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Nursing 2005: Intro to Pathophysiology Flashcards

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“Physio”

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Study of specific characteristics

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“Patho”

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  • suffering/disease

- The study of the body

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Pathophysiology

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  • disorders or breakdown of body function

- mechanisms of disease

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Disease

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  • disruption of homeostasis (balance and body regulation)
  • function is affected depending on:
    Ex: age, health, genetic background
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Epidemiology

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Study of cause and distribution of disease in a population

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What are the 2 types of epidemiology?

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  1. Mortality

2. Mobility

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Mortality

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Disease related death

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Mobility

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Disease occurrence

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What are the 2 types of morbitity?

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  1. Incidence

2. Prevelance

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Incidence

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Rate or number of disease

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Prevalence

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Total number of diseases

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What are the factors of disease?

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  1. Age
    Ex: newborns and elderly
  2. Ethnicity
    Ex: ethnicity related diseases
    - cystic fibrosis = white people
  3. Gender
    Ex: men = prostate cancer vs women = breast cancer
  4. Socioeconomic factors and lifestyles
    - socio eco ex: poverty, malnutrition, sanitation, water quality, quantity
    - Lifestyle ex: diet, exercise, smoke, alcohol
  5. Geographic location
    Ex: Africa = malaria
    Humid areas in south = fungal infections
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Framework for patho

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  1. Etiology
  2. Pthogenesis
  3. Clinical manifestations
  4. Treatment
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  1. Etiology
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Cause/reaction of disease

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Classifications of etiology:

A. Inherited

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Altered of a gene mutation

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B. congenital

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Present at birth d/t prenatal influence

Ex: virus, chemicals

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C. Infectious

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D/t microorganism

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D. Degenerative

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Loss of structure or body function

Ex: joint disorder

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E. neoplastic

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  • tumor
  • cancer
  • malignant/benign
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F. Immunological

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Abnormal immune response

Ex: allergies d/t over sensitivity
Lupus, renal

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G. Metabolic

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  • enzyme deficiency

- diabetes

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H. Nutritional

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  • deficiency
  • decrease RBC, folic acid
  • r/t diet
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I. Psychogenic

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Emotional state

Ex: stress = decreased immune system, ulcer

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J. Iatrogenic

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  • Treatment causes health conditions
  • surgery, invasive procedures

Ex: chemo = decreased immune response

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K. Idiopathic

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Unknown

Ex: hypertension = no known cause, could be a combination

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  1. Pathogensis
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  • occurrence of body after exposure = symptoms
  • development of disease
  • factor of pathogenesis
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Factors of pathogenesis

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  1. Time
    - how long pt had disease
  2. Amount/quantity
    - how much
  3. Location
    - what part of body d/t conditions can vary
  4. Morphological changes
    - changes in structure and function of cell depending where it is
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  1. Clinical manifestations

A. Symptoms

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Subjective feelings of the disease by the pt

Ex: nausea, fatigue

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B. signs

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Objective
- things you see

Ex: increased temp, vomit

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C. Syndrome

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  • collection of different s/s that occur for specific disease
  • vary d/t stage and nature of disease
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Stages of disease

  1. Latent period
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  • NO s/s

* - interval of exposure can be short/long depending on the disease

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  1. Incubation period
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Infection

*- can be long/short term

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  1. Prodomal period
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  • 1st s/s of disease
  • very vague
  • not all have this period

Ex: headache

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  1. Subclincal stage
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Pt has disease but NO s/s

Ex: kidney disease

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  1. Acute phase
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Disease reaches full intensity

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  1. Convalescence
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S/s of recover

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  1. Exacerbation
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Sudden increase of s/s or severity

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  1. Remission
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  • Decrease of disease

- if permanent = cure

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Nature of disease

  1. Acute
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  • Severe manifestations
  • Short
  • Treatable

Ex: cold

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  1. Chronic
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  • last >6 months - lifetime
  • s/s vary daily
  • goal is to manage symptoms

Ex. Diabetes, cancer, hypertension

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Implications for treatment: levels of prevention

  1. Primary
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Prevent altering exposure and susceptibility

Ex: safe sex

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  1. Secondary
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Early detection

Ex: physical exam, self breast examination

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  1. Tertiary
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Medics, interventions for advanced disease

Ex: radiation, physical therapy, surgery

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