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Chapter 7 - Environmental Pathology Flashcards

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What is the most important preventable cause of death in the United States?

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Smoking: most important preventable cause of death in United States

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What is the leading cause of premature death in developed countries?

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Tobacco use leading cause of premature death in developed countries

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What is nicotine?

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Nicotine: addictive component in tobacco

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Besides addiction, nicotine patch can be used to treat what?

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Nicotine patch used to Rx ulcerative colitis

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What is cotinine?

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Cotinine: nicotine metabolite; used for screening

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What does tar in cigarette smoke contain?

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Tar contains carcinogenic agents

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What are the carcinogens in cigarette smoke?

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Carcinogens: polycyclic hydrocarbons, phenol, nitrosamine

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What can smokeless tobacco cause?

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Smokeless tobacco: addictive; ↑risk for oral squamous cancer

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What does passive smoke increase the risk of in children?

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Passive smoke: ↑risk of respiratory/middle ear infections in children

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What does secondhand smoke exacerbate in children?

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Smoking exacerbates asthma

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What does passive smoke increase the risk for in adults?

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Passive smoke: risk for lung cancer; CAD

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What are the beneficial effects of smoking cessation?

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Live longer; ↓risk for heart disease, lung cancer, stroke

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What is the most common recreational drug taken in the U.S.?

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Alcohol MC recreational drug

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Where is alcohol metabolized and reabsorbed?

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Stomach/liver metabolize alcohol; stomach/small bowel reabsorb alcohol

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Why are women at risk for acute/chronic alcohol complications?

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Women at risk for acute/chronic alcohol complications; ↓alcohol dehydrogenase

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What are the enzymes that metabolize alcohol?

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Enzymes metabolizing alcohol: alcohol dehydrogenase, CYP2E1, catalase

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What is the rate-limiting enzyme in alcohol metabolism?

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ADH: rate-limiting enzyme in alcohol metabolism

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What is key to lab abnormalities in alcohol metabolism?

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↑NADH key to lab abnormalities

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How does role of increased NADH in alcohol metabolism?

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↑NADH: ↑synthesis lactic/β-OHB acids; ↑liver TG synthesis

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Acetyl CoA is used to synthesize what?

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Acetyl CoA used to synthesize fatty acids/ketoacids

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Describe why there is increased risk for fasting hypoglycemia in alcohol metabolism.

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NADH enhances pyruvate conversion to lactate → ↓pyruvate → fasting hypoglycemia

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What anions are present in the increased anion gap metabolic acidosis of alcohol abuse?

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↑Anion gap metabolic acidosis: lactic acid, β-OHB acid

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Which ketone is not detected with standard urine/blood tests for ketone bodies?

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β-OHB not detected with standard urine/blood tests for ketone bodies

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Besides fasting hypoglycemia and acidosis, what are the other laboratory findings in alcohol abuse/alcoholic liver disease?

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Lactic acid/β-OHB → hyperuricemia (potential for gout); hypertriglyceridemia
Alcohol liver disease: AST > ALT; ↑GGT

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What is the most common systemic complication of IVDU?

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Hepatitis C: MC systemic complication of IVDU

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What are the effects of acetaminophen overdose?

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Acetaminophen: chemical hepatitis; renal papillary necrosis

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What are the general symptoms of aspirin overdose?

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Aspirin: tinnitus, vertigo, tachypnea

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What is the initial acid-base disorder in aspirin overdose?

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Initial respiratory alkalosis

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What is the mixed acid-base disorder in aspirin overdose in adults?

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Mixed primary respiratory alkalosis and metabolic acidosis (adults)

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What is there danger of in salicylate poisoning?

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Salicylate poisoning: danger of hyperthermia

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Both acetaminophen and aspirin toxicity may cause what?

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Both acetaminophen and aspirin toxicity may cause fulminant hepatitis

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Unopposed estrogen increases the risk for what?

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Unopposed estrogen: adenocarcinoma endometrium/breast
Risk venous thromboembolism; intrahepatic cholestasis
Risk myocardial infarction/stroke

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OCPs increase the risk for what?

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OCP: risk breast adenocarcinoma, cervical SCC
Risk folic acid deficiency (macrocytic anemia)
OCP MCC hypertension in young women → ↑angiotensinogen → ↑ATII
Risk hepatic adenoma causing intraperitoneal hemorrhage
Risk of intrahepatic cholestasis/cholesterol gallstones

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What is the most common cause of death due to a venomous bite?

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Bee/wasp/hornet sting: MCC death due to a venomous bite

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What is a contusion?

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Contusion: blunt force injury to blood vessels with blood leaking into tissue

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What is an abrasion?

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Abrasion: superficial excoriation of epidermis

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What is a laceration?

