Chapter 9-Resporatory

Question 1

Common cold, often caused by rhinoviruses

Answer 1

URI

Question 2

Viral or bacterial

Inflammation of the sinus

Answer 2

Sinusitis

Question 3

Inflammation of the pharynx

Answer 3

Pharyngitis

Question 4

Inflammation of the larynx

Answer 4

Laryngitis

Question 5

When the thin wall (nasal septum) between your nostrils is displaced to one side

Answer 5

Deviated septum

Question 5

Benign growths

Answer 5

Nasal polyps

Question 6

Loss of smell

Answer 6

Anosmia

Question 7

Nose bleed

Answer 7

Epistaxis

Question 8

Benign or malignant
Dysphonia is only symptom
Treatment:
Radiation, sometimes larynectomy

Answer 8

Tumors of the larynx

Question 9

Coughing up or spitting up of blood from the respiratory tract

Answer 9

Hemoptysis

Question 10

Collapsed lung
Incomplete expansion
Leads to hypoxia and dyspnea

Answer 10

Atelectasis

Question 11

Clot occludes a pulmonary artery

Interrupts blood flow

Answer 11

Pulmonary embolism

Question 12

Inflammation of the lungs, unilateral or bilateral, portion or all of a lung

Answer 12

Pneumonia

Question 13

Pulse oximeter

Answer 13

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Question 14

Area of contained infectious material

More common in lower portions of lung

Purulent sputum, foul-smelling breath

Answer 14

Pulmonary abscess

Question 15

Bacterial infection, mild or severe forms
Symptoms:
Bacteria thrive in warm aquatic environments and are inhaled (pools)

Answer 15

Legionnaires disease

Question 16

RSV
Most common in infants children and elderly
Symptoms: cold-like, upper respiratory trac
Etiology: viral infection, Dec. to March

Answer 16

Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia

Question 17

Fungal disease

Inhalation of dust containing histoplasmosis capsulatum

Seen in HIV patients, Midwestern US (soil contaminated by bird droppings)

No treatment

Answer 17

Histoplasmosis

Question 18

Acute bronchitis 
Chronic bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis
Asthma 
Pulmonary emphysema 
Pneumoconiosis

Answer 18

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Question 19

Acute or chronic

Inflammation of mucous membrane lining the bronchi

Answer 19

Bronchitis

Question 20

Symptoms: 
Deep productive cough, thick sputum 
Etiology: 
Part of general URI
No specific treatment for viral
Antibiotics for bacterial

Answer 20

Bronchitis

Question 21

Dilation of bronchi (irreversible)

Answer 21

Bronchiectasis

Question 22

Symptoms:
Chronic cough, Hemoptysis
Etiology:
Damage from smoking, pneumonia, TB, childhood diseases
Treatment:
Antibiotics, bronchodilators, postural drainage

Answer 22

Bronchiectasis

Question 23

Enlargement of alveoli with damage to alveolar walls and capillary walls

Answer 23

Pulmonary emphysema

Question 24

Symptoms: dyspnea, barrel chest, cyanosis, wheezing, clubbing, right hear failure At risk: smokers, exposure to irritants, infections as a child

Answer 24

Pulmonary emphysema

Question 25

Condition of the lungs due to long-term inhalation of dust particles Damage is irreversible

Answer 25

Pneumoconiosis

Question 26

Asbestosis Anthracosis Silicosis

Answer 26

Pneumoconiosis

Question 27

Pleuritis Inflammation of the pleura Sym: needle-like pain, up with inspiration

Answer 27

Pleurisy

Question 28

Air in the pleura cavity | Leads to collapsed lung, severe SOB

Answer 28

Pneumothorax

Question 29

Blood in the pleural cavity | Similar to pneumothorax

Answer 29

Hemothorax

Question 30

Symptoms: often asymptomatic, then vague sx. Eventually sx include purulent sputum, blood in sputum, Hemoptysis, night sweats Etiology: bacterium-tubercle bacillus spread by droplet inhalation

Answer 30

Pulmonary tuberculosis

Question 31

``` Acute URI Symptoms: lymphadenopathy and fever Etiology: Epstein bar virus (herpes) Carried in saliva ```

Answer 31

Infectious mononucleosis

Question 32

Leading cause of cancer deaths world wide for both men and women

Answer 32

Lung cancer

Question 33

Symptoms: | Cough; in early stages pt may be asymptomatic

Answer 33

Lung cancer

Question 34

``` Four major histological types Squamous call CA- Adenocarcinoma } NSCLC Large cell CA - Small cell CA ```

Answer 34

Lung cancer