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Tissue Repair Flashcards

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hypoxia

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  • decreased ability to obtain or use oxygen
  • most common cause of cell injury
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hypoxemia

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reduced transfer of oxygen from lungs to blood

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ischemia

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decreased blood flow to tissues

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physical agents include

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mechanical trauma (hit, cut, punctured), temperature extremes 9hot or cold), radiation (external or medical), and electric shock

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potential causes of a hypoxic event

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  • lack of air to breath in
  • no hemoglobin available to carry oxygen
  • hemoglobin lack the ability to carry oxygen
  • lack of blood flow to tissue
  • hypothermia (vasoconstriction of vessel)
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free radicals

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  • missing an electron
  • electrically uncharged atom or group of atoms with an unpaired electron
  • will attack a healthy atom to get an extra electron
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Endogenous antioxidant system

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  • come from within our own body
  • production decreases with age
  • contributes to premature aging and degenerative diseases
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Exogenous antioxidents

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  • come for outside our body
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are endo/exo antioxidants more potent

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endogenous antioxidants are far more potent

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what foods should you avoid

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  • nutrient poor foods and deficient in antioxidants
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oxidative stress

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  • over production of free radicals
  • plays a major part in the development of chronic and degenerative ailments such as cancer, arthritis, aging, autoimmmune disorders, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases
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free radical have a _____ role

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dual (toxic and beneficial compounds)

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how does the body counteract oxidative stress

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antioxidants
- naturally (much more potent) or consuming foods and supplements

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what are antioxidants

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healthy atoms that will share an electron with the free radical atom preventing it from attacking another health atom, preventing cell damage

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what is the best sources of antioxidants

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vitamin C
- fruits and vegtables

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foods to avoid

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  • processed food
  • high glycemic food, limit processed meats (bacon, sausage, salami), limit red meat, dont reuse cooking fats and oils, limit alcohol
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Asphyxiation

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failure of cells to recieve or use oxygen

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Suffocation

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  • systemic hypoxia
  • no air is exchanged in the lungs
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strangulation

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  • causes of cerebral hypoxia
  • compression and closure of airway
  • external pressure on neck
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types of strangualtion

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  • hanging
  • ligature
  • manual
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hanging

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“V” inverted on neck

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ligature

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  • horizontal mark
  • petechia more common, internal injury rare
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manual strangulation

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  • severe internal damage, bruising and fractures of hyoid
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drowning

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  • no oxygen exchange in the lungs due to being filled with fluid
  • prevents the delivery of oxygen to tissues
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carbon monoxide

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  • binds to hemoglobin
  • unable to transport oxygen in the blood
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carbon monoxide build up symptoms

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  • headache, nausea, weakness, tinnitus, vomiting
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treatment of carbon monoxide build up

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  • fresh air
  • hyperbaric chamber (high pressure oxygen; forces the carbon monoxide off the hemoglobin)
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Chemical asphyxiation

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  • cyanide blocks the intercellular use of oxygen
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Chemical asphyxiation symptoms

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weakness, nausea, confusion, difficulty breathing, seizure, cardiac arrest

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Chemical asphyxiation treatment

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  • identify source
  • activated charcoal orally if ingestion has occurred
  • oxygen
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Chemical asphyxiation occurs

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in building fires

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types of asphyxiation

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  • suffocation
  • strangulation
  • drowning
  • chemical
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Contusion

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bruise
- bleeding into the skin or underlying tissues

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Laceration

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  • tear or rip resulting when tensile strength of skin or tissue is exceeded
  • ragged and irregular
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Abrasion

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  • superficial laceration
  • EXAMPLE: scrape on the knee
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Avulsion

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  • wide area of tissue is pulled away
  • only skin (either loose or torn)
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Fracture

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  • blunt force blows or impacts can cause bone to break or shatter
  • multiple types
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Incised wound

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  • wound that is longer than it is deep
  • can be straight or jagged
  • not always surgical
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stab wound

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  • deeper than it is long
  • can be surgical
  • EXAMPLE; stabbed with a knife
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puncture wound

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  • weapon has a sharp point but not sharp edges
  • EXAMPLE: punctured with a needle
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reverse injury

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  • cell recovery
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42
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cell death

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necrosis

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43
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programmed cell removal

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cell apoptosis
- controlled cell death

