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NURS 5315 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY SUMMER UTA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:171 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 171
Severe neck stiffness
(Bruh, I can't move my neck = Brudzinski's) Sign of MENINGITIS (possibly secondary to
subarachnoid hemorrhage)
Decerebrate Posturing
Kernig's Sign
Chvostek's Sign
Brudzinski's Sign
Definition 2 of 171
Limited to one cerebral hemisphere
Most commonly originate in medial temporal lobe
Seizure aura often occurs before the seizure
Seizure aura: often manifests as the perception of a strange light, an unpleasant smell, or
confusing thoughts or experiences
Partial (Focal) Seizures
Open (penetrating) Trauma
Absence seizures (petit mal)
Generalized seizures
,Definition 3 of 171
Arms and legs are held straight out, the toes are pointed downward, and the head and neck
are arched backward
Central Herniation
Decerebrate Posturing
Status Epilepticus
Kernig's Sign
Definition 4 of 171
1. Increased blood flow returns to lungs rather than to the rest of the body.
2. Blood vessels become stiff and narrow - permanent damage.
3. Increased pressure of the blood flow in the lung becomes so great that the direction of
blood flow through the shunt reverses.
4. Oxygen-poor (blue) blood from the right side of the heart flows into the left ventricle and is
pumped to the body and tissues do not receive enough oxygen.
5. Results in late-onset cyanosis (as in, later in life) and clubbing of fingernails.
Tuberculosis Stages
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Congenital Heart Disease
Cranial Nerves
,Definition 5 of 171
-Intracerebral hemorrhage
-Causes: Hypertension, ruptured aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, hemophilia,
anticoagulants
Associate elderly on anticoagulants for A-Fib with hemorrhagic stroke!
Obstructive lung disease
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Generalized Seizures
Myasthenia Gravis
Definition 6 of 171
-Young, tall, thin males
-Bleb (pocket of air) rupture in emphysema
-Lung collapse can occur
Transcalvarial Herniation
Direct ARDS/Pulmonary ARDS
Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Decorticate Posturing
, Definition 7 of 171
1. Head injury occurs
2. Inflammation of brain
3. Swelling of brain increases intracranial pressure
4. Cerebral perfusion pressure decreases (it's more difficult for new blood flow to get to the
brain & perfuse due to the high pressure in the brain; there's not enough room for all the fluid
building up in the brain AND for new blood to get in and perfuse)
5. Lowered cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) leads to brain ischemia & cell death.
6. Intracellular contents are released, further increasing ICP.
7. ICP blocks flow of CSF in the cerebral ventricles and meninges, which causes them to swell.
This further decreases cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) and increases ICP, causing more
brain ischemia.
How long can cardiac cells remain viable in a severely hypoxic (heart attack) state?
Heart Failure with PRESERVED Ejection Fraction (HFpEF),
LEFT-SIDED heart failure
Example of CPP (cerebral perfusion pressure) and ICP (intracranial pressure) interacting
Patho of Atherosclerosis r/t Hyperlipidemia - Inflammatory Response
Definition 8 of 171
Heart can't relax
Diastolic dysfunction
Cor pulmonale
Congenital heart disease
Diastolic heart failure
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