CRPD

Question 1

What are chronic restrictive lung diseases?

Answer 1

Pulmonary diseases characterized by reduced expansion of lung parenchyma along with decreased total lung capacity

Question 1

How is CRPD characterized?

Answer 1

Reduced total lung capacity, vital capacity, or resting lung volume

Question 2

Vital capacity in a patient with CRPD is (Decreased/Increased)?

Answer 2

Decreased

Question 3

The FEV1/VC ratio in CRPD is (Decreased/Increased)?

Answer 3

Increased

Question 4

Vital capacity in a patient with COPD is (Decreased/Increased)?

Answer 4

Normal

Question 5

FEV1 in a patient with COPD is (Decreased/Increased)?

Answer 5

Decreased

Question 6

The FEV1/VC ratio in COPD is (Decreased/Increased)?

Answer 6

Decreased

Question 7

A patient with CRPD will have more trouble with (Inspiration/Expiration)?

Answer 7

Inspiration

Question 8

What are the subtypes of CRPD?

Answer 8

Pneumoconiosis
Sarcoidosis
Goodpasture’s syndrome

Question 9

What is pneumoconiosis?

Answer 9

Non-neoplastic lung reaction to inhalation of mineral dusts encountered in the workplace

Question 10

What are the four subtypes of pneumoconiosis?

Answer 10

Anthracosis
Silicosis
Asbestosis
Berylliosis

Question 11

How is anthracosis caused?

Answer 11

Carbon inhalation

Question 12

What profession commonly gets anthracosis?

Answer 12

Coal miners

Question 13

What is the other name for anthracosis?

Answer 13

Coal miners lung

Question 14

How is silicosis caused?

Answer 14

Sand, cement, glass

Question 15

What professions commonly get silicosis?

Answer 15

Construction work, stone masons, glassworkers

Question 16

What is the number one cause of mesothelioma?

Answer 16

Asbestosis

Question 17

How is asbestosis caused?

Answer 17

Asbestos

Question 18

What professions can be asbestosis?

Answer 18

Installation pipefitters, steamfitters, Navy

Question 19

What causes berylliosis?

Answer 19

Beryllium from aerospace air frame parts (Lockheed/Boeing)

Question 20

Very long shards that cause macrophage lysis and the release of inflammatory mediators is indicative of what pneumoconiosis?

Answer 20

Asbestosis

Question 21

What is sarcoidosis?

Answer 21

A granulomatous disease of unknown etiology

Question 22

What type of atelectasis is caused by sarcoidosis?

Answer 22

Compression atelectasis

Question 23

There is no mediastinal shift in the atelectasis caused by sarcoidosis (TRUE/FALSE)?

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

What is the most commonly involved organ for sarcoidosis?

Answer 24

Lung

Question 25

Non-caseating granulomas and potato nodules bilaterally on the bronchi that resolve with prednisone is indicative of what pathology?

Answer 25

Sarcoidosis

Question 26

What is Goodpasture’s syndrome?

Answer 26

Type II hypersensitivity reaction where the body makes an antibody against a fixed antigen on the basement membrane of the kidney and lungs

Question 27

Patient presents coughing up blood and marked weakness in his muscle testing. The patient also reports peeing blood. Radiography demonstrates a diffuse bilateral alveolar infiltrate. Blood panel shows an antibody against the glomerular basement membrane. What is the likely diagnosis?

Answer 27

Goodpasture’s syndrome

Question 28

What is the difference between a type II and type III hypersensitivity reaction?

Answer 28

Type II = Ab against a fixed antigen
Type III = Ab against a soluble antigen