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Laceration: jagged tear with intact bridging vessels/nerves/connective tissue

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What is an incision?

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Incision: wound with sharp margins; severed blood vessels

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Describe contact gunshot wounds.

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Contact wound: stellate-shaped; fouling (soot + gunpowder)

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Describe an intermediate-range gunshot wound.

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Intermediate-range wound: powder tattooing

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Describe a long-range gunshot wound.

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Long-range wound: no powder tattooing

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Describe exit gunshot wounds.

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Exit wounds: larger than entrance wound

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What is the most common cause of death ages 1 to 44 years?

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MVAs MCC death ages 1 to 44 years

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What accounts for more than 50% of deaths from child abuse?

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Shaken baby syndrome: >50% deaths from child abuse

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What is the key finding in shaken baby syndrome?

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Key finding: retinal hemorrhages

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What is the most common cause of burns?

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MCC burns is fire

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What is the most common site for burns?

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MC site for burn is upper extremities

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What is the common denominator in all burns?

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Common denominator in burns is protein denaturation

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What does the center of a burn have?

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Center of burn has irreversible coagulation necrosis

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Describe the zone of ischemia of a burn.

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Zone of ischemia has reduction in dermal microcirculation

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Describe the zone of hyperemia in a burn.

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Zone of hyperemia due to immediate and transient increase in perfusion

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What does the depth of a burn determine?

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Depth of burn determines potential for skin regeneration

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What are the sources for skin regeneration?

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Sources for skin regeneration: basal layer of cells at margins; dermal skin appendages

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What is a first degree burn?

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1st degree burn: limited to epidermis

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What is a superficial second-degree burn?

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2nd degree superficial: extends into papillary dermis; partial-thickness burn

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What is a deep second-degree burn?

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2nd degree deep: extends into reticular dermis; partial-thickness burn

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What is a third-degree burn?

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3rd degree burn: extends through epidermis/dermis; full-thickness

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What common occurs following a third-degree burn? What can potentially develop?

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SCC risk in keloids

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What is a fourth-degree burn?

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4th degree burn: extends thru skin, subcutaneous fat, muscle/bone

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What is a possible effect of losing plasma from the burn surface?

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Hypovolemic shock from loss of plasma; pitting edema

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What is the most common cause of infection of a burn wound?

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P. aeruginosa MCC infection of burn wound

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What may develop in the small intestine as a complication of a severe burn?

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Curling ulcers of proximal duodenum

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What is hypermetabolic syndrome?

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Hypermetabolic syndrome: heat loss from damaged skin surface → ↑BMR

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Smoke inhalation may result in what type of poisoning?

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Smoke inhalation: CO/CN poisoning

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What is heat edema?

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Heat edema: mild swelling feet, ankles, hands

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What is heat edema due to?

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Cutaneous vasodilation with gravitational pooling

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Who is affected by heat edema?

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Elderly in tropical/semitropical area; healthy traveler coming from cold to hot area

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What are heat cramps?

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Heat cramps: painful, spasmodic muscle contractions postexercise

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Describe the electrolyte derangement in heat cramps.

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Deficiency Na+, Cl−, and fluids in muscle

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What is heat exhaustion?

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Heat exhaustion: volume depletion under conditions of heat stress

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What are the clinical findings in heat exhaustion?

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Heat exhaustion: <104° F); profuse sweating/no mental status changes

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Describe the laboratory findings in heat exhaustion.

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Hemoconcentration, variable serum Na+

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What are the predisposing factors for heatstroke?

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CHS: high ambient temperature; poor, elderly without air-conditioning
CHS: chronic disorders (psychiatric, alcoholism) requiring medication

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What are the clinical findings in classic heatstroke?

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Core body temp >40° C (104° F); skin hot/dry; mental status abnormal; CNS dysfunction

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What are the laboratory findings in classic heatstroke?

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Mild respiratory alkalosis; mild ↑serum CK

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What are the predisposing factors for exertional heatstroke?

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EHS: athletes/military recruits; endogenous heat production overrides cooling mechanisms

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What are the clinical findings in exertional heatstroke?

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EHS: Core body temp >40° C (104° F); profuse sweating; severe CNS dysfunction

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What are the lab findings in exertional heatstroke?

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Lactic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, ARF, DIC, liver damage, hypocalcemia

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What is the most common freezing injury to tissue?

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Frostbite MC freezing injury to tissue

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What is trench foot/immersion foot?

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Trench foot/immersion foot: nonfreezing injury; exposure to wet cold

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What is chilblain?

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Chilblain: nonfreezing injury; exposure to dry cold

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What is the pathogenesis of frostbite?

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Frostbite: tissue exposed to temperature <0° C
Frostbite: ice crystallization; stasis of blood flow

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What occurs during the prefreeze phase of frostbite?

