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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the formula for resistance






2. Define expiratory reserve volume (ERV)






3. What changes in CO2 occur during exercise






4. What is a potential test for asthma






5. How does mitral stenosis cause pulm HTN






6. Which pts are at risk for apriation PNA






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






8. At What terminal does CO2 bind the globin molecule






9. What do pulmonary arteries carry - and how are pulm arterial pressures maintained during the cardiac cycle






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






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






12. Why do pts with emphysema exhale through pursed lips






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






14. How does left to right shunt cause pulm HTN






15. What lab ration indicates fetal lung maturity






16. What lobes are affected in silicosis






17. What is used to treat CN poisoning and why






18. What are the causes of hypoxemia






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






20. What are the findings associated with sarcoidosis






21. Define inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)






22. Tumor secreting serotonin causes a syndrome with flushing - diarrhea - wheezing - salvation; fibrous deposits in the right heart valves may lead to tricuspid insuff - pulmonary stenosis - right heart failure - tumor and syndrome






23. Define inspiratory capacity (IC)






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






25. 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






26. What happens to diffusing capacity in interstiial lung diseases






27. What is the characteristic lymphatic pleural effusion






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






29. What is the pathology of ARDS






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






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






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






33. What lung abnl is associated with dec breath sounds over lesion - dullness - dec fremitus






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






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






36. Why is endothelial damage a risk factor for DVT






37. What increases the risk of PDA in neonatal RDS






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






39. What is the presentation of lung cancer

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40. What muscles are involved in breathing during exercise and What do they control






41. What changes occur to pulm blood flow during exercise






42. How does recurrent thromboemboli cause pulm HTN






43. What are the 9 interstitial lung diseases

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






45. What is the leading cause of cancer death






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






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






48. What are curschmann's spirals






49. What is the defect in panacinar emphysema - and what else do you see






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