A college student was just diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis. What causes this disease?

What symptoms was the student likely having that led the nurse practitioner to believe infectious mononucleosis might be the cause?

How are the three main classifications of pneumonia different?

A patient fractured a rib in a snowboarding accident and developed a traumatic pneumothorax. What treatment will be needed?

What statistical data is known about lung cancer?

What are the three respiratory mycoses affecting the lungs?

What are the common causes of sinusitis?

What is the cause of inflammation of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, and alveoli of the lungs?

What is it called when there is a collapse or airless condition of all or part of a lung, causing hypoxia?

Inflammation of the vocal cords and the laryngeal mucosa carries what name?

Harsh, high-pitched sound during respiration.

Inspection of a cavity by passing a light through its wall.

Disease-causing organism.

Excessive red blood cells.

Fluid that is rich in protein and cellular elements that escapes from blood vessels.

Profuse sweating.

Insufficient oxygenation of the blood

Incision in the chest wall.

Bulbous swelling of the tips of the fingers and toes.

Sense of discomfort, weakness, or fatigue.

Fluid having little or no protein.

Hospital-acquired infection.

Substance produced by coughing.

Spitting of blood.

Pus in the pleural space.

Formation of numerous small masses on a mucous membrane surface of the digestive tract.

Abnormally dilated and twisted veins or arteries.

Vomiting blood.

Yellowish discoloration of the skin.

A marked weakness of the body.

Minute quantities of blood in feces that are detectable by chemical testing.

Abnormal tubelike passage.

Protein-rich fluid discharged through vessel walls and collecting in adjacent tissue.

Bright red, bloody stools.

Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.

A PCP might expect to find palpably enlarged kidneys and hypertension in a patient diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease.

Glomerulonephritis may follow a streptococcal infection of the respiratory tract.

An inability to voluntarily control urination is known as micturition.

The prognosis of lower urinary tract infections are good with treatment, but reinfection is likely in susceptible individuals.

Possible complications of renal calculi include upsetting the acid/base balance in the blood.

Stone in urinary tract.

Lack of color or paleness of skin.

Produced when protein-containing foods are broken down in the body.

Fats in the urine.

Unusually high amounts of nitrogenous compounds in the blood.

Ionized salt present in blood and tissue fluid.

Difficult or painful urination.

Nitrogen-based compound excreted in urine; when elevated may indicate kidney disorder.

Excessive amounts of potassium in the blood.

What is the cause of prostatits?

What is the prognosis for testicular cancer?

What is the definition of endometriosis?

What is the cause of endometriosis?

What group of women has an increased risk of breast cancer?

What is the abbreviation of the blood test used to differentiate prostatic cancer from BPH?

Which of the following is a predisposing factor for testicular cancer?

In addition to reproduction, what is another function of the reproductive system?

Which of the following STDs can be asymptomatic for an individual?

Which of the following is a cause of pelvic inflammatory disease?

What is the sixth most common cancer among females and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths?

Which of the following is a true statement about preeclampsia?

Which of the following describes placenta previa?

Containing pus.

Process of two successive cell divisions.

Benign cystic tumors.

Red, ulcerated, painless lesion found in primary syphilis.

Creation of new sperm.

Surgical removal of a testis.

In pregnancy, the thinning of the cervix.

X-ray to visualize the uterus and fallopian tubes.

Tube, in which sperm mature, that is coiled on the posterior surface of the testis.

Most common of the STDs.