NR 507 midterm PULM questions with verified answers
A lung volume measurement that indicates air trapping in a COPD patient is:
Ans✓✓✓ Increase residual volume.
A patient with chronic bronchitis is at risk for developing pneumonia due to:
Ans✓✓✓ Mucus plugs.
A patient with chronic bronchitis is most likely to experience: Ans✓✓✓
Respiratory acidosis due to inability to exhale CO2.
A patient with normal lungs should be able to exhale ___ of the forced vital
capacity within the first second. Ans✓✓✓ 80%
An expected chest x-ray finding for a patient with COPD is a Ans✓✓✓ flattened
diaphragm
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by: Ans✓✓✓ Intermittent, reversible
airflow obstruction.
Asthma results in: Ans✓✓✓ Decreased alveolar ventilation.
Chronic bronchitis will decrease which of the following parameters? Ans✓✓✓
Decreased forced expiratory flow (FEV1).
Hyperresonance found on lung percussion with a patient with COPD is primarily
due to Ans✓✓✓ air trapping
A lung volume measurement that indicates air trapping in a COPD patient is:
Ans✓✓✓ Increase residual volume.
A patient with chronic bronchitis is at risk for developing pneumonia due to:
Ans✓✓✓ Mucus plugs.
A patient with chronic bronchitis is most likely to experience: Ans✓✓✓
Respiratory acidosis due to inability to exhale CO2.
A patient with normal lungs should be able to exhale ___ of the forced vital
capacity within the first second. Ans✓✓✓ 80%
An expected chest x-ray finding for a patient with COPD is a Ans✓✓✓ flattened
diaphragm
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by: Ans✓✓✓ Intermittent, reversible
airflow obstruction.
Asthma results in: Ans✓✓✓ Decreased alveolar ventilation.
Chronic bronchitis will decrease which of the following parameters? Ans✓✓✓
Decreased forced expiratory flow (FEV1).
Hyperresonance found on lung percussion with a patient with COPD is primarily
due to Ans✓✓✓ air trapping