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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What are the SPHERE of complications in lung cancer






2. What organisms cause interstitial PNA and What are the characteristics






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






4. What are the histological findings in asbestosis and what occupations are associated






5. What is used to treat CN poisoning and why






6. What kind of emphysema is caused by smoking






7. What are the causes of ischemia






8. What effects do O2 and CO2 have on pulm circulation - in relation to the other






9. What are the findings of chronic bronchitis






10. Chronic bronchitis is a disease of what kind of airways






11. Where does exercise sit on the graph of PaO2 vs length along the pulm capillary






12. What is central sleep apnea






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






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






15. Peripheral mass develops in site of prior pulmonary inflammation or injury - cancer and epi






16. Which structures perforate the diaphragm and where






17. What is early onset hypoxemia from in chronic bronchitis






18. At what lung volume is system pressure atmospheric and why






19. What spinal nerves innvervate the diaphragm and where can pain from the diaphragm be referred






20. What is the characteristic lymphatic pleural effusion






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






22. Why is there eventual loss of capillary beds in emphysema






23. What is the relation fo the pulmonary artery to the bronchus at each lung hilus






24. What is an example of hypercoagulability






25. How far to the pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium extend - What do MACS do in the alveoli - and how far do the goblet cells extend






26. What lung abnl is characterized by absent or decreased breath sounds over affected area - dec resonance - dec fremitus - and which side is the trachea deviated towards






27. What is another name for neonatal RDS






28. How much O2 can 1 g of Hb bind - What is nl Hb in the blood and When does cyanosis happen






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






30. What is occupied in the space that would have been the left middle lobe






31. What changes occur to pulm blood flow during exercise






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


33. Why is endothelial damage a risk factor for DVT






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






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






36. Synthesis of what substance increases with altitude and What does that do for the O2 sat curve






37. What lung product is deficient in neonatal RDS






38. What causes neonatal RDS






39. What is methemoglobin






40. What happens to O2 content and O2 sat as Hb falls






41. What are mucus secretion swept out by






42. What does a V/Q ratio of infinity indicate






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






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






45. What is obstructive sleep apnea






46. Define total lung capcaity






47. Lung cancer in peripheral reason - highly anaplastic - undifferentiated tumor - cancer - histo - TX






48. What does each bronchopulmonary segment have in the center and along its border






49. Where do 95% of PE arise from






50. What is the fxn of the conducting zone