CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE CHAPTER 44 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND ASSESSMENT
OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE CHAPTER 44
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

◉ Core Temperature.
Answer: 37C or 98.6 F


◉ Hyperventilation.
Answer: losing CO2


◉ hypoventilation.
Answer: gaining CO2


◉ pulsus paradoxus.
Answer: usually occurs with severe asthma attack!!
- systolic blood pressure that is >10 mmhg lower on inspiration than
on expiration.
B/P decreases during inspiration
B/P increases during expiration

, ◉ diaphragmatic excursion.
Answer: should be equal and bilateral and measure 4-8 cm in the
adult
-severe emphysema, bronchitis, asthma


◉ compliance.
Answer: is the ease which the elastic forces of the lungs accept a
volume of inspired air. (change in vol (L)/ change in pressure
(cmH20)


◉ resistance.
Answer: is defined as the pressure difference between the mouth
and the alveoli which is the trans- airway pressure (change in
pressure (cmH20)/ flow rate ( L/sec)


◉ Thormbus.
Answer: blood clot resulting in tissue death; stays still.


◉ Embolis.
Answer: moving clot


◉ hypothermia.
Answer: is a core temperature below normal range.