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NR 507 Week 3 Quiz (Questions/Answers/Rationale)

1. The underlying disorder of _____ anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.
2. Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of
3. In hemolytic anemia, jaundice occurs only when
4. Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?
5. Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting
6. A woman complains of chronic gastritis, fatigue, weight loss, and tingling in her fingers. Laboratory findings show low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, and a high mean corpuscular volume. These findings are consistent with _____ anemia
7. Which proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the development and maintenance of DIC?
8. Which of the following is a description consistent with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?
9. What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?
10. What is the most common cause of vitamin K deficiency?
11. The type of anemia that occurs as a result of thalassemia is
12. G6PD and sickle cell disease are
13. Hemolytic disease of the newborn can occur if the mother is
14. What is the name of the disorder in which levels of bilirubin remain excessively high in the newborn and are …..in the brain?
15. Erythroblastosis fetalis is ….as an
16. Polycythemia occurs in a fetus because nr 507 week 3 quiz
17. In systolic heart failure, what effect does angiotensin II have on stroke volume?
18. What alteration occurs in injured endothelial cells that contributes to atherosclerosis?
19. The pulsus paradoxus that occurs as a result of pericardial effusion is significant because it reflects the impairment of the
20. Cardiac cells can withstand ischemic conditions and still return to a viable state for how many minutes?
21. The foramen ovale is ….by a flap that creates a check valve allowing blood to flow unidirectionally from the _____ to the _____.
22. What is the most important clinical manifestation of aortic coarctation in the neonate?
23. Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?
24. Which heart defect produces a systolic ejection murmur at the right upper sternal border that transmits to the neck and left lower sternal border with an occasional ejection click?
25. An infant has a loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur and systolic thrill that can be ….at the left lower sternal border that radiates to the neck. These clinical findings are consistent with which congenital heart defect?
26. The body compensates for anemia by nr 507 week 3 quiz
27. Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of
28. What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia?
29. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is described as a(n)
30. Which of the following is a description consistent with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?
31. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune process involving antibodies against
32. In a full-term infant, the normal erythrocyte life span is _____ days, whereas the adult is _____ days.
33. The risk of developing coronary artery disease is …..up to threefold by
34. Which disorder causes a transitory truncal rash that is nonpruritic and pink with erythematous macules that may fade in the center, making them appear as a ringworm?
35. When does systemic vascular resistance in infants begin to rise