Shock pathophysiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ refers to a decreased number of circulating eosinophils

Answer: Eosinopenia

Flashcard 2: Patients with infective endocarditis can develop a nephritic syndrome due to deposition of _____

Answer: circulating immune complexes

Flashcard 3: What type of hypersensitivity reaction are hemolytic disease of the newborn and transfusion reactions? _____

Answer: Type II HSR (cellular destruction)

Flashcard 4: Which type of hemolysis involves RBC destruction by the reticuloendothelial system (RES)?

Answer: Extravascular hemolysis

Flashcard 5: Infarction and/or neoplasm of the blood-brain-barrier destroys endothelial cell tight junctions, causing _____

Answer: vasogenic edema

Flashcard 6: What is the cause of painful crisis in patients with sickle cell anemia? _____

Answer: Vaso-occlusion

Flashcard 7: fat necrosis (breast)

Answer: fat necrosis and saponification following trauma (often mild or unremarkable trauma)

Extra: Presents as a painless breast lump; may mimic breast cancer on physical exam and mammography (calcifications from saponification).

Flashcard 8: The subtypes of fibrocystic disease of the breast are _____, _____, _____, and _____.

Answer: fibrosis

Flashcard 9: aplasia (organogenesis)

Answer: absent organ despite present primordial tissue

Flashcard 10: What is the ultimate consequence of prolonged nutrient depletion and waste build-up in a cell?

Answer: Death (Irreversible cell injury)

Extra: Prolonged nutrient depletion and waste build-up in a cell eventually leads to irreversible injury and cell death.