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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is a consequence of pulm HTN






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






3. What are the findings of chronic bronchitis






4. How does left to right shunt cause pulm HTN






5. What does pulm HTN result in






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


7. What is the pathology of chronic bronchitis






8. What are the various causes of ARDS






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






10. What do PFTs show in restrictive lung disease






11. In what cells do you find lamellar bodies






12. 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






13. What is the airway and alveolar pressure at FRC - What is the intrapleural pressure - and What does that prevent






14. What enzyme increases activity in emphysema






15. What changes in V/Q throughout the lung during exercise






16. What is a typical tidal volume






17. What are the 9 interstitial lung diseases


18. What is the protein content in a transudative pleural effusion and What are the potential causes






19. Which structures perforate the diaphragm and where






20. How does mitral stenosis cause pulm HTN






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






22. What does ACE do






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






24. What does the oxygenation of Hb in the lungs do to the equilibirum of the CA rxn






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






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






27. What is the cycle of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis






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






29. Where does lung cancer met to...






30. Define physilogic dead space






31. What is sleep apnea associated with






32. What changes in 2 -3 - DPG occur at high altitude






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






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






35. What is used to treat methemoglobin






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






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






38. What is the imaging test of choice for PE






39. What are curschmann's spirals






40. Toxicities of what drugs include interstitial lung disease






41. Why do pts with emphysema exhale through pursed lips






42. What is the definition of sleep apnea






43. Where are ventilation and perfusion highest in the lung - respectively






44. What does the law of Laplace state about tendency of alveoli to collapse






45. What are potential triggers for asthma






46. What does the combination of increased CO2 and increased proton binding do to the O2 dissociation curve






47. What is the pathology of asthma


48. What is the Reid index and what perfectange is characteristic of chronic bronchitis






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






50. What are the potential TX for sleep apnea