Exam 26: Alterations of Cardiovascular Function

A 75-year-old female has been critically ill with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) for longer than a week and has developed a severe oxygen supply and demand imbalance.The statement that best describes this imbalance is which of the following?

A 20-year-old female is being admitted to the hospital with fever and septic shock.Which set of assessment findings would the nurse expect the patient to exhibit?

A 52 year old is diagnosed with primary hypertension but has no other health problems.Present treatment would cause the nurse to anticipate administering which drug to the patient?

Most cases of combined systolic and diastolic hypertension have no known cause and are documented on the chart as _____ hypertension.

Neurogenic shock can be caused by any factor that inhibits the:

A nurse takes an adult patient's blood pressure and determines it to be normal.What reading did the nurse obtain?

Individuals with Raynaud disease need to be counseled to avoid which of the following conditions to prevent severe symptoms?

A 68-year-old male presents to the ER reporting chest pain.He has a history of stable angina that now appears to be unstable.He most likely has:

A 65-year-old male is diagnosed with chronic pulmonary disease and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance.Which of the following heart failures should the nurse assess for in this patient?

A patient presents with severe chest pain and shortness of breath and is diagnosed with pulmonary embolism.The embolism most likely originated from the:

A patient with left heart failure starts to have a cough and dyspnea.Pulmonary symptoms common to left heart failure are a result of:

A 15-year-old male who is allergic to peanuts eats a peanut butter cup.He then goes into anaphylactic shock.Which assessment findings will the nurse assess for?

A nurse recalls the most common cardiac valve disease in the United States is:

A 51-year-old male presents with recurrent chest pain on exertion and is diagnosed with angina pectoris.The pain occurs when:

A 62-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting chest pain at rest and with exertion.He does not have a history of coronary artery disease and reports that the pain often occurs at night.He is most likely experiencing which type of angina?

Which of the following findings in the patient with Raynaud disease would indicate a need for further teaching?

A patient was admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI) and is being treated for shock.The primary cause of shock is most likely:

A 10-year-old male presents with fever, lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, and nosebleeds.He is diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.The most likely cause of this disease is:

Cardiac cells can withstand ischemic conditions for _____ minutes before irreversible cell injury occurs.

A nurse recalls acute orthostatic hypotension can be caused by: (Select all that apply.)