for Pathopharmacology 2nd Edition by Bruce Colbert Kurtis Pierce Chapter 1-15

for Pathopharmacology 2nd Edition by Bruce Colbert Kurtis Pierce Chapter 1-15
1. What term is best used to describe a flare-up of a patient’s chronic disease?
a. Exacerbation
b. Relapse
c. Metastasize
d. Complication
Answer: a
Feedback: An exacerbation is an acute flare-up from a chronic disease.
2. A patient has successfully undergone treatment for breast cancer and is cancer
free. What term describes her disease state?
a. Relapse
b. Complication
c. Remission
d. Terminal
Answer: c
Feedback: A patient who has successfully undergone treatment for breast
cancer and is cancer free is said to be in remission.
3. A disease affecting a patient long term is:
a. Acute
b. Chronic
c. Complication
d. Exacerbation
Answer: b
Feedback: A chronic disease affects a patient over the long term.
4. Which term is used to describe the length of time a patient survives after
undergoing treatment?
a. Mortality rate
b. Death rate
c. Morbidity rate
d. Survival rate
Answer: d
Feedback: Survival rate is the term is used to describe the length of time
a patient survives after undergoing treatment.
5. What is the term used to describe the main reason why a patient seeks medical
care?
a. Prognosis
b. Chief concern
c. Diagnosis
d. Etiology
Answer: b
Feedback: Chief concern is the term used to describe the main reason
why a patient seeks medical care.
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1.2
1. When a microorganism is spread to other hosts by a bite it is known as a:
a. Chain of infection
b. Common vehicle
c. Pandemic
d. Biological vector
Answer: d
Feedback: When a microorganism is spread to other hosts by a bite it is
known as a biological vector.
2. A person carrying a pathogenic microorganism that comes into physical contact
with another person is known as: