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A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to pathophysiology, covering key concepts such as the components of pathophysiology (etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, outcomes), mechanisms of cell injury and death (atp depletion, free radicals, intracellular calcium, membrane permeability defects), and various types of necrosis (liquefactive, coagulative, caseous, fat, gangrenous). It also addresses topics like bilirubin metabolism, hyperbilirubinemia, reperfusion injury, apoptosis, autophagy, and cellular adaptations like atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia. The document concludes with questions about aging and its origins, making it a valuable resource for students studying pathophysiology.
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What |are |the |five |components |of |pathophysiology? |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔etiology pidemiology pathogenesis clinical |manifestations outcomes Etiology |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Causative |factor -simple -complex -idiopathic -iatrogenic Epidemiology |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Patterns |in |populations |of | people |and |their |characteristics -incidence -prevalence Incidence |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔New
Prevalence |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Existing |and |new; |total Pathogenesis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Sequence |of |events |from | stimulus |of |disease |and |manifestations Clinical |manifestations |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Signs | (assessment, |definitive) Symptoms |(experienced |by |pt, |subjective) Outcomes |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Cure, |remission, |chronicity, | or |death -not |specifically |treatment Primary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Preventing |initial | occurrence Secondary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Detection |and | screening Tertiary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Treating |or |reducing | relapse/disability/chronicity What |are |the | 4 |common |mechanisms |of |cell |injury |and |death? |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔1. |ATP |depletion
Pyknosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Clumping |of |nuclear |material | as |a |result |of |a |drop |in |pH Karyorrhexis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Fragmentation |of |nuclear | material Karyolysis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Dissolution |of |nuclear | material What |are |free |radicals? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Unstable | compounds |with |an |unpaired |electron |and |high |affinity |for |lipids, | normal |byproduct |of |cellular |metabolism What |is |lipid |peroxidation? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Binding |of | free |radicals |to |phospholipid |bilayer |membrane |around |the |cell | and |its |organelles |causing |dissolution |or |a |hole What |are |reactive |oxygen |species |(ROS) |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Chemically |reactive |molecules |formed |as |natural |oxidant | species |in |cells |during |mitochondrial |respiration |and |energy | generation How |does |the |body |handle |free |radicals |and |ROS |to |prevent | tissue |injury |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Antioxidants |remove problems |occur |when |free |radicals |are |produced |in |amounts |that | overwhelm |antioxidants
How |can |membrane |permeability |defect? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Inherited |/ |genetic acquired |/ |exposure |to |mutagenic |or |carcinogenic |environmental | factors lysis |by |enzymes, |virus, |or |direct |injury |from |stressors What |is |bilirubin? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Pigment |released | when |RBC's |breakdown What |is |unconjugated |bilirubin? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Type |of | bilirubin |that |is |fat-soluble |and |can't |be |excreted What |is |conjugated |bilirubin? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Type |of | bilirubin |that |is |water-soluble |and |able |to |be |excreted What |is |the |role |of |glucuronic |acid |in |bilirubin |metabolism? |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔It |is |required |from |liver |cells |to |convert | unconjugated |bilirubin |to |conjugated |bilirubin What |is |hemolytic |hyperbilirubinemia? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Excessive |hemoglobin |breakdown |that |the |liver |can't |keep |up | with
-protein |kinases -phospholipidases -proteases | -endonuclease Liquefactive |necrosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Brain |tissue ischemic |injury |to |neurons |and |glial |cells brain |liquefies, |walled |off |from |healthy |tissue, |and |forms |cysts Coagulative |necrosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Kidneys, |heart, | adrenal |glands caused |by |hypoxia/ischemia |due |to |chemical |injury protein |denaturation |—> |gelatinous Caseous |necrosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Combination |of | coagulative |and |liquefactive commonly |tuberculosis dead |cells |disintegrate |but |debris |not |fully |digested; |resembles | cheese
Fat |necrosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Breast, |pancreas, |other | abd |structures lipases |break |down |triglycerides |releasing |fatty |acids |creating | opaque/chalk |white |"soaps" What |is |gangrenous |necrosis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Death |of | tissues |from |severe |hypoxic |injury What |are |the |characteristics |of |dry |gangrenous |necrosis? |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Result |of |coagulative |necrosis; |No | infection; |Clear |demarcation |of |live |and |dead |tissue; |Dry |and | shrunken, |mummified What |are |the |characteristics |of |wet |gangrenous |necrosis? |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Result |of |liquefactive |necrosis; |Infection | present |with |exudate, |malodor, |inflammation; |Unclear | demarcation |between |live |and |dead |tissue What |is |gas |gangrene? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Caused |by | clostridium |and |creates |crepitus Necrosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔-Pathologic -Nasty, |violent, |disorganized |sequence | -Stimulates |inflammatory |process -initiated |by |ischemia/toxins/physical |stimuli
