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Question 1

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whats bronchitis then dickhead?

Answer 1

3 months of purulent sputum per year for at least 2y. It happens because an irritant stimulates goblet cells and mucous glands, then inflammatory cells get in there releaseing proteases which damage the alveolars

Question 2

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whats emphysema then?

Answer 2

its when lung tissue is destroyeddistal to the terminal bronchioles, you get weight loss cos its hard work to breath and accessory muscles hypertrophy. Large lungs on a radiograph

Question 3

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how do you manage COPD be-atch?

Answer 3

mucolytics, vaccine against flu, some sort of exercise to attenuate deconditioning, nebuliser with bronchodialators, corticosteroids, long term oxygen therapy.

Question 4

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how much fluid does to illeum absorb

Answer 4

1.5l

Question 5

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ribs 1-7 are

Answer 5

true ribs

Question 6

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ribs 8-10 are

Answer 6

false ribs

Question 7

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ribs 11 and 12 are

Answer 7

floating ribs

Question 8

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nerve supply to the lungs

Answer 8

parasympathetic =vagus; sympathetic= sympathetic trunk

Question 9

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what innervates the diaphram

Answer 9

the phrenic nerve