Surgical Stress Response and Systemic Changes Quiz

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What term is used to describe the collective changes in body metabolism, wound healing, and immunity in response to tissue injury?

Surgical stress response (correct)

Systemic tissue effects

Trauma-induced changes

Metabolic injury syndrome

Which of the following is not a component involved in bringing about the surgical stress response?

Hormones

Neural circuits

Physiotherapy (correct)

Inflammation-related cytokines

What is the potential consequence of the metabolic effects of injury that can lead to or prolong multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS)?

Enhanced wound healing

Improved immune function

Amplification of abnormal processes (correct)

Reduced inflammation

Why do surgeons need to understand the metabolic response to injury?

To care optimally for their patients Signup and view all the answers

What is the main drawback of the metabolic effects of injury according to the text?

Potential for sepsis and complications Signup and view all the answers

How do local tissue injury, whether surgical or accidental, lead to systemic changes in vital organ function?

Through a series of systemic changes involving hormones, cytokines, and neural circuits Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of this chapter?

Metabolic responses to injury Signup and view all the answers

During the catabolic phase, what is the main physiological role?

To conserve circulating volume and energy stores Signup and view all the answers

What triggers the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) during the catabolic phase?

Neurohormonal responses Signup and view all the answers

What are the main effects of the catabolic phase of injury?

Muscle breakdown, weight loss, hyperglycemia Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of surgical critical care in relation to the metabolic effects of injury?

To restore the patient to a situation for return to normality Signup and view all the answers

What are the avoidable factors that compound the metabolic response to injury?

Not mentioned in the text Signup and view all the answers

What marks the transition from the catabolic phase to the anabolic phase?

Subsiding of the catabolic phase Signup and view all the answers

What leads to hospital deaths in developed countries after successful treatment of major trauma?

'Complex physiological processes' and later systemic effects of injury Signup and view all the answers

What causes immune suppression during surgery and injury?

'Infammatory-type processes' Signup and view all the answers

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