2 answers. - ANSWER Diabetic ketoacidosis

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PASS What happens to the various anion levels in the bloodstream during diabetic ketoacidosis? - ANSWER The anion gap level increases, whereas the HCO3- level decreases.

How do the kidneys compensate for alkalosis! - ANSWER By retaining more H+ and excreting more HCO3-

What is one cause of edema? - ANSWER Diminished osmotic force created by low numbers of solutes in the bloodstream.

What are two causes of metabolic acidosis due to increased noncarbonic acids?

• answers. - ANSWER Diabetic ketoacidosis

Lactic acidosis

A health informatics professional is conducting a documentation review of records at the request of the Infection Control Department. The professional is tasked with flagging records of patients with diseases spread by respiratory secretions.What are two diseases that this HIM professional should flag? 2 answers. - ANSWER Varicella Influenza

What should a healthcare provider recognize as part of a patient's adaptive immune response to an influenza virus? - ANSWER Generation of immunoglobulin M (IgM)

Which apparent electrolyte imbalance may result from untreated acidosis? - ANSWER Hyperkalemia 1 / 2

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What describes an antimicrobial peptide? - ANSWER A chain of amino acids produced by cells in response to pathogenic exposure.

A patient with chronic hypertension developed enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart.What is the maladaptive cellular change that occurred in this patient? - ANSWER Pathological hypertrophy

Two parents take genetic tests for sickle cell disease. Both parents are heterozygous. What are all the possible outcomes for their children? - ANSWER Heterozygous, homozygous normal, or homozygous sickle

A six month old baby is diagnosed with Tay Sachs disease.Which developmental disruptions are associated with this disorder? - ANSWER Lethargy, muscle flaccidity, motor coordination impairment, and increasing cognitive impairment.

Which fracture type is it when there is more than one fracture line, and more than two bone fragments are shattered or crushed? - ANSWER Comminuted

What are two characteristics of osteoarthritis as opposed to rheumatoid arthritis?

• answers - ANSWER The pathophysiology includes joint swelling and osteophyte

formation.

The most commonly affected joints are the knee, hip, hand, and proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints.

A healthcare professional examines a patient with a slow growing, small, dome shaped bump on the nose. The lesion is shiny, translucent, and pearly in appearance.

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