final exam

Clinical manifestations of hyponatremia include

confusion , lethargy , coma , and perhaps seizures .

Viral pneumonia is characterized by :

dry cough .

A patient with a history of alcoholism presents with hematemesis and profound anemia . The expected diagnosis is

gastroesophageal varices .

An important mediator of a type I hypersensitivity reaction is

histamine

Individuals diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE ) are at risk for developing numerous complications of various organs because of

immune injury to basement membranes .

Pain with passive stretching of a muscle is indicative of

noncontractile tissue injury .

Low cardiac output to the kidneys stimulates the release of from _______juxtaglomerular cells .

renin

Osmoreceptors located in the hypothalamus control the release of

vasopressin ( antidiuretic hormone , ADH ) .

The characteristic x - ray findings in tuberculosis include

Ghon tubercles .