What indicator is most helpful in evaluating long-term blood glucose management in patients with diabetes mellitus?
Glycosylated hemoglobin levels
... [Show More] (HbA1c)
The dementia of Alzheimer disease is associated with structural changes in the brain, including
deposition of amyloid plaques in the brain
Tophi are
deposits of urate crystals in tissues
Patients with acute pancreatitis are generally made NPO and may require continuous gastric suctioning in order to
remove the usual stimuli for pancreatic secretion
A patient who reports dizziness and who has absent P waves, wide QRS complexes, and a heart rate of 38 beats/minute on an ECG is most likely in which rhythm?
Ventricular escape rhythm
It is true that Graves disease is
associated with autoantibodies to TSH receptors
The disorder characterized by a neurologic lesion that affects bladder control is
neurogenic bladder
When a parent asks how they will know if their 2-month-old baby, who is throwing up and has frequent diarrhea, is dehydrated, the nurse's best response is
"If the soft spot on the top of his head feels sunken in and his mouth is dry between his cheek and his gums, then he is probably dehydrated."
The assessment findings of a 5-year-old with a history of asthma include extreme shortness of breath, nasal flaring, coughing, pulsus paradoxus, and use of accessory respiratory muscles. There is no wheezing and the chest is silent in many areas. How should you interpret your assessment?
The child may be having such a severe asthma episode that the airways are closed, so start oxygen and get the doctor immediately.
Following a bone fracture, the most likely event to occur is
development of a blood clot beneath the periosteum
In older women, osteoporosis is thought to be primarily because of
estrogen deficiency
The most challenging aspect of treatment for chronic pancreatitis is
pain control
Widespread activation of the clotting cascade secondary to massive trauma is called
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
_________ is a form of spina bifida in which a saclike cyst filled with CSF protrudes through the spinal defect but does not involve the spinal cord.
Meningocele
Gastrointestinal drainage, perioperative and postoperative hypotension, and hemorrhage may all contribute to renal failure by causing
acute tubular necrosis
Referred pain may be perceived at some distance from the area of tissue injury, but generally felt
within the same dermatome
Orthostatic hypotension may be a manifestation of
Parkinson disease
Bacterial pneumonia leads to hypoxemia caused by
accumulation of alveolar exudates
The pain associated with chronic pancreatitis is generally described as ________ in nature.
steady and boring
A patient injured severely in a motor vehicle accident is hospitalized with acute kidney injury as well as multiple broken bones and lacerations. When family members ask what is meant by the term 'prerenal,' the nurse responds
"Your husband's kidney injury did not start in the kidney itself, but rather in the blood flow to the kidney."
In which dysrhythmias should treatment be instituted immediately?
Atrial fibrillation with a ventricular rate of 220 beats/minute [Show Less]