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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The purpose of respiration is to...






2. At rest - the use of accessory muscles is a sign of...






3. Continuous lung sounds occur in the setting of...






4. Compliance






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






6. PaO2






7. The spirometry printout usually includes


8. 20.95% Atmospheric Composition






9. pain in lung conditions usually arises from






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






11. FEV1% in obstructive disease






12. Rhonchi frequently clear after






13. Simple - objective - noninvasive diagnostic test can be performed with relative ease on patients who present with respiratory-related symptoms






14. Oxygen moves from the...






15. A normal volume-time curve rises






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






17. hypocapnia






18. Spirometry plots






19. Carbon dioxide moves from the...






20. The accessory muscles are the...






21. The most reliable site for detecting central cyanosis is the...






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






23. Obstructive disease refers to...






24. FIO2






25. The trachea divides into






26. terminal respiratory unit






27. Discontinuous lung sounds are...






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






29. Abnormal lung sounds are classified as






30. Orthopnea is defined as






31. total lung capacity (TLC)






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






33. FEV1/FVC






34. vital capacity (VC)






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






36. Examples of restrictive disease






37. forced vital capacity (FVC)






38. Spirometry normal range






39. Continuous lung sounds occur during...






40. Oximetry readings of < 94%






41. Pulse Oximetry does not detect






42. residual volume






43. PAO2






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






45. Cyanosis






46. What may prevent cyanosis from appearing?






47. Vesicular breath sounds






48. movement of blood through the capillaries in direct communication with the alveoli






49. Pectoriloquy






50. A means of measuring the movement of air into and out of the lungs during various breathing maneuvers