Exam 2

Question 1

Pulse pressure

Answer 1

Difference in systolic and diastolic pressure

120/80 BP=Pulse pressure of 40

Question 2

Lung collapse symptoms

Answer 2

Fine crackles occasionally

Question 3

What triggers inhalation in normal people?

Answer 3

Hypercarbia

Question 4

What triggers inhalation in COPD pts?

Answer 4

Hypoxemia

Question 5

Increased distance between ribs, >2 fingerbreadths

Answer 5

Emphysema, Increased residual lung volume

Question 6

Why give elderly client w/ ineffective airway clearance a lot of water?

Answer 6

Increased fluid volume helps eliminate residue

Question 7

In pregnancy, the uterus elevates the diaphragm how much?

Answer 7

4 cm

Question 8

Flatness heard over the base of the lungs indicates what?

Answer 8

Pleural Effusion

Question 9

Decreased alveolar surface occurs with what?

Answer 9

Old age

Question 10

The fetus increases oxygen demands, which are met by what?

Answer 10

Increased tidal volume

Question 11

In older adults, costal cartilages become calcified. This decreases vital capacity which increases what?

Answer 11

Residual volume

Question 12

Occupational lung dzs

Answer 12

Pneumoconiosis

Question 13

Sign of pneumothorax

Answer 13

Trachea deviation

Question 14

RBC count indicates what?

Answer 14

Hemoglobin levels

Question 15

ABG indicates what?

Answer 15

Oxygenation and alveolar ventilation