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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Eggshell calcificant of hilar lymph nodes - associtated with foundries - sandblasting and mines - pneumoconioses and path






2. What is the course of of pulm HTN






3. What are the findings of chronic bronchitis






4. Define total lung capcaity






5. Why is endothelial damage a risk factor for DVT






6. What are the subtypes of pneumoconioses


7. What is the appoximate O2 binding capacity






8. What is the cycle of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis






9. What does ACE do






10. What is the characteristic lymphatic pleural effusion






11. What causes neonatal RDS






12. What cells in the lung produce surfactant and What does it do






13. What happens in diffiusion limited pulmonary circulation and what gases does this apply to...






14. In which zone of the lung is Pa > Pv >PA






15. What is the alveolar gas equation






16. How is pulmonary circulation characterized in terms of resistance and compliance






17. How does sleep apnea or high altitude cause pulm HTN






18. What organism causes a lobar PNA and What are the characteristics






19. How do you prevent DVT






20. Define inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)






21. What does decreased PAO2 do






22. What is compliance and When is it decrease






23. What is surfactant made of...






24. What does the law of Laplace state about tendency of alveoli to collapse






25. What findings are associated with emphysema






26. What is the pathology of asthma


27. What area of the lung is the largest physiologic contributor of fxnal dead space






28. What are mucus secretion swept out by






29. What organisms cause a bronchoPNA and What are the characteristics






30. A carcinoma in the apex of the lung can cause what syndrome and What is the tumor called


31. In which zone of the lung is PA > Pa > Pv






32. How happens to the proton from the rxn the created bicarb






33. How does recurrent thromboemboli cause pulm HTN






34. increases In what substances favor the taut form of hemoglobin and which direction does that shift the O2 dissociation curve






35. What are the SPHERE of complications in lung cancer






36. What do type II cells do - What is their morphology - when do they proliferate






37. What are the lab/study findings in adenocarcinoma of the lung






38. What are potential triggers for asthma






39. What is the alveolar gas equation approximation






40. At What terminal does CO2 bind the globin molecule






41. What happens with the O2 curve shifts to the right and What does it facilitate






42. Which has a greater affinity for hemoglobin - CO or O2 and by how much






43. Define residual volume (RV)






44. What renal changes occur at high altitude and What are they compensating for






45. What is a typical tidal volume






46. What kind of course does interstitial PNA follow in comparison to bronchoPNA






47. Define inspiratory capacity (IC)






48. What layers must CO2 and O2 traverse to complete gas exchange






49. What do hemoglobin modifacations lead to...






50. What must occur with a exudate pleural effusion