Periwound maceration occurs when ______________.
Answer(s): A
Periwound maceration, also classified as moisture associated skin damage, is the softening of the skin and damaging of connective fibers which leads to the wound drying out and hardening.Dressing selection can help prevent this complication, and negative pressure may reduce it by reducing edema.
Which patient is at greatest risk for cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis?
Answer(s): B
The 70 year old female patient who has liver disease is at the greatest risk because the female gender, advancing age and the liver disease are known risk factors for cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis.Other risk factors include obesity, oral contraceptive use, diseases and disorders of the ileum, hypercholesterolemia and races like the Hispanic, Native American and Caucasian races.
Which statement about Meniere’s disease is accurate and true?
Answer(s): D
Antiemetic drugs as well as other drugs to treat the vertigo, like Antivert, as well as diuretics are used for the treatment of patients affected with Meniere’s disease.Meniere’s disease typically affects only one ear; it is not the result of second cranial nerve damage. Lastly, people in their 40s and 50s are at greater risk for Meniere’s disease and not the elderly.
Rh negative maternal blood indicates ______________.
The mother’s red blood cells lacking a specific marker indicate that she is Rh negative. However, incompatibility only occurs if the baby is Rh positive and the mother is Rh negative.This is typically not a problem with a first pregnancy, but in a subsequent pregnancy, the incompatibility can cause the antibodies created during the first pregnancy to attack the new fetus’ red blood cells.A blood transfusion would have no effect on this problem.
Low birth weight is defined as a newborn’s weight of ______________.
Low birth weight (LBW) is considered to be a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams regardless of gestational age.Very low birth weight (VLBW) is less than 1500 grams and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) which is less than 1000 grams.Normal weight for a full term neonate is 2500-4200 grams.
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