Immune: Occurs when body produces antibodies or develops immune lymphocytes against specific antigen?

Acquired immunity

Immune: molecules that bind w/ an antigen & inactivate it?

antibodies

Immune: the way the body develops immunity to a specific antigen?

Antibody-mediated (humural) immune response

Immune: A substance the immune system recognizes as foreign?

Antigen

Immune: type of lymphocyte that matures in the thymus gland?

B lymphocyte (Bcell)

Immune: immune response, form of helper T cells, Cytotoxic T cells & NK cells, the lymphocyte inactivate the antigen either directly or indirectly?

Cell mediated immune response

Immune: Mature monocytes that have settled into the tissues of the body?

Macrophages

Immune: One type of lymphocyte, provide immune surveillance & infection resistance, important for destruction of early malignant cells?

NK cells

Immune: Temp. protection against disease- producting antigens?

Passive immunity

Immune: The process of engulfing dead cells, damaged tissues, nonfx neutrophils & invading bacteria?

Phagocytosis

Immune: Type of lymphocyte that matures in the thymus?

T cells (t lymphocyte)

GU/Renal:

A. hard to urinate?

B. Uop <400 ml/24 hrs?

A. Dysuria

B. Oliguria

GU/Renal:Inflammation of the kidney & renal pelvis?

Pyslenonephritis

GU/Renal: Rapid decline in renal fx

ARF

GU/Renal: increase blood lvls of nitrogenous waste

Azotemia

GU/Renal:presence of kidney damage for 3 or > mths?

CKD

GU/Renal: Inflammation of the glomerular cap membrane?

Glomerulonephritis

GU/Renal:condition by massive proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia , hyperlipidema & edema

Nephrotic Syndrome

GU/Renal:uses the peritoneum surrounding abd. cavity as the dialyzing membrane?

Peritoneal dialysis

Cv: a condition of unstable & severe cardiac ischemia?

ACS- acute cornonary syndrome

CV: what are the RN interventions for pt w/ acute chest pain?

-assess for pain

-give o2 NC

-physical & psychological rest

- titrate nitro

- morphine

CV:

Heme: Malignancy which plasma cells multiply uncontrollably & infiltrate the bone marrow, lymph nodes, speen & other tissues

Multiple Myeloma

Heme: Proliferartion of abnormal WBC

leukemia

Heme:Localized to single node, often cervical

spreads orderly & continuous

s/s: fatigue, pruitus, splenomeagly, anemia, neutropenia

Hodgkins Dz

Heme:multiple peripheral nodes

spreads diffuse & unpredictable

s/s: abd. pain, nv, dyspnea, cough, cns symptoms, lymphocytopenia

Heme: Affects mainly kids

s/s: recurrent infections, bleeding, pallor, bone pain, wt loss, sore throat, fatigue, night sweats, weakness

med?

ALL, med: oncovin

Neuro: chronic autoimmune peripheral nervous system disorder characterized by fatigue & severe skeletal muscle weakness

Myasthenia gravis

Neuro:acute disorder of CN VII characterized by unilateral paralysis of facial muscles

Bells palsy

Neuro:acute inflammatory demyelinating dz of the peripheral nervous system

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Neuro:progressive degenerative neurologic dz characterized by tremor, muscle rigidity, bradykinesia

parkinsons dz

Neuro:chronic demyelinating neurologic disease of the CNS?

Multiple sclerosis

Neuro:rapid progressive & fatal degenerative motor neuron dz characterized by wekness & wasting of voluntary muscles but w/out sensory or cognitive changes

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Neuro: chronic disorder of CNV cx severe facial pain?

Trigeminal neuralgia

GU/Renal: which blood test is used to diagnose prostate cancer & monitor prostate cancer?

PSA

GU/Renal: age related nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate gland that begins @ age 40-45 yo & continues slowly rest of life?

BPH

GU/Renal: abnormal & often painful dilation of a vein the the spermatic cord cx by incompetent or congenitally missing valves taht allow blood to pool in the speratic cord veins?

Varicocele

GU/Renal: involuntary sustained painful erection may result in ischemia & high risk of impotence after?

Priapism

GU/Renal: constriction of the foreskin so that it cant be retracted over the penis?

phimosis

GU/Renal:infection of epidimyis, by testes?

epididymitis

GU/Renal: twisting of the spermatic cord, results in sudden onset of scrotal swelling, pain, nv

testicular torsion

GU/Renal: collection of fluid in the tunica vaginalis?

hydrocele