Patho CYU week 8

Ankylosing spondylitis is characterized by

inflammation, stiffness, and fusion of spinal joints

myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which

Acetylcholine receptors are destroyed or dysfunctional

What type of seizure usually occurs in children and is characterized by brief, staring spells

Absence

Rheumatoid arthritis is commonly associated with the presence of rheumatoid factor autoantibodies in the bloodstream. This indicates that rheumatoid arthritis is likely to be

An autoimmune process

Which treatment is helpful in neuropathic pain but not used for acute pain

Anticonvulsants

Which group of clinical findings indicates depressed, neurologic functioning

Assumes decorticate posture with light touch no verbal response

Systemic lupus erythmatosus SLE is it rheumatic disease attributed to

Autoimmune mechanisms

Secoundary injury after head trauma refers to

Brain injury resulting from the body's response to tissue damage

Following a bone fracture of the most likely event to occur is

Development of a blood clot beneath the periodteum

The pain of nonarticular rheumatism growing pain is worse

During the night

Modulation of pain signals is thought to be mediated by the release of

Endorphins

Acceleration declaration movements of the head often results in polar injuries in which

Focal injuries occur in two places at opposite poles

Muscular, dystrophy includes number of muscle disorders that are

Genetically transmitted

Prosthetic joint infection is most often because of

Hematogenous transfer

An example of an inappropriate treatment for head trauma would be

Hypoventilation

Individuals diagnosed with systematic lupus every month those sauce SLE are at risk for developing numerous complication of various organs because of

Immune injury to basement membranes

The pathophysiology of osteomalacia involves

Inadequate mineralization of osteoid

Is a form of spy no the fighter in which is saclike cyst. Field way to CSF protrudes through the spinal defect, but does not involve the spinal cord.

Meningocele

Anticholinesterase inhibitors may be used to manage

Myasthenia gravis

It is recommended that women of childbearing age take folic acid daily for prevention of

Neural tube defects

The physiologic mechanisms involved in the pain, phenomenon, are termed

Nociception

Pain with passive stretching of a muscle is indicative of

Noncontractile tissue injury

occurs when a brainstem impaired patient exhibits a persistent rhythmic or jerky movement in one or both eyes

Nystagmus

Before making a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Other potential causes of dementia must be ruled out

A laboratory test result that helps confirm the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematous SLE is

Positive antinuclear antibodies

The earliest manifestation of scleroderma is

Raynaud phenomenon

The disease that is similar to osteomalacia and occurs in growing children is

Rickets

Compartment syndrome occurs secondary to

Soft tissue damage

In the acute phase of stroke, treatment is focused on

Stabilization of respiratory and cardiovascular function

Cerebral aneurysm is most frequently the result of

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Rupture of a cerebral aneurysm should be suspected if the patient reports

Sudden severe headache

In contrast to osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis may be associated with

Systemic aching in the musculoskeletal system.

The is the level of painful stimulation required to be perceived

Threshold

Define a stage of quad characterized by crystalline deposits in cartilage, synovial membranes, and soft tissue is called

Tophaceous gout

Tell me again the name of that chemical that makes crystals when my quad flares up. Ask the client the nurses best response is.

Uric acid

Referred pain may be perceived as some distance from the area of tissue injury, but generally felt

Within the same dermatome

The most common source of osteomyelitis is

an infection that migrates via the bloodstream

People who have osteoporosis are at risk for

bone fractures

Pain in fibromyalgia involves

changes in pain transmission in the spinal cord

risk factor for osteoporosis

early menopause

It is true that bell palsy is a

paralysis of the muscles innervated by the facial nerve