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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What kind of connection exists between endothelial cells in the capilaries






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






3. What lobes are affected in silicosis






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






5. What is used to treat methemoglobin






6. What is Homan's sign






7. Why is endothelial damage a risk factor for DVT






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






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






10. How do you prevent DVT






11. What is an example of hypercoagulability






12. Define total lung capcaity






13. What are the potential TX for sleep apnea






14. What ratio is used to measure lung maturity and What is the value is neonatal RDS






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






16. What is virchow's triad






17. How does recurrent thromboemboli cause pulm HTN






18. What are the 9 interstitial lung diseases


19. An increase in all things (except pH) causes what shift in the O2 curve - What does a decrease in all things (except pH) cause






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


21. What is methemoglobin






22. What happens as a result of hypoxia in sleep apnea






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






24. What properties determine the combined volumes of the chest wall and lungs






25. What is the protein content an exudative pleural effusion and What are the potential causes






26. What is carboxyhemoglobin and What does it cause






27. What is the pathology of ARDS






28. In COPD - what happens to airways at high lung volumes






29. At what PaO2 does cyanosis begin






30. What is a potential test for asthma






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






32. Which pts are at risk for apriation PNA






33. What changes in pH occur during strenuous exercise and why






34. What is the main complication of therapeutic supplemental O2?






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






36. What kind of pleural plaques are the result of asbestosis






37. What is the alveolar gas equation approximation






38. What happens in perfusion limited circulatioin and which gases does this apply to...






39. What is the criteria for chronic bronchitis






40. Define physilogic dead space






41. What are the 3 reasons for an increased A- a gradient






42. Define functional residual capacity (FRC)






43. What is an association and potential complication of paraseptal emphysema






44. What is the diffustion formula and what happens to the variables in emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis






45. What causes neonatal RDS






46. What is fetal hemoglobin made of and why does it have a higher affinity for O2






47. Where is cartilage present in the respiratory tree






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






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






50. Define tidal volume (TV)