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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Hyperventilation is defined as






2. Typically - in the presence of obstructive disease - the flow-volume curve looks

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3. What may prevent cyanosis from appearing?






4. What chest radiography is used for unstable patients or those unable to stand during the X-ray?






5. Abnormal lung sounds are classified as






6. What is the potential space between the visceral and parietal pleurae?






7. Cyanosis appears when






8. The use of accessory muscles (contraction of the sternocleidomastoid or supraclavicular muscles during inspiration) indicates






9. FIO2






10. The volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of normal expiration is called the...






11. Compliance






12. Pulse Oximetry: The amount of absorption differs depending on whether the hemoglobin is...






13. The trachea divides into right and left mainstem bronchi At what level?






14. Tachypnea is an






15. The best indicator of adequate ventilation is the...






16. Spirometry is useful in distinguishing






17. Spirometry: The result is stated as






18. Flow-Volume Curve: On a normal graph - the flow-volume curve is...






19. increased volume results in






20. Oxygen moves from the...






21. Rhonchi frequently clear after






22. Restrictive disease refers to...






23. expiratory reserve






24. Rhonchi






25. Continuous lung sounds occur when air flows rapidly through bronchi that are...






26. pH






27. Spirometry can be used to determine the severity of functional impairment as well as






28. The tracheo-bronchial tree is a tubular system that provides a pathway for






29. Sharp peaks and smooth descents on the flow-volume curves - and a flat plateau at the end of the volume-time curve suggests






30. What change occurs when fluid or solid tissue replaces air-containing lung or occupies the pleural space beneath your percussing fingers?






31. The muscles of expiration are the...






32. low CO2 = low acidity =






33. normal adult tidal volume






34. Factors that influence the oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin






35. The pattern of breathing refers to...






36. Rhonchi occur during






37. Vesicular breath sounds






38. high CO2 = high acidity =






39. Examples of obstructive disease






40. increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity by flattening the diaphragm and elevating the ribs






41. 20.95% Atmospheric Composition






42. Coarse crackles are...






43. Late inspiratory crackles result from






44. Carbon dioxide moves from the...






45. hypocapnia






46. Abnormal lung sounds AKA

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47. Normal range of PaCO2






48. Auscultation of the chest depends on...






49. Nitroglycerin applied to the probe area has been reported to...






50. the process by which gases in the alveoli and the blood exchange by way of the alveolar-capillary membrane