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Exam 7 NSG 1010 Study Guide Solutions
What are the functions of the pulmonary system? - Ans:✔✔-ventilation and respiration
movement of air in and out of the lungs - Ans:✔✔-ventilation
Exchange of oxygen and CO2 in the lungs - Ans:✔✔-
What factors affect ventilation? - Ans:✔✔--compliance
-elasticity
-airway resistance
-hypo/hyperventilation
-rate/depth of breathing
How well we can expand the lungs is an example of - Ans:✔✔-lung elasticity
Where the gases are exchanges is - Ans:✔✔-respiration
internal respiration occurs in the - Ans:✔✔-In the body tissues and organs
External respiration occurs in the - Ans:✔✔-lungs
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Factors affecting pulmonary function: - Ans:✔✔--stress
-allergies
-air quality
-altitude
-environment
True or false: younger individuals are predisposed to more infections because of their smaller airways -
Ans:✔✔-true
Factors affecting older adults pulmonary function: - Ans:✔✔-decreased lung volumes
decreased immune system
Lifestyle factors affecting pulmonary function: - Ans:✔✔--pregnancy
-occupational hazards
-nutrition
-exercise
-substance abuse
-smoking + secondhand smoke
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-medications
What are the infections of the upper airway? - Ans:✔✔--the common cold
-rhinosinusitis
-pharyngitis
-Influenza
What are the infections of the lower airways? - Ans:✔✔--RSV
-Acute bronchitis
-TB
-Pneumonia
-Covid-19
What are pulmonary system abnormalities? - Ans:✔✔--Structural abnormalities
-Airway inflammation and obstruction (allergies/pollutants = inflammation) (Food, spasms = obstruction)
-Alveolar-capillary membrane disorders (pulmonary edema/fibrosis)
-atelectasis (anything that reduces ventilation)
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What are examples of pulmonary circulation abnormalities? - Ans:✔✔-Pulmonary embolus: -COVID/
clotting disorders
Pulmonary HTN: COPD
Clubbed fingernails represent - Ans:✔✔-chronic hypoxia
Is cyanosis an emergency? - Ans:✔✔-Yes. Inadequate oxygenation to the tissue
S/S of hypoxia: - Ans:✔✔--restlessness
-anxiety
-tachycardia
-tachypnea
Late signs of hypoxia - Ans:✔✔--Bradycardia
-Extreme Restlessness
-Dyspnea
Palpation of respiration system includes: - Ans:✔✔-trachea palpation
thorax palpation
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Exam 7 NSG 1010 Study Guide Solutions
What are the functions of the pulmonary system? - Ans:✔✔-ventilation and respiration
movement of air in and out of the lungs - Ans:✔✔-ventilation
Exchange of oxygen and CO2 in the lungs - Ans:✔✔-
What factors affect ventilation? - Ans:✔✔--compliance
-elasticity
-airway resistance
-hypo/hyperventilation
-rate/depth of breathing
How well we can expand the lungs is an example of - Ans:✔✔-lung elasticity
Where the gases are exchanges is - Ans:✔✔-respiration
internal respiration occurs in the - Ans:✔✔-In the body tissues and organs
External respiration occurs in the - Ans:✔✔-lungs
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Factors affecting pulmonary function: - Ans:✔✔--stress
-allergies
-air quality
-altitude
-environment
True or false: younger individuals are predisposed to more infections because of their smaller airways -
Ans:✔✔-true
Factors affecting older adults pulmonary function: - Ans:✔✔-decreased lung volumes
decreased immune system
Lifestyle factors affecting pulmonary function: - Ans:✔✔--pregnancy
-occupational hazards
-nutrition
-exercise
-substance abuse
-smoking + secondhand smoke
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
-medications
What are the infections of the upper airway? - Ans:✔✔--the common cold
-rhinosinusitis
-pharyngitis
-Influenza
What are the infections of the lower airways? - Ans:✔✔--RSV
-Acute bronchitis
-TB
-Pneumonia
-Covid-19
What are pulmonary system abnormalities? - Ans:✔✔--Structural abnormalities
-Airway inflammation and obstruction (allergies/pollutants = inflammation) (Food, spasms = obstruction)
-Alveolar-capillary membrane disorders (pulmonary edema/fibrosis)
-atelectasis (anything that reduces ventilation)
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What are examples of pulmonary circulation abnormalities? - Ans:✔✔-Pulmonary embolus: -COVID/
clotting disorders
Pulmonary HTN: COPD
Clubbed fingernails represent - Ans:✔✔-chronic hypoxia
Is cyanosis an emergency? - Ans:✔✔-Yes. Inadequate oxygenation to the tissue
S/S of hypoxia: - Ans:✔✔--restlessness
-anxiety
-tachycardia
-tachypnea
Late signs of hypoxia - Ans:✔✔--Bradycardia
-Extreme Restlessness
-Dyspnea
Palpation of respiration system includes: - Ans:✔✔-trachea palpation
thorax palpation
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