NURS 3303 - Patho Quiz 9 Respiratory Questions and Answers Already Passed
What is the hallmark sign of a flail chest injury?
a. blood-tinged sputum
b. central cyanosis
c. paradoxical chest motion
d. shortness of breath - Answers c. paradoxical chest motion
In patients with pneumonia, why does excess mucus in the alveoli reduce gas exchange?
a. alveolar walls begin to stick together
b. mucolytic enzymes destroy alveolar macrophages
c. the alveolar-capillary interface is widened
d. mucus binds with the oxygen that enders the alveoli - Answers c. the alveolar-capillary
interface is widened
How can a person with metabolic acidosis begin to correct this imbalance quickly?
a. breathing patterns have both voluntary and involuntary controls
b. cells can retain hydrogen ions to raise the serum pH
c. baroceptors in the brain monitor blood pH levels
d. oxygen can be supplemented to prevent problems - Answers a. breathing patterns have both
voluntary and involuntary controls
___________________________________ causes the expanded anterior-posterior chest diameter in
emphysema that results in a barrel-chest appearance.
a. chronic destruction of alveolar walls
b. chronic air trapping with hyperinflation
c. asignificant carbon dioxide retention
d. markedly narrowed bronchial lumens - Answers b. chronic air trapping with hyperinflation
Why can excessive supplemental oxygen administration to COPD patients be detrimental?
a. increased CO2 causes a metabolic alkalosis condition
b. high oxygen levels can trigger an acute hypertensive crisis
What is the hallmark sign of a flail chest injury?
a. blood-tinged sputum
b. central cyanosis
c. paradoxical chest motion
d. shortness of breath - Answers c. paradoxical chest motion
In patients with pneumonia, why does excess mucus in the alveoli reduce gas exchange?
a. alveolar walls begin to stick together
b. mucolytic enzymes destroy alveolar macrophages
c. the alveolar-capillary interface is widened
d. mucus binds with the oxygen that enders the alveoli - Answers c. the alveolar-capillary
interface is widened
How can a person with metabolic acidosis begin to correct this imbalance quickly?
a. breathing patterns have both voluntary and involuntary controls
b. cells can retain hydrogen ions to raise the serum pH
c. baroceptors in the brain monitor blood pH levels
d. oxygen can be supplemented to prevent problems - Answers a. breathing patterns have both
voluntary and involuntary controls
___________________________________ causes the expanded anterior-posterior chest diameter in
emphysema that results in a barrel-chest appearance.
a. chronic destruction of alveolar walls
b. chronic air trapping with hyperinflation
c. asignificant carbon dioxide retention
d. markedly narrowed bronchial lumens - Answers b. chronic air trapping with hyperinflation
Why can excessive supplemental oxygen administration to COPD patients be detrimental?
a. increased CO2 causes a metabolic alkalosis condition
b. high oxygen levels can trigger an acute hypertensive crisis
