Chapter 9 Slides - Dobson Flashcards

1
Q

What are the leading causes of death in developed countries?

A

Ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease

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2
Q

Postnatally, what are the 3 conditions that are preventable that cause deaths in children under 5 y/o?

A

Pneumonia
Diarrheal diseases
Malaria

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3
Q

Xenobiotics are metabolized by what?

Cause what?

A

Cytochrome P-450 system

cell injury -> ROS

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4
Q

What are the inducers of CYP?

A

SHADE

Smoking
Hormones
Alcohol
Drugs
Environmental chemicals
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5
Q

What decreases CYP activity?

A

Fasting and starvation

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6
Q

What classic morphology is associated with CO poisoning?

A

Cherry red discoloration

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7
Q

Lead effects lead to what toxicities?

A
Hematologic
Skeletal
Neurologic
gi
Renal
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8
Q

What metabolism does lead interfere with?

A

Calcium

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9
Q

Lead is associated with what kind of anemia?

A

Microcytic, hypochromic

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10
Q

What blood and bone marrow changes are present in lead poisoning?

A

Ring sideroblasts -> red cell precursors with iron-laden mitochondria, detected with Prussian blue stain

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11
Q

What kind of damage is associated with children in lead poisoning?

Adults?

A

Brain damage

Peripheral demyelinating neuropathy

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12
Q

What kind of histological features are characteristic of lead poisoning?

A

Basophilic stippling

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13
Q

Mercury mostly affects what organs?

A

CNS

Kidney

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14
Q

Arsenic affects what organs most commonly?

A

Gi tract
Nervous system
Skin
Heart

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15
Q

Cadmium is toxic to what systems?

Due to increased what?

A

Kidneys and lungs

ROS

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16
Q

High alcohol [ ]’s inhibit metabolisms of what other compounds?

A

Cytochrome P-450 system

17
Q

Increases in what is associated with elevated lactic acid levels and steatosis?

Low what?

A

NADH

NAD

18
Q

What kind of burns involve injury to the dermis?

A

Partial thickness (2nd degree)

19
Q

What kind of burns extend to the subcutaneous tissue?

A

Full-thickness (3rd degree)

20
Q

Which type of burn is confined to the epidermis?

A

Superficial (1st degree)

21
Q

What burn involves muscle tissue?

A

Full thickness (4th degree)

22
Q

What kind of injury is commonly associated with radiation?

A

Vascular injury with sub intimal fibrosis occluding the lumen

23
Q

What are the major functions of Vitamin A?

A

Maintenance of normal vision
Regulation of cell growth and differentiation
Regulation of lipid metabolism

24
Q

Vit A deficiency causes what?

Especially in what countries?

A

Blindness in children

Africa and South-East Asia

25
Q

What is the characteristic morphology of Vitamin D deficiency?

A

Rachitic rosary

26
Q

Vitamin C deficiency causes what?

A

Inadequate synthesis of osteoid
Impaired wound healing
Mucosal bleeding (gums), joints

27
Q

Iron deficiency has what kind of anemia?

A

Hypochromic, Microcytic

28
Q

What BMI associated with overweight?

Obese?

Underweight?

A

25-29.9

30 or more

Less than 18.5

29
Q

Obese people generally have what?

Leading to increases risk of what?

A

Hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL

CAD

30
Q

What is 6 times more likely in obese people than lean people, especially women?

A

Gallstones

31
Q

Obesity causes what kind of cancer in women?

Due to what?

A

Uterine and breast

Increased estrogen synthesis

32
Q

What cancers are associated with nitrosamines and nitrosamides?

A

Stomach and bladder

33
Q

What is the single leading global cause of health loss?

A

Under nutrition