Interstitial Lung Disease

Question 1

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis most commonly affects the _____ of the lung

Answer 1

upper lobes

Question 2

What exposure is suggested by reveal small, nodular, potentially coalescing opacities in the upper lung lobes in the Chest x-ray that and deposition of dark pigment in macrophages, interstitial tissue, and hilar lymph nodes in the lung biopsy?

Answer 2

Coal mining

Question 3

The lung diffusing capacity (DL) _____ in pulmonary fibrosis due to increased wall thickness (Δx)

Answer 3

decreases

Question 4

Restrictive lung diseases are characterized by a FEV1/FVC ratio and a ___ residual volume and functional residual capacity

Answer 4

≥ 70%
decreased