WGU D027 Actual Exam Questions And Complete Answers.
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WGU D027
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WGU D027
What organ does cystic fibrosis affect? - correct answer Affects the pancreas causing secretions into the lungs
What is Klinefelter syndrome? - correct answer An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing female-like qualities
What is Turner Syndrome? - correct answer ...
WGU D027
What organ does cystic fibrosis affect? - correct answer Affects the pancreas causing secretions into the lungs
What is Klinefelter syndrome? - correct answer An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing female-like qualities
What is Turner Syndrome? - correct answer females. missing or deformed x chromosome. right hemisphere dysfunction, hearing loss, ear infection, language and articulation disorders, visual spatial and attentional problems
What is beta thalassemia? - correct answer a condition in which the synthesis of the beta-globin chains is decreased or absent. Causes low hemoglobin.
Which medication is contraindicated in a patient with Beta Thalassemia? - correct answer Ferrous Sulfate
What drug is used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid tissue (leukemia). Directly toxic to lymphoid tissues Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM) - for hormone receptor positive and advanced breast cancer. (Tomaxafin - reduces risk and recurrence risk) - correct answer Glucocorticoids
What is the normal ejection fraction? - correct answer 55-60%. Less than 50% is BAD
Is an ejection fraction of 50% reduced or preserved? - correct answer Preserved
What are symptoms of left sided heart failure? - correct answer Think PULMONARY. JVD, FVO, rails, S3 murmurs. Number one cause of right sided heart failure! What are symptoms of right sided heart failure? - correct answer Think peripheral vascular. Lower extremity edema, abdominal distension.
What is the gold standard lab test for heart failure? - correct answer BNP. Heart failure is a result greater than 100
What heart disease is worse with exertion? - correct answer Ischemic heart disease because the demand requirements are higher.
What should you assess before giving Digoxin? - correct answer Apical pulse
How should Warfarin be started? - correct answer Start initial dose at half to monitor the effects
What causes the destruction of alveolar walls? Air goes in but can't get out which leads to hyperinflation
- correct answer Emphysema
What causes excess mucus production and smooth muscle hypertrophy? - correct answer Bronchitis
What is a chronic inflammatory obstruction of bronchi? - correct answer Asthma, Triggers cause mucus to clog bronchial tubes.
What causes an overbite and buffalo hump? - correct answer Endocrine disorder called acromegaly (overproduction of growth hormone)
What causes Addison's disease? - correct answer Decreased glucocorticoid (due to autoimmune destruction of adrenal cortex)
What causes Cushing's syndrome? - correct answer excess cortisol
What causes Grave's disease? - correct answer overproduction of thyroid hormone. HYPERthyroidism.
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