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Autophagy

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  • controlled process
  • cell recycles part of itself (eliminates nonfunctioning parts of the cell)
  • consumption of cells own contents as metabolic process occcurs in starvation and certain diseases (use nutrients to feed itself)
  • can prevent apoptosis
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Apoptosis

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  • dealth of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organisms growth or development
  • orderly process
  • controlled cellular fragmentation (phagocytosis occurs as phagocyte envelopes the cell and fragments)
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necrosis

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  • swelling and bursting of the cell membrane
  • death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of blood supply
  • rupture of the cell and damage to the area
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Coagulative necrosis

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  • Kidney, heart, and adrenal glands
  • loss of nucleus with cellular outline preserved
  • caused by ischemia or infraction
  • cellular degeneration is delayed
  • architecture is maintained
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ischemia

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inadequate blood supply to an organ

49
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infraction

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obstruction of the blood supply to an organ or region of tissue

50
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Liquefactive necrosis

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  • Neurons, brain
  • transforms tissue into liquid (brain has high content of lipid and water
  • caused by infraction or abcess
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Caseous necrosis

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  • lungs
  • caused by tuberculous
  • dead tissue appears as a soft and white proteinaceous dead cell mass
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Fatty necrosis

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  • breast, pancrease, and other abdominal organs
  • usually harmless
  • can be surgically removed in bothersome, but can go away on its own
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gangrenous necrosis

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  • severe hypoxic injury
  • interrupted blood supply
  • medium for bacteria growth and it is impending health wound healing
54
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dry gangreen

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  • result of coagulative necrosis
  • bllod supply is slowly reduced
  • skin becomes dry, wrinkled, skin changes to dark brown or black
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wet gangreen

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  • blood supply is suddenly reduced
  • pus is release, very painful
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Gas gangreen

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  • infection of the injured tissue by Clostridium (bacteria)
  • blood supply is reduced
  • produce hydrolytic enzymes and toxins that destroy connective tissues and cause gas bubbles
57
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Innate immunity

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  • what we are born with
  • includes physical, chemical and cellular defenses against pathogens
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what is the most common cause of cellular death

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hypoxia

59
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what happens in inflammation to cause hypoxia

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  • increase in the metabolic demands of cells and reduction in metabolic substrates (energy producers) caused by thrombosis, trauma, compression, or atelectasis
60
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What happens in hypoxia to cause inflammation

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  • mainly oxidative stress, acidosis, and apoptosis
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What leads to the visible inflammation

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  • rapid leakage of K+
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who are the first responders

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  • inflammatory cells and cytokines
  • begin inflammatory response and trap bacteria and other offending agents or start healing of injured tissue
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Major events in local inflammatory response

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macrophages are activated, capillaries dialate and become more permeable, fluid clooting agents move into tissues, clotting begins, chemokines release phagocytic cells, attracts netrophils/macrophages to engulf pathogens/debris, healing begins

64
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what are sings of infection

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  • redness
  • swelling
  • pus
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Hallmark signs

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heat, pain, redness, swelling, and loss of function

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pain is caused by

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  • systemic response
  • fever and proliferation of leukocytes
  • increased fluid at site triggers nerves
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redness and swelling is caused by

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  • increased permeability
  • fluid released into tissues
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heat is caused by

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  • capillary widening which increases blood flow
69
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tenderness is caused by

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  • attraction of leukocytes
  • extravasation of leukocytes to the site of injury
70
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Adaptive immune response (acquired immune system)

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  • has memory
  • can develop due to an antigen or vaccination
71
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inflammation is the ___ line of defense

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2nd `

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release of cytokines in Acute phase causes:

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  • fever caused by affect on hypothalmus
  • increased neutrophil production cause by effect on bone marrow
  • lethargy caused by effect on the CNS
  • increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and increased C-reactive protein caused by affect on liver
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Fever

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  • local activity
  • caused by direct activity of cytokines or through local activity of prostaglandins
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Lethargy

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  • stress induced
  • cytokines increase energy within the cells
  • taxing on the body
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ESR

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rate at which red blood cells settle in saline solution

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ESR in someone with inflammation

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  • protein in plasma is increased in inflammation
  • RBC’s stack and become heavier
  • settle out of solution faster
77
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C - reactive protein

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  • made in the liver
  • increases in response to inflammation
78
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increased Sed rate and C reactive protein

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inflammation

79
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acute inflammation is caused by

