MSN 570 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM

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MSN 570 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM

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• A 65-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit from the operating room after a triple coronary

artery bypass graft. He is intubated and on a ventilator. Lactic acid levels were normal postoperatively,

but now they are rising. The increased level could be an indication of:

• excessive sedation.
• bowel ischemia.
• excessive volume infusion in the operating room.
• mild hypothermia postoperatively.

Ans: B

• Which of the following statements describes a cellular membrane exchange process that is active?
• Sodium moving out of cells and potassium moving into cells
• The movement of water from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute

concentration

• The movement of insulin using a protein to travel across the cell membrane
• Oxygen moving across the pulmonary capillaries to an area of high carbon dioxide

Ans: A

• The canola plants genome is altered to produce an herbicide resistant crop. The canola oil produced

from this crop is an example of a:

• pesticide-free food.
• saturated fat food. 1 / 2

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• genetically modified food.
• product that is pure.

Ans: C

• A 30-year-old man has a history of heart transplant and is receiving long-term steroids to prevent

rejection. The patient is due for routine vaccines. Attenuated vaccines are contraindicated in this patient

because the antigen is:

• live and can cause infection.
• mutated and infectious.
• inactive but still infectious.
• pathogenic.

Ans: A

• A 20-year-old male shoots his hand with a nail gun while replacing roofing shingles. Which of the

following cell types would be the first to aid in killing bacteria to prevent infection in his hand?

• Eosinophils
• Neutrophils
• Leukotrienes

D) Monocytes Ans: B

6. Plasma protein inflammatory mediator systems include:

• phagocytic, interferon, and complement systems.
• complement, fibrinolytic, and clotting systems.
• complement, clotting, and kinin systems.
• complement, clotting, and acute phase reactant systems.

Ans: C

• Which of the following types of vitamin or mineral deficiency can cause megaloblastic anemia and is

associated with lower extremity paresthesias?

• Vitamin B12
• Folate
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