Posted: January 10th, 2017

A patient is diagnosed with pheochromocytoma. From your nursing knowledge, you know that the patient will present with hypertension, sweating, and palpations due to excessive catecholamine production from the?

• A patient is diagnosed with pheochromocytoma. From your nursing knowledge, you know that the patient will present with hypertension, sweating, and palpations due to excessive catecholamine production from the?*

  • A. Adrenal Cortex
  • B. Adrenal Zona Fasciculata
  • C. Adrenal Medulla
  • D. Adrenal Glomerulosa
• 2. What cells are responsible for secreting catecholamines?*
  • A. Chromaffin
  • B. Langerhans
  • C. Enkephalin
  • D. Parietal
• 3. A patient has excessive catecholamines in the urine. Which of the following signs and symptoms would the patient NOT exhibit? SELECT-ALL-THAT-APPLY:*
  • A. Tachycardia
  • B. Anxiety
  • C. Hypoglycemia
  • D. Thermogenesis
  • E. Decreased Basal Metabolic Rate
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