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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What organism thrives in high O2 and where in the lung does it flourish






2. What is the definition of sleep apnea






3. What changes in lung volunes occur as a result of restrictive lung disease






4. What increases the risk of PDA in neonatal RDS






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






6. What are the 9 interstitial lung diseases


7. What reaction and enzyme create bicarb and Where does it happen






8. What is the pathology of asthma


9. What is the Reid index and what perfectange is characteristic of chronic bronchitis






10. Which muscles are involved in quiet breathing and What part of respiration do the control






11. Where are ventilation and perfusion highest in the lung - respectively






12. What does pulm HTN result in






13. What causes primary pulm HTN






14. Why is cesarean delivery a risk factor for neonatal RDS






15. What is nl pulmonary artery pressure and At what point is it considered pulm HTN






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






17. What lung abnl is associated with bronchial breath sounds over lesion - dullness and increased fremitus






18. What are the potential causes of poor breathing mechanics leading to restrictive lung disease - and What are examples in each






19. What are the 3 forms that CO2 is transported from tissues to lungs






20. Eggshell calcificant of hilar lymph nodes - associtated with foundries - sandblasting and mines - pneumoconioses and path






21. Hilar mass arising from the bronchus; cavitation - hx of smoking - PTHRP - cancer and histo






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






23. How do you prevent DVT






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






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






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






27. What is the imaging test of choice for PE






28. What is the presentation of lung cancer


29. What are the findings of chronic bronchitis






30. What lobes does Coal Miner's pneumoconioses affect - and What can it result in


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






32. Susceptibility to what infection is increased in silicosis and why






33. What is the formula for oxygen delivery to tissues






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






35. What causes secondary pulm HTN






36. What is the leading cause of cancer death






37. What causes neonatal RDS






38. At What terminal does CO2 bind the globin molecule






39. What changes in O2 consumption change during exercise






40. What lab ration indicates fetal lung maturity






41. What is a particular cause of eosinophilic granulomas - and what cells infiltrate






42. Other than surfactant - what other important substances are produced by the lungs






43. Define residual volume (RV)






44. What is the pathology of chronic bronchitis






45. What is the ideal V/Q ratio and why






46. Define inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)






47. What is the most common cancerous lesion in the lun






48. If you aspirate a peanut while upright - where will it go






49. What is the formula for A- a gradient - and What is it normally






50. Which pts are at risk for apriation PNA