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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What kind of emphysema is caused by smoking






2. What are the causes of hypoxia






3. What are the causes of ischemia






4. What happens with the O2 curve shifts to the right and What does it facilitate






5. What are the causes of hypoxemia






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






7. What direction does an increase in metabolic need shift the O2 dissociation curve






8. What are mucus secretion swept out by






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






10. What is hemoglobin composed of...






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






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






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






14. What accounts for the sigmoid shaped O2 dissociation curve with hemoglobin






15. What are clara cells What is their morphology and What do they do






16. What kind of course does interstitial PNA follow in comparison to bronchoPNA






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






18. What changes in CO2 occur during exercise






19. What happens to lung volumes in restrictive lung disease






20. At what PaO2 does hypoxemia begin






21. What is the characteristic lymphatic pleural effusion






22. What is the response for ventilation of high altitude






23. What is the formula for pulm vasc resistance






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






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






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






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






28. What is the definition of sleep apnea






29. What are the findings in asthma






30. What is the appoximate O2 binding capacity






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






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






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






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






35. What is central sleep apnea






36. What does decreased PAO2 do






37. What does pulm HTN result in






38. What is used to treat methemoglobin






39. What is carboxyhemoglobin and What does it cause






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






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






42. What are the associations with bronchiectasis


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






44. What is the initial damage of ARDS caused by






45. What is the formula for oxygen delivery to tissues






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






47. What enzyme increases activity in emphysema






48. What happens to arterial PO2 in chronic lung disease and why






49. What drug therapy is used to augment the changes in bicarb exretion






50. What is tha hallmark finding of COPD