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  • chemical irritants
  • frostbite
  • cuts, laceration, stabbing
  • trauma
  • allergic reactions
  • burns
  • infection
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chronic inflammation is caused by

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  • cardiovascular disease
  • autism
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • autoimmune disease
  • depression
  • neurological disease
  • alzheimers
  • cancer
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Acute inflammation

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  • less than 2 weeks, short term
  • visible (easy to see, localized, quick to diagnose, responds to treatment)
  • in response to physical and chemical damages, pathogen invasion, tissue necrosis..
  • redness, increased blood flow and edema
  • 5 cardinal signs: pain, heat, swelling, and limited movement
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chronic inflammation

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  • not visible
  • long term (years or months)
  • related to unsuccessful acute inflammatory response
  • no cardinal signs
  • fibrosis and angiogenesis
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fibrosis

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permanent scar tissue

84
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angiogensis

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formation of new blood cells

85
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in chronic inflammation, when macrophages are unable to protect the body, the body will form

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granuloma cells
- attemt to wall of infected area

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systemic signs of chronic inflammation

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  • fever
  • lethargy
  • increased ESR and C-reactive protein
  • granuloma
  • hyperplasia of spleen or lymph nodes
  • fluid exudation and edema
  • depression
  • insomnia
  • weight loss/weight gain
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purulent (suppurative exudate

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  • consists of plasma with both active and dead neutrophils, fibrogen, and necrotic parenchymal cells
  • commonly referred to as pus
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necrotic parenchymal cells are commonly referred to as

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pus

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fibrinous exudate is composed mainly of

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fibrogen and fibrin

90
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what are the 3 stages of wound healing

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  1. inflammation stage
  2. proliferation phase
  3. remodelling phase
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Inflammation stage

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  • platelets, neutrophils, and macrophages bring wound healing mediators, recruit fibroblasts which promote angiogenesis
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proliferation stage

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  • fibroblast proliferation = collagen synthesis
  • epithelization
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remodelling and Maturation Phase

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  • cellular differentiation
  • scar tissue formation
  • scar remodelling (several weeks to 2 years)
  • contraction (myofibroblasts)
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primary intention

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  • clean incision, early suture, fine scar
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Secondary Intention

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  • gaping wound
  • granulation
  • epithelium grows over scar
  • loss of tissue
  • wound is extensive and edges cant be brought together
  • pressure ulcer
  • good for contaminated/infected wounds
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Tertiary intention

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  • open wound
  • increased granulation
  • late suturing
  • allows for observation of wound
  • delayed primary closure
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complications of wound healing

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  • adhesions
  • strictures and contractures
  • infection
  • dehiscence and evisceration
  • excess scar formation
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adhesions

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abnormal union of membranous surfaces due to inflammation or injury

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Strictures and Contractures

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  • excess of wound contraction
  • burn victims
  • luzo gloves
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infection

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  • wound re-infects with initial pathogen or is contact with an external pathogen
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dishescence and evisceration

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  • seperation of wound edges or intraabdominal contents come out of the surgical wound
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excess scar formation

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  • hypertonic scare are confined with the original wound bed
  • keloid scars extend beyond
  • caused by excess tension/movement
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dysfunctional wound healing can be caused by

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  • blood supply
  • obesity
  • excessive fibrin
  • diabetes
  • wound infection
  • nutrition
  • medications
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ischemic tissue (dysfunctional wound healing)

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  • suceptiable to cellular death
  • prolongs inflammation and delays healing
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excessive bleeding (dysfunctional wound healing)

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  • large clots increase space granulation must fill
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decreased blood volume (dysfunctional wound healing)

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inhibits inflammatory process

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obesity (dysfunctional wound healing)

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  • impaired leukocyte function
  • predisposes to infection
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excessive fibrin (dysfunctional wound healing)

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  • fibrin released needs to be reabsorbed to prevent formation of fibrous adhesions
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Diabetes (dysfunctional wound healing)

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  • prolonged wound healing
  • potential for small vessel disease
  • hyperglycemia
  • suppression of macrophages
  • risk for infection
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medications (dysfunctional wound healing)

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  • Antineoplastic (slow cell divsion and inhibit angiogenesis
  • NSAIDS (delayed wound healing)
111
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steriods (dysfunctional wound healing)

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prevent macrophages form migrating to site

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NSAIDS

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  • work against inflammatory process
  • decreased permeability
  • delays healing

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