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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the airway and alveolar pressure at FRC - What is the intrapleural pressure - and What does that prevent






2. Toxicities of what drugs include interstitial lung disease






3. Which structures perforate the diaphragm and where






4. What are the findings associated with sarcoidosis






5. Lung cancer not linked to smoking - peripheral - grows along airywas - can present like a PNA - cancer and complication






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






7. Define functional residual capacity (FRC)






8. What is the fxn of the conducting zone






9. What is early onset hypoxemia from in chronic bronchitis






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






11. Where do 95% of PE arise from






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






13. What is an example of hypercoagulability






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






15. What is the nl form of iron in hemoglobin






16. What is the formula for oxygen delivery to tissues






17. What is fetal hemoglobin made of and why does it have a higher affinity for O2






18. What organism thrives in high O2 and where in the lung does it flourish






19. What are the histological findings in asbestosis and what occupations are associated






20. What organisms cause interstitial PNA and What are the characteristics






21. What are the risk factors for neonatal RDS






22. What is the pathology of asthma


23. Define vital capacity (VC)






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






25. What is the equation for physiologic dead space






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






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






28. What is methemoglobin






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






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






31. What happens to lung volumes in obstructive lung disease






32. At what PaO2 does cyanosis begin






33. What is another name for neonatal RDS






34. Where is cartilage present in the respiratory tree






35. What is compliance and When is it decrease






36. What changes in O2 consumption change during exercise






37. What is the order of decreasing pressures among the alveola - capillaries and veins in zone 2 of the lungs






38. What are the findings of chronic bronchitis






39. What is the pathology of chronic bronchitis






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






41. How do you prevent DVT






42. What changes in CO2 occur during exercise






43. What are curschmann's spirals






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






45. What lab ration indicates fetal lung maturity






46. At what PaO2 does hypoxemia begin






47. What findings are associated with emphysema






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






49. What changes in ventilation rate occur during exercise






50. What is obstructive sleep apnea