Practice Question
What finding should the nurse identify as consistent with Cushing syndrome?
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Correct Answer:
Muscle wasting
Rationale:
✨ Cushing syndrome results from chronic exposure to excess glucocorticoids, often due to long-term corticosteroid use or hypersecretion of cortisol.
✨ One of the hallmark signs is muscle wasting caused by protein catabolism. Cortisol breaks down muscle tissue, leading to weakness, thin extremities, and proximal muscle wasting.
✨ Other features include truncal obesity, moon face, buffalo hump, purple striae, thin skin, poor wound healing, osteoporosis, and hyperglycemia, not weight loss or hypoglycemia.
✨ Skin changes in Cushing’s include thin, fragile skin with easy bruising, not thickened skin.
✨ Identifying muscle wasting helps distinguish the catabolic effects of cortisol and guides monitoring and treatment.
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: Examplify Exam(s)
- Domain: Medical-Surgical
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