Clinical Simulation Study Guide

COPD CORRECT ANSWER Preventable and treatable disease state characterized by air flow limitation that is not fully reversible. Emphysema CORRECT ANSWER Presence of permanent enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, accompanied by destruction of their walls and without obvious fibroisis Chronic bronchitis CORRECT ANSWER Chronic productive cough for three months in each of two successive years in a pt for whom other causes of the productive cough have been excluded Etiology of COPD CORRECT ANSWER - tobacco smoke -genetic predisposition - indoor and outdoor pollution Pt Assessment of Emphysema Pt (Primary assessment) CORRECT ANSWER AKA pink puffer or Type A COPD Body build = thin, underweight Past medical history = Tobacco use Cough = Less common, muciod secretions Appearance of chest = Barrel ch