Hypertrophy |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Increased |cell |and | functional |component |size |due |to |increased |work |demands Hyperplasia |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Increased |number |of |cells | due |to |increased |work |demands Metaplasia |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Substitution |of |one |normal | cell |type |with |another |not |normally |found |in |that |tissue -replacements |are |better |able |to |survive |vs |original Dysplasia |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Abnormal |cell |growth |and | differentiation |(variable |size, |shape, |appearance) |within |specific | tissue -precursor |to |cancer What |is |aging? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Decrease |in |functional | reserve |and |reduced |ability |to |adapt |to |environmental |demands How |does |DNA |and |metabolic |damage |contribute |to |aging? |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔DNA |repair |mechanisms |are |faulty Metabolic |(free |radical) |damage |is |excessive | Decreased |antioxidants
What |are |some |origins |of |aging? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Genetic, |epigenetic, |inflammatory, |oxidative, |stress, |metabolic |origins Frailty |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Someone |vulnerable |to |falls, | functional |decline, |disability, |disease, |death involves |oxidative |stress, |inflammation, |malnutrition, |physical | inactivity, |muscle |changes How |does |acidosis |effect |potassium? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Excess |H+ |in |blood |shift |into |cell K+ |moves |out |of |cell |to |balance |ionic |concentration Hyperkalemia |develops How |does |alkalosis |effect |potassium? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔H+ |moves |into |bloodstream |to |balance | excess |bicarbonate/lack |of |acid K+ |moves |into |cell |to |balance |ionic |concentration Hypokalemia |develops
Calculation |of |water |deficit |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Liters |of | water |to |be |given |= |Ideal |total |body |water |- |current |total |body | water Calculation |of |ideal |total |body |water |in |water |deficit |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔(Current |Na |X |TBW) |/ | 140 Calculation |of |current |total |body |water |in |water |deficit |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Weight |(kg) |X |___ 0.4 |for |women 0.5 |for |men 0.6 |for |infants Calculation |of |water |excess |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Liters |of | water |to |be |removed |= |Current |total |body |water |X |Ideal |total | body |water Calculation |of |current |total |body |water |in |water |excess |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Weight |(kg) |X |__ 0.5 |for |women 0.6 |for |men 0.7 |for |infants Calculation |of |ideal |total |body |water |in |water |excess |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔ 1 |- |(Na/125)
Hyponatremia |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔< Normally |hypotonic, but |normal |tonicity |(pseudohyponatremia) |and |hyperosmolality | exist | Therefore, |may |need |to |calculate |adjusted |sodium |levels Pseudohyponatremia |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Low |serum |Na, | serum |osmolality/tonicity |normal |or |elevated Calculation |for |corrected |sodium |in |hyperglycemia |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔1.6 |mEq/L |X |((current |glucose |- |100) |/ |100) |= |X Current |sodium |+ |X |= |corrected |sodium Calculation |for |serum |osmolality |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔OSM | = | 2 |X |[sodium |concentration] |+ |[glucose |concentration/18] |+ | [BUN/2.8] Osmolality |vs |Tonicity |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Osmolality: | determined |by |total |solute |concentration |in |a |fluid |compartment Tonicity: |refers |to |the |ability |of |the |combined |effect |of |all |solutes | to |generate |an |osmotic |driving |force |that |causes |water | movement
Pitting |edema |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Edema |fluid |contains |few | protein -increased |capillary |hydrostatic |pressure -decreased |capillary |oncotic |pressure Non |pitting |edema |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Edema |fluid | contains |a |lot |of |protein -increased |cap |permeability -lymphatic |obstruction Normal |bicarbonate |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔22- Metabolic |acidosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔pH<7.35 |and | bicarbonate< -loss |of |bicarbonate -increase |of |metabolic/nonvolatile |acids | -decrease |in |acid |excretion characterized |by |normal |anion |gap |or |elevated |anion |gap Anion |gap |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Difference |between |total | cations |in |ECF |and |total |anions |in |ECF
Normal: |10- Anion |gap |= |Na |- |(Cl+HCO3) Metabolic |acidosis |with |elevated |anion |gap |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Abnormal |numbers |and |types |of |anions, |due | to |retention/addition |of |acid -deranged |metabolism |(DKA, |LA) -exogenous |ingestions Metabolic |acid |with |normal |anion |gap |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Cause |of |metabolic |acid |is |due |to |loss |of |bicarbonate When |bicarbonate |is |lost, |chloride |is |reabsorbed |keeping |gap | normal therefore, |also |called |"hyperchloremic |metabolic |acid" What |is |Renal |Tubular |Acidosis |(RTA)? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔Renal |cause |of |metabolic |acidosis What |is |the |characteristic |of |Type | 1 |Distal |RTA? |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔Decrease |in |distal |nephron |to |produce |new | bicarbonate, |resulting |in |hypokalemia
PLUMSEEDS |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Mnemonic |for |causes |of | elevated |anion |gap |metabolic |acidosis Paraldehyde Lactic |acidosis Uremia Methanol Salicylates Ethanol Ethylene |glycol DKA Starvation Why |is |acidosis |associated |with |hypercalcemia? |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔Increases |the |fraction |of |ionized |calcium |and | promotes |the |effects |of |calcium |onto |cells |(bad) Metabolic |alkalosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔pH>7.45, | bicarbonate |>
with |hypovolemia |and |corrected |once |ECF |is |expanded |with |NaCl | and |K+ Saline |resistant: |associated |with |excessive |mineralocorticoids | (aldosterone) What |is |the |percentage |of |prerenal |kidney |failure? |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔60-70% What |causes |prerenal |kidney |failure? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS | ✔✔hypotension/shock |leading |to |poor |renal |blood |flow What |are |types |of |damage |that |can |lead |to |prerenal |kidney | failure? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔CV |dysfunction |(MI, |HF), | vasodilation, |hypovolemia/hemorrhage, |vascular |resistance | (surgery), |abdominal |compartment |syndrome, |PE What |is |the |percentage |of |Intrarenal |/ |Intrinsic |kidney |failure? |- | CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔25-40% What |causes |of |Intrarenal |/ |Intrinsic |kidney |failure? |- |CORRECT | ANSWERS |✔✔Direct |kidney |damage |from |inflammation/infection, | toxins/drugs, |reduced |blood |supply What |are |the |types |of |damage |that |can |lead |to |Intrarenal |/ | Intrinsic |kidney |failure? |- |CORRECT |ANSWERS |✔✔Glomerular | inflammation, |vascular |(stenosis, |thrombosis), |tubular |(ATN, | drugs, |ischemia), |interstitial |(infection, |drugs)