pts
The nurse practitioner is assessing a client who presents with complaints of sleeping difficulty.
He wakes up suddenly, multiple times a night, feeling short of breath. His partner reports snoring
and intermittent gasping. The nurse practitioner suspects which of the following conditions?
congestive heart failure
obstructive sleep apnea
pneumonia
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
In obstructive sleep apnea snoring is due to airflow obstruction from the tongue or soft palate
during respiratory effort. Dunphy p.363
Question 2
pts
The amount of air exhaled in 1 second (FEV1), if normal, should be at least which of the
following?
75%
70%
50%
80%
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