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GMS 6121 Sepsis Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is SIRS? - Answer- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome What is Sepsis? - Answer- SIRS + infection What is severe sepsis? - Answer- sepsis + organ dysfunction or hypotension What is septic shock? - Answer- Sepsis + hypotension despite fluid resuscitation What is multi-organ system dysfunction? - Answer- Clotting disorders or failure of renal, hepatic, cardiac, or cognitive function. Accumulation of products of metabolism th...

GMS 6121 Exam 3 Quizzes with 100% Correctly Solved Which of the following are NOT accurately described structural relationships of bacteria? a) gram positive: thick peptidoglycan and teichoic acid b) gram negative: outer membrane and LPS c) acid-fast: waxes and lipids d) wall-less: LOS and cholesterol Answer-d) wall-less do have cholesterol from the host but do not have LOS/LPS Why are gram negative bacteria resistant to bacitracin and vancomycin? a) porins b) they lack the targets for...

GMS 6121 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass The 4 things that viruses lack - Answer- (1) Enzymes that produce basic chemical building blocks (2) Enzyme systems that generate usable energy (3) Enzymes/tRNAs/ribosomes that direct protein synthesis (4) Membranes that concentrate and localize key molecules All viruses have _______ and _______, while only some viruses have ________. - Answer- nucleic acids and a capsid; an envelope A ________ is a complete, infectious virus particle. - A...

The 4 things that viruses lack - (1) Enzymes that produce basic chemical building blocks (2) Enzyme systems that generate usable energy (3) Enzymes/tRNAs/ribosomes that direct protein synthesis (4) Membranes that concentrate and localize key molecules All viruses have _______ and _______, while only some viruses have ________. - nucleic acids and a capsid; an envelope A ________ is a complete, infectious virus particle. - virion Naked capsids are ______ to drying, heat, detergents, and ac...

What is SIRS? - Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome What is Sepsis? - SIRS + infection What is severe sepsis? - sepsis + organ dysfunction or hypotension What is septic shock? - Sepsis + hypotension despite fluid resuscitation

Diagnosis of bacterial meningitis - ANSWER-- cerebrospinal fluid analysis (by lumbar puncture) Meningitis symptoms - ANSWER-- headache - stiff neck - neurologic dysfunction: lethargy, confusion - vomiting Meningitis damage - ANSWER-- inflammation - PMNS - vasogenic edema (leakage of fluid out of capillaries into the brain) - impaired blood flow - ischemia (lack of oxygen and blood in parts of the body) - cell death Acute bacterial meningitis signs - ANSWER-- elevated leukocytes ...

The 4 things that viruses lack - ANSWER-(1) Enzymes that produce basic chemical building blocks (2) Enzyme systems that generate usable energy (3) Enzymes/tRNAs/ribosomes that direct protein synthesis (4) Membranes that concentrate and localize key molecules All viruses have _______ and _______, while only some viruses have ________. - ANSWER-nucleic acids and a capsid; an envelope A ________ is a complete, infectious virus particle. - ANSWER-virion Naked capsids are ______ to drying...

GMS 6121 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass The 4 things that viruses lack - Answer- (1) Enzymes that produce basic chemical building blocks (2) Enzyme systems that generate usable energy (3) Enzymes/tRNAs/ribosomes that direct protein synthesis (4) Membranes that concentrate and localize key molecules All viruses have _______ and _______, while only some viruses have ________. - Answer- nucleic acids and a capsid; an envelope A ________ is a complete, infectious virus particle. - A...

GMS 6121 Exam 3 Quizzes with 100% Correctly Solved Which of the following are NOT accurately described structural relationships of bacteria? a) gram positive: thick peptidoglycan and teichoic acid b) gram negative: outer membrane and LPS c) acid-fast: waxes and lipids d) wall-less: LOS and cholesterol Answer-d) wall-less do have cholesterol from the host but do not have LOS/LPS Why are gram negative bacteria resistant to bacitracin and vancomycin? a) porins b) they lack the targets for...

GMS 6121 Sepsis Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is SIRS? - Answer- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome What is Sepsis? - Answer- SIRS + infection What is severe sepsis? - Answer- sepsis + organ dysfunction or hypotension What is septic shock? - Answer- Sepsis + hypotension despite fluid resuscitation What is multi-organ system dysfunction? - Answer- Clotting disorders or failure of renal, hepatic, cardiac, or cognitive function. Accumulation of products of metabolism th...