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PCU Progressive Care Units Orientation and
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Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+



David Mungai [Date] [Course title]

,PCU Progressive Care Units Orientation
and Neuro Final Exam Review Questions
and Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+
Progressive care orientation
HHNK - Answer>> Altered mental status, BG >1000, dry, hot,
Tachycardia

DKA - Answer>> hot, dry, BG >300, fruity odor to breath, more
rapid breaths

Mitral valve regurgitation - Answer>> extra heart sound heart at
mid-cavicular line, fifth intercostal space

HIT - Answer>> low platelets, patient recently started heparin
drip or getting prophalactic heparin

Heart failure - Answer>> Initially treated with beta-blocker,
diuretics, ace inhibitor

DIC - Answer>> Due to Sepsis from a variety of organisms
(bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic), Malignancy, Trauma,
Obstetrical complications, Intravascular hemolysis, often due to
acute hemolytic transfusion reaction (AHTR) in the setting of ABO
incompatible transfusion, but also in other forms of hemolysis
such as in severe malaria

Diabetes Insipidus - Answer>> extreme thirst, altered mental
status, repletion of 5-20 liters a day needed,

metabolic acidosis - Answer>> due to shock, excessive
diarrhea, PH less than 7.35

, Progressive Care Neuro Final


Post-polio - Answer>> Polio vaccine was released in 1955.
-In 1994 it was determined that polio was eliminated in North and
South America.
-However, post-polio remains...
-Post-polio occurs 15-40 years after the initial infection and
recovery.

Only a polio survivor can develop post-polio.
-Not everyone who survives polio will develop post polio.
-25-40% of people with polio will develop post-polio

Risk Factors for Developing Post-Polio - Answer>> 1. Greater
severity of acute paralytic poliomyelitis
2. Greater recovery after the acute episode
3. Permanent impairment after recovery from poliomyelitis
4. Longer interval since the acute illness
5. Older age at the time of the acute illness
6. Lower disability and older age at clinical presentation
7. Female sex

Polio Pathophysiology - Answer>> Poliomyelitis is caused by an
enterovirus (replicates in the intestines)
-The mechanism is unclear.

Two theories

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