Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - Low potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in
... [Show More] blood pressure - Catecholamines - Flight or fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space. Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. - Function of Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - Different fluid compartments
increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. - Causes of edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom. Symptom is something the patient is feeling. - Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction examples
Contact with allergen - Cause of contact dermatitis
Primary, secondary, tertiary - Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They communicate and invade nearby organs - Metastatic cancer cells
Powerhouse. - Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool for occult blood every year, sigmoidoscopy every 5 years - Colonoscopy
Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets. Hematopoiesis - Primary function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - Assessment findings with localized inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells, decreased RBC, and decreased platelet. Lead to bone marrow suppression - Leukemia
Develop disease and develop immunity of disease (immunization). - Active immunity
Transfer of antibodies of one person to another. - Passive immunity
Abnormal uric acid metabolism - What happens with Gout?
bone loss due to aging. Increased bone reabsorption than bone formation. - Osteoporosis
Respiratory management - Priority assessment with myasthenia crisis
produces blood glucose levels - Insulin
helps to increase blood glucose levels. Breaks down stored glycogen into glucose. - Glucagon
Body continues to produce growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates have been fused - Acromegaly
Increased growth hormone production during the growth period. - Gigantism
calcium imbalance - Parathyroid gland problems
Priority assessment with spinal cord injury - Maintaining the airway
Change of the mental status. Indicator of brain function - Glasgow coma scale
Diving accident - Examples for compression injury
Problems during pregnancy and labor, irreversible changes before, during, and after birth. - cause for cerebral palsy
break in the artery. Sudden bleeding - Epidural
rupture of the vein. Gradual or slow bleeding - Subarachnoid
Due to bleeding - hemorrhagic
occurs when a piece breaks off a blood clot that formed outside the brain, and the clot is carried to a cerebral artery and blocks it - Thromboembolic
Compression of the brain. Decreased perfusion, and inflammation. - What happens with increases intracranial pressure [Show Less]