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NR 507 Midterm Exam Week 4
- What is the final stage of the infectious process?
- Where in the respiratory tract do the majority of foreign objects aspirated by children finally lodge?
- What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?
- Which statement concerning benign tumors is true?
- Which compensatory mechanism is spontaneously used by children diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot to relieve hypoxic spells?
- Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?
- Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) can occur if the mother:
- Decreased lung compliance means that the lungs are demonstrating which characteristic?
- Which statement concerning exotoxins is true?
- What is the ratio of coronary capillaries to cardiac muscle cells?
- How high does the plasma glucose have to be before the threshold for glucose is achieved?
- What is the chief predisposing factor for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?
- Perceived stress elicits an emotional, anticipatory response that begins where?
- Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- Between which months of age does sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) most often occur?
- What is the fundamental physiologic manifestation of anemia?
- What is the life span of platelets (in days)?
- What part of the kidney controls renal blood flow,glomerular filtration, and renin secretion?
- An infant has a loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur and systolic thrill that can be detected at the left lower sternal border that radiates to the neck. These clinical findings are consistent with which congenital heart defect?
- The coronary ostia are located in the:
- The only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area is called the:
- The drug heparin acts in hemostasis by which processes?
- Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?
- Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is associated with which type of hypersensitivity reaction?
- Which organ is stimulated during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
- Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?
- What substance stimulates renal hydroxylation in the process of producing vitamin D?
- Which term is used to identify the movement of gas and air into and out of the lungs?
- Where are antibodies produced?
- What is the most common cause of insufficient erythropoiesis in children?
- In a normal, nonmutant state, an oncogene is referred to as a:
- Which manifestations of vasoocclusive crisis are associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) in infants?
- What is the life span of an erythrocyte (in days)?
- Which term is used to describe a muscle cell showing a reduced ability to form new muscle while appearing highly disorganized?
- Which hepatitis virus is known to be sexually transmitted?
- What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?
- What is the action of urodilatin?
- Erythrocyte life span of less than 120 days, ineffective bone marrow response to erythropoietin, and altered iron metabolism describe the pathophysiologic characteristics of which type of anemia?
- The function of the foramen ovale in a fetus allows what to occur?
- What is the most abundant class of plasma protein?
- When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?
- During an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, which leukocyte is activated?
- What effect do natriuretic peptides have during heart failure when the heart dilates?
- Blood vessels of the kidneys are innervated by the:
- What is the first stage in the infectious process?
- Which drug may be prescribed orally for outbreak management of herpes simplex viral (HSV) infections?
- What is the most common cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA)?
- Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- A person with type O blood is considered to be the universal blood donor because type O blood contains which of the following?
- Which type of antibody is involved in type I hypersensitivity reaction?
- Which cardiac chamber has the thinnest wall and why?
- Which criterion is used to confirm a diagnosis of asthma in an 8-year-old child?
- The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system via which nerve?
- The generation of clonal diversity occurs primarily during which phase of life?
- What is the role of collagen in the clotting process?
- What physical sign is the result of turbulent blood flow through a vessel?
- The most common site of metastasis for a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer is which location?
- What is the direct action of atrial natriuretic hormone?
- Continuous increases in left ventricular filling pressures result in which disorder?
- Phagocytosis involves neutrophils actively attacking, engulfing, and destroying microorganisms?