Exam 2: NR283/ NR 283 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Pathophysiology Review| Questions with Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A - Chamberlain.

Exam 2: NR283/ NR 283 (Latest 2025/
2026 Update) Pathophysiology
Review| Questions with Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A -
Chamberlain.

Question:

What develops when a patient is in severe respiratory distress??
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Answer:
Hypoxia and Respiratory alkalosis
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Question:
What is the disease that involves periodic episodes of severe and
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reversible bronchial obstruction with hyper sensitive/responsive airways??
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Answer:
Asthma




Question:
What kind of condition is related to a singular episode??
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,Answer:
Acute condition
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Question:

What kind of condition affects an individual for a long term??
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Answer:
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Question:
What kind of state indicates whether a patient is in a mild, intermittent,
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severe or persistent condition??
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Answer:

Clinical state
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Question:

What disease onsets during adulthood and is stimulated by hyper-
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responsive tissues in the airways, initiating an acute attack??
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Answer:
Intrinsic asthma i,-

,Question:

What physical condition results from chronic hypoxia associated with
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respiratory and cardiovascular diseases??
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Answer:
Clubbing




Question:

What condition is caused by the destruction of the alveolar walls and
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septae, which leads to large, permanently inflated alveolar air spaces??
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Answer:
Emphysema



Question:

What is the increased effort to breath??
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Answer:

Dyspnea




Question:
What is the increased effort to breath when lying down and develops
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when fluid accumulates into the lungs??
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Answer:

, Orthopnea




Question:

What kind of congestion develops when blood flows into the lungs??
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Answer:

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Question:
What can you immediately do to help a patient that has respiratory and
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CVD who needs help breathing??
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Answer:

Raise the upper part of the body in bed to help them breath; it is hard for
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patients to breath because their abdomen contents are pushing up
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Question:

What do the symptoms and signs of coughing, tightening chest with
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constricted airways, wheezing, labored and rapid breathing and coughing
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up sticky/ thick mucous indicate??
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Answer:

Asthma