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best? To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration Question 4 Selected Answer: A healthcare professional is caring for a patient undergoing chemotherapy. What is the skin-related health risk the professional should assess the patient for and be prepared to treat? Erythema Question 5 Selected Answer: A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patients with hepatic encephalopathy. What statement by a student indicates the professor should review this material? Ammonia-forming bacteria in the colon are sources of increased ammonia. Question 6 Selected Answer: What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability? Fragile X syndrome Question 7 s 1 out of 1 pointsSelected Answer: What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection? It converts RNA into double-stranded DNA. Question 8 Selected Answer: Which renal change is found in older adults? Decrease in the number of nephrons Question 9 Selected Answer: In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what? Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute inflammation Question 10 Selected Answer: Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell? Glycolysis Question 11 Selected Answer: A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered critical injuries to the brainstem. What physiological responses would the healthcare professional expect to see? Pulse and blood pressure changes Question 12 Selected Answer: A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the newborn. The healthcare professional explains that prevention is not possible, because which of these is a major characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus? Insulin resistance 0 out of 1 pointsQuestion 13 Selected Answer: A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 30mmHg. What assessment finding by the healthcare professional would be most consistent with this reading? Rhonchi Question 14 Selected Answer: A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the healthcare professional is best? Give the patient an antihistamine. Question 15 Selected Answer: A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which action? Avoidance of the causative agent Question 16 Selected Answer: A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge about this process? Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile canaliculi. [Show More]

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