{"id":24682,"date":"2023-07-19T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/our-mucosae-gas-exchange-clinical-case-study-43-year-old-woman-with-gallstones\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:25:33","slug":"our-mucosae-gas-exchange-clinical-case-study-43-year-old-woman-with-gallstones","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/our-mucosae-gas-exchange-clinical-case-study-43-year-old-woman-with-gallstones\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mucosae, Gas Exchange, & Clinical Case Study: 43 Year-Old Woman with Gallstones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part A:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Besides acting as mechanical barriers, the skin epidermis and mucosae of the body have other attributes that contribute to their protective roles. Cite the common body locations and the importance of mucus, lysozyme, keratin, acid
    pH, and cilia.<\/li>\n
  2. After a week of scuba diving in the Bahamas, Mary Ann boards an airplane. During her flight home, she develops aching joints, nausea, and dyspnea, which resolve upon landing. During the flight, the cabin pressure was equivalent to an altitude of 8000 feet. Explain her problems.
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    Part B:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ms. Burton, 48, presents at the clinic complaining of abdominal pain. She is a middle-aged woman, overweight, pale and sweating, with jaundice (yellowish skin and sclerae). Her heart rate is 102 beats\/min and BP is 145\/98 mm Hg. She describes the pain as \u201csevere\u201d and \u201csteady\u201d over the past night, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. She sits leaning forward and indicates that the pain is in the epigastric region radiating up to the tip of the right shoulder. Ms. Burton\u2019s medical history shows that she has had several episodes of biliary colic (pain caused by gallstones going through the bile duct). She says her current pain is \u201csort of like that, but it\u2019s lasted longer.\u201d She says her last meal was a seven-cheese pizza the
    previous night, and that the pain began 3\u20134 hours after eating. She denies drinking or smoking.<\/em><\/p>\n

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    1. Do any of Ms. Burton\u2019s signs and symptoms suggest that her current problem is related to the biliary system? Why or why not?<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Why would pain related to gallstones begin after a high-fat meal?<\/li>\n
    3. If Ms. Burton\u2019s current problem is related to obstruction of the biliary ducts,
      which other signs or symptoms would you expect her to develop? <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Submission Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Must be constructive and use literature where possible.<\/span>
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