GMS 6402. Pulmonary Mechanics questions with correct answers

GMS 6402. Pulmonary Mechanics questions
with correct answers


Transpulmonary pressure is measured in - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔cm H2O


What is the pressure of the alveoli at the beginning of normal tidal
volume breath? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔0cm H2O


At the beginning of a normal tidal volume breath, what is the
pressure in the pleural space? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔‐5 cm
H2O


What is the pressure difference between what is in the alveoli and
what is in the pleural space called? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Trans-pulmonary Pressure


What is the formula for Trans pulmonary pressure? - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔(PTP) = P ALV - P PL




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, The pressure of the pleural space is _______ _______ that of the
alveoli. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔LESS THAN


The _______ __________ in the pleural space acts as a vacuum to
pull the lungs out. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔negative pressure


Pneumothorax precludes an ability to generate ————- pleural
pressure - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Negative


What is lung compliance? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
measure of how easily the lung can be stretched out


What is the formula for lung compliance?
What are its normal units of measure? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔C = deltav/ deltaP


L/cm


What is disease has the characteristic of low lung compliance? - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pulmonary Fibrosis




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