NRNP 6560 Final exam
Questions And Answers
EPAP
✓~ expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP
✓~ continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open using air
pressure delivered via a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE
✓~ asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving
,skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups
✓~ 1. Macular and maculopapular lesions
2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions
✓~ comedones, crusting, excoriation, lichenification, scales, scarring,
telangiectasia
acne
✓~ inflammatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and
hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
bullous lesions
✓~ Caused by exfoliative toxins A and B
Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
,Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis
✓~ most common inflammatory skin disorder, several forms including
irritant contact dermatitis allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme
✓~ Hypersensitivity reaction characterized by targetoid rash and bullae;
*HSV and mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-
johnson syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates, sulfonamides,
sulfonylureas
erythema nodosum
, ✓~ inflammation of subcutaneous tissues resulting in tender,
erythematous nodules; may be an abnormal immune response to a systemic
disease, an infection, or a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis
✓~ a condition in which there is widespread scaling of the skin, often with
pruritus, erythroderma, and hair loss
causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption
✓~ violaceous to purple, polygonal lesions that resemble those seen in
lichen planus
Causes: cholorquine, chlorpropamide, mepacrine, quinidine, quinine, thiazides
photosensitivity