COPD

Question 1

type A of COPD

Answer 1

emphysema - an increased total lung capacity, low sputum production, late onset of cough, rare hypercapnia, rare cor pulmonale and absent polycythemia

Question 2

type B of COPD

Answer 2

chronic bronchitis - smaller total lung capacity, significant sputum production, frequent hypercapnia with cor pulmonale and the presence of polycythemia.

Question 3

FEV1 that is greater than 80% is considered mild, moderate….

Answer 3

mild

Question 4

FEV1 that is greater than 50% but less than 80% is considered mild, moderate…

Answer 4

moderate

Question 5

FEV1 that is greater than 30% but less than 50% is considered mild, moderate….

Answer 5

severe

Question 6

FEV1 less than 30%

Answer 6

very severe

Question 7

chronic bronchitis

Answer 7

mucosal inflammation and swelling, increased mucus production, bronchial wall thickness

Question 8

why are chronic bronchitis patients considered”blue bloaters”?

Answer 8

R heart failure from pulmonary hypertension causes edema and cyanosis

Question 9

Lung sounds in chronic bronchitis

Answer 9

scattered rhonci and ralse on forced expiration

Question 10

Emphysema

Answer 10

destruction of walls of alveoli

Question 11

Does Emphysema has hypercapnia and heart failure like chronic bronchitis?

Answer 11

no