CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND ASSESSMENT
OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ What might be the patients emotional response to asthma?
Answer: Anxiety, concerned, frightened
◉ What are the anatomic alterations of the lungs associated with
asthma?
Answer: Bronchospasm
excessive thick, white, and tenacious bronchial secretions
air trapping
mucus plugging
◉ known causes of extrinsic asthma factors:
Answer: pollen, grass, house dust, animal dander
◉ known causes of intrinsic asthma factors:
Answer: infection, cold air, exercise, emotional stress
,◉ pulmonary function study findings (asthma)
Answer: Decreased: PEFR, FEV, FEV/FVC
Increased: RV, FRC
◉ Expected ABG (asthma)
Answer: Early stages: Increased pH, decreased PaCO2, (slightly)
decreased HCO3-, decreased PaO2, decreased SaO2 and SpO2
Late (severe) stages: Decreased but normal pH, Increased PaCO2,
(slightly) increased HCO3-, decreased PaO2, Decreased SaO2 and
SpO2
◉ CXR (Asthma)
Answer: Translucent lung fields, hyper inflated alveoli, depressed
diaphragm
◉ Respiratory treatment (asthma)
Answer: bronchodilator therapy, bronchial hygiene therapy, oxygen
therapy
◉ complications of asthma
Answer: poor response to oxygen and bronchodilator therapy
acute ventilatory failure
severe hypoxia
, mechanical ventilation
◉ What pathological conditions increases vocal fremitus?
Answer: atelectasis and pneumonia
◉ A dull or soft percussion note would likely be heard in what
pathological conditions?
Answer: pleural thickening and atelectasis
◉ Bronchial breath sounds would likely be heard in what
pathological conditions?
Answer: alveolar consolidation and atelectasis
◉ Wheezing is:
Answer: Produced by bronchospasm
A cardinal finding of bronchial asthma
Usually heard as high-pitched sounds
◉ In pathological conditions, what transmission of whispered voice
of a patient through a stethoscope is unusually clear?
Answer: Alveolar consolidation and atelectasis
OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ What might be the patients emotional response to asthma?
Answer: Anxiety, concerned, frightened
◉ What are the anatomic alterations of the lungs associated with
asthma?
Answer: Bronchospasm
excessive thick, white, and tenacious bronchial secretions
air trapping
mucus plugging
◉ known causes of extrinsic asthma factors:
Answer: pollen, grass, house dust, animal dander
◉ known causes of intrinsic asthma factors:
Answer: infection, cold air, exercise, emotional stress
,◉ pulmonary function study findings (asthma)
Answer: Decreased: PEFR, FEV, FEV/FVC
Increased: RV, FRC
◉ Expected ABG (asthma)
Answer: Early stages: Increased pH, decreased PaCO2, (slightly)
decreased HCO3-, decreased PaO2, decreased SaO2 and SpO2
Late (severe) stages: Decreased but normal pH, Increased PaCO2,
(slightly) increased HCO3-, decreased PaO2, Decreased SaO2 and
SpO2
◉ CXR (Asthma)
Answer: Translucent lung fields, hyper inflated alveoli, depressed
diaphragm
◉ Respiratory treatment (asthma)
Answer: bronchodilator therapy, bronchial hygiene therapy, oxygen
therapy
◉ complications of asthma
Answer: poor response to oxygen and bronchodilator therapy
acute ventilatory failure
severe hypoxia
, mechanical ventilation
◉ What pathological conditions increases vocal fremitus?
Answer: atelectasis and pneumonia
◉ A dull or soft percussion note would likely be heard in what
pathological conditions?
Answer: pleural thickening and atelectasis
◉ Bronchial breath sounds would likely be heard in what
pathological conditions?
Answer: alveolar consolidation and atelectasis
◉ Wheezing is:
Answer: Produced by bronchospasm
A cardinal finding of bronchial asthma
Usually heard as high-pitched sounds
◉ In pathological conditions, what transmission of whispered voice
of a patient through a stethoscope is unusually clear?
Answer: Alveolar consolidation and atelectasis
