Exam 36: Alterations of Pulmonary Function

A patient is diagnosed with a pneumothorax and asks the healthcare professional to explain this condition. What statement by the professional is most accurate?

Besides dyspnea, what is the most common characteristic associated with pulmonary disease?

Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) results from which alteration?

What does the student learn about exudative pleural effusion? (Select all that apply.)

A patient is brought to the Emergency Department with a gunshot wound to the chest. The healthcare professional assesses an abnormality involving a pleural rupture that acts as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but preventing its escape by closing during expiration. What action by the healthcare professional is the priority?

Respirations that are characterized by alternating periods of deep and shallow breathing are a result of which respiratory mechanism?

A patient has been diagnosed with pneumoconiosis and asks the healthcare professional to explain this disease. What description by the professional is best?

A patient has a lung problem caused by dysfunction in the pores of Kohn. What action by the healthcare professional is best?

A patient has a transudative pleural effusion but has minimal symptoms. What action by the healthcare professional is best?

A patient has recently been diagnosed with emphysema. What initial step in management of this disease does the healthcare professional discuss with the patient?

Which condition is capable of producing alveolar dead space?

A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The professional states that good control is necessary due to which pathophysiologic process?

Which factor contributes to the production of mucus associated with chronic bronchitis?

A patient has been diagnosed with an empyema. What does the healthcare professional tell the patient about this condition?

In what form of bronchiectasis do both constrictions and dilations deform the bronchi?

The student asks a professor to explain how tuberculosis (TB) can remain dormant in some people. What explanation by the professor is best?

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is best described as a tumor that causes which alterations?

The student learns that which inflammatory mediators are produced in asthma? (Select all that apply.)

Kussmaul respirations as a respiratory pattern may be associated with which characteristic(s)?

A patient has long-standing pulmonary disease and chronic hypoxia. The student assesses the patient's fingertips and notices bulbous enlargement of the distal segment of the digits. How does the student document this finding?