CH 17: Respiratory
A person who experiences sharp chest pain followed by increasing dyspnea after coughing likely has:
a pneumothorax
You should reserve oxygen concentrations higher than which percentage for patients with hypoxia who do not respond to lower concentrations?
50%
To generate the optimal particle size, most nebulizers need to have a gas flow of at least:
6 L/min.
Why are children more prone to croup when they acquire a viral infection than adults infected with the same virus?
A child's airway is narrower than an adult's, and even minor swelling can result in obstruction.
What type of medication can cause thick sputum?
Antihistamine
A patient presents with a barrel chest, muscle wasting, and pursed-lip breathing. These symptoms are a sign of which condition?
Emphysema
The most common complaint in patients with a respiratory disease is
Dyspnea
Blood-tinged sputum can be caused by
Heart failure
What type of medication is montelukast (Singulair)?
Leukotriene blocker
Which medication causes smooth muscle relaxation and is used to treat severe asthma?
Nitro
Quiet tachypnea suggests possible
Shock
Orthopnea
ability to breathe only in an upright position
The main stem bronchus ends at the level of the
bronchioles
Polycythemia is a condition in which
excess red blood cells are produced in response to chronic hypoxia.
The body's immediate response to mild hypoxemia is
increased heart rate.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea may be a sign of
left-side heart failure.
Difficulty with exhalation is most characteristic of:
obstructive lung disease
Patients with pneumonia often experience a coughing fit when they roll from one side to the other because
pneumonia often occurs in the lung bases, typically on only one side.
A patient's peripheral pulses become extremely weak during inhalation. This is called
pulsus paradoxus.
Cor pulmonale is defined as:
right heart failure secondary to chronic lung disease.