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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the cycle of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis






2. Define expiratory reserve volume (ERV)






3. What kind of emphysema is caused by smoking






4. What is the alveolar gas equation






5. What is used to treat methemoglobin






6. What causes secondary pulm HTN






7. At What terminal does CO2 bind the globin molecule






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






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






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






11. What is the formula for pulm vasc resistance






12. What do PFTs show in restrictive lung disease






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






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






15. At what PaO2 does cyanosis begin






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






17. Why do pts with emphysema exhale through pursed lips






18. What is the presentation of lung cancer


19. What does kallikrein do






20. What is the pathology of emphysema






21. What happens to lung volumes in obstructive lung disease






22. What is virchow's triad






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






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






25. What is the pathology of ARDS






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






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






28. What does CADET face to the right stand for






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






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






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






32. How does left to right shunt cause pulm HTN






33. Lung absecss often reults From what organisms






34. What happens in perfusion limited circulatioin and which gases does this apply to...






35. What are the risk factors for neonatal RDS






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






37. What happens to diffusing capacity in interstiial lung diseases






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






39. What increases the risk of PDA in neonatal RDS






40. What causes neonatal RDS






41. Define physilogic dead space






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






43. What is a potential test for asthma






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






45. What are curschmann's spirals






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






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






48. Define tidal volume (TV)






49. What is the equation for physiologic dead space






50. How does mitral stenosis cause pulm HTN