Exam 1 pulmonary care management
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The larynx has three separate areas; these are the
supraglottic region
_______________, the glottis, and the subglottic region.
A patient has a hemopneumothorax on the left side.
Atelectasis
The left lung is experiencing what disorder?
A patient with obesity has a pulmonary function
Restrictive
testing done. What would the typical results be?
A child presents with stridor, drooling, and high
Epiglottitis
fever. What is the probable diagnosis?
There is no specific treatment for pulmonary
True
contusion.
The very young and the elderly are at higher risk of
True
contracting viral pneumonia.
resolves when the child is A neonate has laryngomalacia. This condition:
around 2 years old
Anaphylactic reaction What is the most likely cause of angioedema?
A patient has been involved in an accident and
experienced blunt chest trauma. A chest radiograph
Blunt aortic injury is showing deviation of the trachea to the right and
left hemothorax, the mediastinum is widened and
the aortic knob is not seen. What injury is seen here?
A patient has a chest radiograph with interstitial
Viral infiltrates. This is indicative of which type of
pneumonia?
A patient is intubated and on mechanical ventilation.
Laryngeal stenosis
What is a complication of extubation of this patient?
, Fourth or fifth intercostal Where is a chest tube placed for pneumothorax?
space along the anterior
axillary line
Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is common with
True
hypovolemic cardiac arrest.
To prevent laryngeal stenosis, endotracheal tube
20-30 cm H2O
cuff pressures should be kept at:
A muffling of the voice without hoarseness may be a
Supraglottic process
sign of which of the following?
A patient has experienced chest wall trauma and is
in the emergency room for evaluation. The chest
wall is auscultated and there are decreased breath
Left-sided pneumothorax sounds on the left side. Observation reveals that
there is also limited movement of the chest wall on
the left. The trachea is shifted to the right chest.
What is the probable disorder happening?
A patient is admitted with a viral pneumonia. An
Mild respiratory alkalosis,
arterial blood gas is done. What are the expected
Mild hypoxemia
results?
It is narrowest and most Why is the subglottic region of the larynx prone to
inflexible. injury from an endotracheal tube?
A child presents with choking, cough, and wheezing.
Foreign body aspiration
What is the probable diagnosis?
Severe episodes of vocal cord dysfunction (VCD)
Heliox therapy
can be treated with which of the following?
A patient presents to an ear, nose, and throat
specialist with a diagnosis of laryngomalacia for
further follow-up. Following an endoscopic
Type II procedure, the airway was observed and found that
the patient has short aryepiglottic folds that
decrease the dimension of the airway. What type of
laryngomalacia is this?
Inflammatory panel, cardiac enzymes and a
True metabolic panel should be evaluated when Covid-
19 is suspected.
Leave the first rating
Terms in this set (77)
The larynx has three separate areas; these are the
supraglottic region
_______________, the glottis, and the subglottic region.
A patient has a hemopneumothorax on the left side.
Atelectasis
The left lung is experiencing what disorder?
A patient with obesity has a pulmonary function
Restrictive
testing done. What would the typical results be?
A child presents with stridor, drooling, and high
Epiglottitis
fever. What is the probable diagnosis?
There is no specific treatment for pulmonary
True
contusion.
The very young and the elderly are at higher risk of
True
contracting viral pneumonia.
resolves when the child is A neonate has laryngomalacia. This condition:
around 2 years old
Anaphylactic reaction What is the most likely cause of angioedema?
A patient has been involved in an accident and
experienced blunt chest trauma. A chest radiograph
Blunt aortic injury is showing deviation of the trachea to the right and
left hemothorax, the mediastinum is widened and
the aortic knob is not seen. What injury is seen here?
A patient has a chest radiograph with interstitial
Viral infiltrates. This is indicative of which type of
pneumonia?
A patient is intubated and on mechanical ventilation.
Laryngeal stenosis
What is a complication of extubation of this patient?
, Fourth or fifth intercostal Where is a chest tube placed for pneumothorax?
space along the anterior
axillary line
Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is common with
True
hypovolemic cardiac arrest.
To prevent laryngeal stenosis, endotracheal tube
20-30 cm H2O
cuff pressures should be kept at:
A muffling of the voice without hoarseness may be a
Supraglottic process
sign of which of the following?
A patient has experienced chest wall trauma and is
in the emergency room for evaluation. The chest
wall is auscultated and there are decreased breath
Left-sided pneumothorax sounds on the left side. Observation reveals that
there is also limited movement of the chest wall on
the left. The trachea is shifted to the right chest.
What is the probable disorder happening?
A patient is admitted with a viral pneumonia. An
Mild respiratory alkalosis,
arterial blood gas is done. What are the expected
Mild hypoxemia
results?
It is narrowest and most Why is the subglottic region of the larynx prone to
inflexible. injury from an endotracheal tube?
A child presents with choking, cough, and wheezing.
Foreign body aspiration
What is the probable diagnosis?
Severe episodes of vocal cord dysfunction (VCD)
Heliox therapy
can be treated with which of the following?
A patient presents to an ear, nose, and throat
specialist with a diagnosis of laryngomalacia for
further follow-up. Following an endoscopic
Type II procedure, the airway was observed and found that
the patient has short aryepiglottic folds that
decrease the dimension of the airway. What type of
laryngomalacia is this?
Inflammatory panel, cardiac enzymes and a
True metabolic panel should be evaluated when Covid-
19 is suspected.
