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Autosomal Dominant ✔✔1 parent has, 50% change of child having
Autosomal Recessive ✔✔Both parents are carriers, 25% change of child having, 50% chance
child is a ca
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WGU D027 Study Guide Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Autosomal Dominant ✔✔1 parent has, 50% change of child having
Autosomal Recessive ✔✔Both parents are carriers, 25% change of child having, 50% chance
child is a carrier.
Cystic Fibrosis ✔✔affects pancreas causing secretions in lungs
21st Trisomy ✔✔Down Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY) ✔✔male has extra X, female like qualities
Turner Syndrome ✔✔Missing X in females
Alpha Thalassemia ✔✔inherited blood disorder; mild to severe anemia
Beta Thallasemia ✔✔low hemoglobin; contraindicated medication ferrous sulfate
Prevalence Risk ✔✔proportion of the population affected at a certain time
Incidence rate ✔✔number of new cases divided by population
Innate immunity ✔✔inflammation; increased vascular permeability
B&T lymphocytes ✔✔immune response
primary malignant tumor ✔✔lack of organization of cells
glucocorticoids ✔✔used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid tissue (leukemia).
glucocorticoids are directly toxic to lymphoid tissues.
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM) ✔✔for hormone receptor positive and advanced
breast cancer. (Tamoxifin reduces risk and recurrence risk)
Heart failure ✔✔impairment of the ventricle to fill with or eject blood; heart cannot meet
metabolic need of the body.
CHF ✔✔heart cannot keep up with metabolic needs; volume overload in pulmonary area
Left Ventricular Dysfunction ✔✔reduced ejection fraction; ventricle having issue ejecting blood.
normal ejection fraction ✔✔55 - 60 % (blood pumped out with each heartbeat)
Ejection fraction of 50% - reduced or preserved? ✔✔preserved
Diastolic CHF ✔✔preserved ejection fraction, problem is with filling
Systolic CHF ✔✔reduced ejection fraction, problem is with ejecting
Left sided CHF ✔✔pulmonary (JVD, fluid volume overload, rails, S-3 murmurs) ** #1 cause of
Right sided CHF
BNP ✔✔gold standard lab test to diagnose CHF
Echocardiogram ✔✔Diagnostic tool, evaluates heart structure and function
At Risk for HF - Stage A ✔✔no structural heart disease or symptoms of heart failure
Stage A HF co-morbidities ✔✔htn, atherosclerotic disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome,
patients using cardiotoxins with family history
Therapy goals of stage A HF ✔✔treat htn, encourage smoking cessation, encourage regular
exercise, treat lipid disorders, discourage alcohol intake/drug use, control metabolic syndrome
Meds: ACEI or Angiotensin II RB for vascular disease or diabetes (avapro, losartan, benicar,
diovan, etc)
At Risk for HF - Stage B ✔✔structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure
Stage B HF co-morbidities ✔✔previous MI, LV r
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