QUIZ Flashcards
Which disease could produce post-hepatic jaundice:
Bile duct cancer.
What is the Cushing reflex?
An increase of systolic blood pressure after acute elevations of intracranial pressure.
Osler nodes and Janeway lesions are clinical manifestations of:
Endocarditis.
Most of the conjugated bilirubin is eliminated by gut bacteria in the following form:
Stercobilin.
The following are pathogenic factors of hepatic encephalopathy, EXCEPT:
A) Increase of serum toxins.
B) Decrease of ammonia levels in blood.
C) Astrocite swelling.
D) Brain edema.
Decrease of ammonia levels in blood.
Which is the most frecuent etiology of heart failure?
Hypertension
Is NOT an effect of Angiotensin II in the pathophysiology of hypertension:
Vasodilator.
Clinical manifestations of cancer EXCEPT:
A) Pain.
B) Fasciculations.
C) Cachexia.
D) Anemia.
Fasciculations.
Hypertension is characterized by systolic blood pressure higher than:
130 mmHg
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism in the pathophysiology of ascites:
A) Portal Hypertension.
B) Increase of albumin synthesis.
C) Increase of renal absorption of water and sodium
Increase of albumin synthesis.
It’s NOT a risk factor for Choletithiasis:
A) Obesity
B) High levels of cholesterol
C) Pregnancy
D) Young age.
Young age.
Which is the most common etiology of mitral stenosis?
Rheumatic.
If there’s too little blood flow into the ventricules, you might think of:
Diastolic heart failure.
Characteristics of malignant tumor EXCEPT:
A) Irregular shape and surface.
B) Tissue invasion.
C) Slowly expanding mass.
D) Invasion of blood vessels.
Slowly expandig mass.
Factors that promotes hypertension:
Endothelial dysfunction.
Oxidative stress.
Inflammatory cytokines.
