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audie

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on: Jul 11, 2018
What is the etiology of autoimmune diseases based on?
 
  a. Reaction to a superantigen
  b. Immune system producing no antibodies at all
  c. T cells destroying B cells
  d. B and T cells producing autoantibodies

Question 2

An anxious patient enters the emergency room with angioedema of the lips and tongue, dyspnea, urticaria, and wheezing after having eaten a peanut butter sandwich. What should be the nurse's first intervention?
 
  a. Apply cool compresses to urticaria
  b. Provide oxygen per non-rebreathing mask
  c. Cover patient with a warm blanket
  d. Prepare for venipuncture for the delivery of IV medication


beccamahon

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Autoimmune disorders are failures of the tolerance to self. B and T cells produce autoantibodies that can cause pathophysiologic tissue damage. Autoimmune disorders may be described as an immune attack on the self and result from the failure to distinguish self protein from foreign protein.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Provision of oxygen is the initial primary intervention. Anaphylaxis may advance very rapidly and the patient may have to be intubated. Covering the patient with a warm blanket is not wrong, but not an initial intervention.


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