NURS642 /AGACNP exam 1 questions with correct answers
Pneumothorax - Answer occurs when air is allowed into the pleural space Caused by trauma, medical procedures, or spontaneously - Answer penumothorax perforation of chest wall or pleura: trauma (sucking chest), blunt (air enters form lung to pleura), iatrogenic, - Answer causes of penumothorax Pneumothorax risk factors - Answer trauma, iatrogenic, intrinsic lung disease, young, thin males, smoking, HIV with penumocystis jiroveci penumonia Iatrogenic causes - Answer Central line , bronchoscopy(with needle bx) needle insertion (bx liver, lung, thoracentesis) surgery (chest,neck abdominal) Mechanical ventilation Tension Pneumothorax - Answer air pressure builds within the pleura space (unable to exit) pressure rises lung collapses causing shifting of the mediastinum and impairment of venous blood return to the heart - Answer tension pneumothorax Pneumothorax HPI - Answer acute onset of dyspnea and pain. agitation or apprehension may cause tachypnea, tachycardia
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