Bsnc 6000 module 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

BSNC 6000 Module 1 Midterm Review Questions What are the effects of hypertension on macrocirculation? - Answer--Hypertension causes injury to the endothelial layer of the arteries which leads to plaque formation. Plaque restricts blood flow and can lead to ischemia. Plaque also weakens artery walls thereby increasing the risk of an aneurysm -Hypertension increases resistance to blood flow to the tissues. As a result, the heart pumps harder to overcome the resistance. A chronic increase in the...

BSNC 6000 Module 10 Sepsis Questions with Answers Pharmaceutical treatment of inflammation - Answer-antihistamines early on, NSAIDs as second line, corticosteroids as last resort as they target the entire arachidonic pathway, inhibiting inflammation but also suppressing the immune system as a whole. Sepsis is an immune response that progresses from... - Answer-A mild localized inflammation to a severe systemic inflammation Symptoms of sepsis can be partially masked with which drugs... -...

Bsnc 6000 module 10: sepsis Sepsis definition - answerlife threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection 12th leading cause of death worldwide Sepsis Network: BC has had 10x less in-hospital sepsis cases and 8x less sepsis related deaths compared to the rest of Canada Septic shock definition - answerA subset of sepsis in which particularly profound circulatory, cellular, and metabolic abnormalities are associated with a greater risk of mortality than w...