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
