Med Surge Exam II- COPD Graded A+(100% Verified)

True or False: COPD is reversible and tends to happens gradually. - The answer is FALSE. COPD IRREVERSIBLE and tends to happens gradually. A patient is presenting with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient has a chronic productive cough with dyspnea on excretion. Arterial blood gases show a low oxygen level and high carbon dioxide level in the blood. On assessment, the patient has cyanosis in the lips and edema in the abdomen and legs. Based on your nursing knowledge and the patient's symptoms, you suspect the patient suffers from what type of COPD? A. Emphysema B. Pneumonia C. Chronic bronchitis D. Pneumothorax - The answer is C. The key words to let you know the patient is experiencing chronic bronchitis are: cyanosis and edema in the abdomen and legs. Remember chronic bronchitis is sometimes referred to as "blue bloaters". A patient with emphysema may present with all of the following symptoms EXCEPT? A. Barrel chest B. Hyperinflation of the lung C. Hypoventilation D. Hypercapnia - The answer is C. Patients with emphysema present with HYPERventilation. The body will try to compensate for the low oxygen blood levels and will cause the patient to hyperventilate.Remember emphysema patients are sometimes called "pink puffers". They will have a barrel chest (due to the use of accessory muscles for breathing), hyperinflation of the lungs (due to damage of the alveoli sacs and creation of air sacs), and hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide levels). The term blue bloater is used to describe patients with? A. Pulmonary hypertension B. Left-sided heart failure C. Chronic Bronchitis