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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What happens to O2 content and O2 sat as Hb falls






2. What is another name for neonatal RDS






3. What happens to lung volumes in obstructive lung disease






4. What lobes are affected in silicosis






5. What lung abnl is characterized with dec breath sounds - hyperresonance - absent fremitus - towards which side does the trachea deviate






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






7. What is the TX for small cell lung cancer






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






9. What is the leading cause of cancer death






10. If you aspirate a peanut while supine - where will it go






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






12. What doe FAT BAT stand for






13. What does the respiratory zone consist of and What is its fxn






14. What can amniotic fluid emboli lead to...






15. What cells make surfactant and At what week is produced most abundantly






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






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






18. What does pulm HTN result in






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






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






21. What is a lung abscess and What does usually result from






22. What are the findings associated with sarcoidosis






23. What is central sleep apnea






24. At what PaO2 does hypoxemia begin






25. Define expiratory reserve volume (ERV)






26. What is the presentation of lung cancer


27. How do you prevent DVT






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






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






30. Lung absecss often reults From what organisms






31. What are curschmann's spirals






32. What is sleep apnea associated with






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






34. Lung cancer in central region - undifferentiated beoming very aggressive - associated with ectopic production of ACTH - ADH and Lambert Eaton syndrome - cancer and histo






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






36. How does mitral stenosis cause pulm HTN






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






38. How does left to right shunt cause pulm HTN






39. What is a chronic complication of sleep apnea






40. Which lung is the more common site for an inhaled foreign body and why






41. What is the course of of pulm HTN






42. What are the causes of ischemia






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






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


45. What is the formula for O2 content






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






47. What are the associations with bronchiectasis


48. Define physilogic dead space






49. What happens to lung volumes in restrictive lung disease






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