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