Exam 49: Shock, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, and Burns in Adults

Which condition is best defined as a clinical syndrome involving a systemic response to infection, which is manifested by two or more of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria?

A healthcare professional is determining the disposition of four burn patients in the Emergency department. Which patients will the professional refer to the burn center? (Select all that apply.)

What is the clinical hallmark of neurogenic shock as a result of the overstimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system?

What is the final outcome of impaired cellular metabolism?

Blistering of the skin within minutes occurs in which type of burn injury?

The release of catecholamine by the adrenal glands provides which compensatory mechanism in hypovolemic shock?

Which condition does a burn injury create for an extended period?

In septic shock, which mediators are antiinflammatory? (Select all that apply.)

A student learns that a fatal burn injury has what effect on interleukins (ILs)?

A patient is diagnosed with septic shock. What action by the healthcare professional will address the main underlying pathophysiologic mechanism of this disorder?

Which clinical manifestation of septic shock confirms an elevation in immune system response?

Hypovolemic shock begins to develop when intravascular volume has decreased by what percentage?

For which type of shock would antihistamines and corticosteroids be prescribed?

A student asks the professor to explain the basics of vasogenic shock. What statement by the professor is best?

What is the significance of a high level of interleukin 1 (IL-1) in a patient who has experienced severe burns?

A student has studied secondary multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). What substance does the student learn is least likely to stimulate the normal endothelial cells to change to a proinflammatory state?

Four patients are in the intensive care unit with different types of shock. Which patient would the healthcare professional assess as the priority?

Daily evaporative water loss after a burn injury is approximately how many times the normal?

A student is perplexed that in a patient with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), no infectious source has been found. What statement by the healthcare professional best describes this phenomenon?

What assessment finding would indicate to the healthcare professional that the patient is no longer in burn shock?