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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What happens to arterial PO2 in chronic lung disease and why






2. Define total lung capcaity






3. What changes in CO2 occur during exercise






4. What is the pathology of emphysema






5. What are the potential causes of poor breathing mechanics leading to restrictive lung disease - and What are examples in each






6. What ratio is used to measure lung maturity and What is the value is neonatal RDS






7. What is carboxyhemoglobin and What does it cause






8. What changes in O2 consumption change during exercise






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






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






11. What is the V/Q ratio at the apex and base of the lung






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






13. What happens to lung volumes in restrictive lung disease






14. What kind of space is in the conducting tree and what kind of muscle exists there






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






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






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






18. An increase in all things (except pH) causes what shift in the O2 curve - What does a decrease in all things (except pH) cause






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






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






21. If you aspirate a peanut while upright - where will it go






22. What is the pathology of asthma

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






24. What does ACE do






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






26. Which structures perforate the diaphragm and where






27. What changes in ventilation rate occur during exercise






28. What are the associations with bronchiectasis

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






30. What TX is the mother given before delivery - and what TXs are given to the infant






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






32. What are fat emboli associated with






33. What lobes are affected in silicosis






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






35. What are the causes of hypoxemia






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






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






38. What is the appoximate O2 binding capacity






39. What is early onset hypoxemia from in chronic bronchitis






40. What does the conducting zone consist of...






41. At what PaO2 does hypoxemia begin






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






43. What is a typical tidal volume






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






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






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






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






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






49. At what PaO2 does cyanosis begin






50. What are the 9 interstitial lung diseases

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