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Prefreeze: endothelial plasma leakage; vasoconstriction; ↑plasma viscosity

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What occurs during the freeze-thaw phase of frostbite?

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Freeze-thaw phase: extracellular ice crystallization; intracellular volume depletion → death

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What occurs during the postthaw phase of frostbite?

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Postthaw: microvascular collapse → necrosis

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Describe the epidemiology of electrical injury.

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Most injuries in children or work-related

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What is the main determinant of tissue injury in electrical injury?

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Current main determinant of tissue injury

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What is Ohm’s law?

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Ohm’s law: Current (I) = Voltage (V)/Resistance (R)

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What change in resistance or voltage results in a decrease in current?

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↑Resistance (R) or ↓Voltage (V) = ↓Current (I)

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What change in resistance or voltage results in an increase in current?

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↓Resistance (R) or ↑Voltage (V) = ↑Current (I)

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How does AC exposure compare to DC exposure at the same voltage?

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AC 3× more dangerous that DC at same voltage

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How do muscle contractions differ during AC and DC exposure?

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AC induces tetanic contractions (hold on); DC induces single muscle spasm (throws away)

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How does wet skin affect resistance and current?

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Wet skin ↓R causing ↑I

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How does dry skin affect resistance and current?

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Dry skin ↑R causing ↓I

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What is the most common cause of death in an electrical injury?

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Cardiorespiratory arrest MCC death electrical injury

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What is the most common cause of death from lightening injury?

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Cardiorespiratory arrest MCC death from lightening injury

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Who is most at risk for drowning?

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Children 1 to 4 and 10 to 14 years old most at risk for drowning

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Define drowning.

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Drowning: death by suffocation from immersion in a liquid

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What is wet drowning?

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Wet drowning: aspiration of water; MC type of drowning

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What is immersion syndrome?

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Immersion syndrome: sudden death from submersion in cold water; vagally mediated cardiac arrest

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What is dry drowning?

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Dry drowning: asphyxia from laryngospasm without aspiration

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Describe two features of the diving reflex.

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Diving reflex protective; shunts blood to vital areas

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Describe the cause of death in drowning.

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Death in drowning: laryngospasm/closed glottis; hypoxemia with respiratory/metabolic acidosis

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How are O2 concentration and atmospheric pressure affected at high altitude?

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High altitude: O2 concentration 21%, ↓atmospheric pressure

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Describe the effect of hypoxemia at high altitude.

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Hypoxemia stimulates peripheral chemoreceptors → respiratory alkalosis

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Describe the effect of respiratory alkalosis on OBC.

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Respiratory alkalosis → activates PFK → ↑2,3-BPG → right-shifted OBC

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Acute mountain sickness occurs at what elevation?

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AMS occurs at elevations >8000 feet (2440 m)

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What are the clinical findings in acute mountain sickness?

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Headache, fatigue, dizziness, anorexia, nauseous, insomnia

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Describe the pulmonary edema in high altitude pulmonary edema.

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HAPE: noncardiogenic pulmonary edema

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What are the clinical findings in high altitude cerebral edema?

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HACE: ataxia, stupor, coma

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Give two examples of ionizing radiation.

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Ionizing radiation: x-rays, γ-rays

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Describe the pathophysiology of ionizing radiation.

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Damage to DNA by hydroxyl free radicals

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Which tissue is most sensitive to ionizing radiation?

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Lymphoid tissue most sensitive to ionizing radiation

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Which tissue is least sensitive to ionizing radiation?

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Bone least sensitive to ionizing radiation

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What is the first hematologic sign of total body radiation?

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Total body radiation: lymphopenia first hematologic sign

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What are the vascular effects of radiation?

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Vascular system: thrombosis/fibrosis; ischemia

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What are the acute integumentary effects of radiation?

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Acute—erythema, edema, blisters

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What are the chronic integumentary effects of radiation?

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Chronic—radiodermatitis; danger of SCC

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What are the acute and chronic GI effects of radiation?

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Acute—diarrhea; chronic—bowel adhesions

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What is the most common cancer caused by radiation?

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Acute leukemia MC cancer caused by radiation

120
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What other cancers are caused by radiation besides acute leukemia?

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Other radiation cancers: papillary carcinoma of thyroid, osteogenic sarcoma

121
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Describe the pathogenesis of injury with UVB light.

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UVB: ↑pyrimidine dimers distort DNA helix
UVB: inactivates p53 suppressor gene; activates RAS proto-oncogene

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What are the general effects of UVB light injury?

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Sunburn, actinic (solar) keratosis (danger SCC), corneal burns from skiing

123
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What are the cancers associated with UVB light injury?

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UVB cancers: BCC (MC), SCC, melanoma

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What type of radiation may cause third-degree burns?

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Laser radiation: third-degree burns

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