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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. An SaO2 of 90% correlates with a PaO2 as low as 59 and requires






2. Which lung has an oblique fissure?






3. The circulatory system transport of oxygen to - and carbon dioxide from - the peripheral tissues






4. The active movement of gases between the ambient air and the lungs






5. Obstructive Disease: Expiratory airflow is reduced more than






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






7. Pulmonary ventilation is varied by






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






9. Rhonchi occur during






10. normal subjects expel approximately how much of the FVC in the 1st second?






11. The primary muscles of respiration are the...






12. increased volume results in






13. Central cyanosis results from






14. PaCO2






15. Coarse crackles are heard in






16. Abnormal lung sounds AKA

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17. Pulse oximetry determines the percent of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen by way of...






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






19. Examples of obstructive disease






20. FEV1% in restrictive disease






21. Examples of restrictive disease






22. Vesicular breath sounds






23. The vital capacity and the residual volume together constitute the...






24. 78.08% Atmospheric Composition






25. Stridor is a high-pitched - noisy respiration - Which is indicative of...






26. Airway resistance refers to...






27. Oximetry readings of < 94%






28. pain in lung conditions usually arises from






29. Spirometry plots






30. within limits - increased temperature =






31. The muscles of expiration are the...






32. During inspiration the diaphragm






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






34. vital capacity (VC)






35. The internal intercostals decrease the transverse diameter of the chest during






36. Chest Radiography: The most common chest X-ray series is the...






37. Which bronchus is more susceptible to aspiration of foreign bodies?






38. Rhonchi are due to...






39. Carbon dioxide moves from the...






40. Orthopnea is quantified by






41. Oxygen moves from the...






42. forced vital capacity (FVC)






43. the lingula is analogous to...






44. The normal FEV1 /FVC ratio is...






45. The movement of air back and forth from the deepest reaches of the alveoli to the outside environment






46. A state-of-the-art - inexpensive - non-invasive - simple method to monitor a patient's percent hemoglobin saturation with oxygen (SaO2) - without having to obtain an arterial blood specimen






47. The external intercostal muscles increase the antero-posterior chest diameter during






48. Fine crackles are heard in






49. Pulse oximetry limitations: what may be misinterpreted as oxygenated hemoglobin?






50. FEV1/FVC