PRELIMS–RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Question 1

S/SX: Frothy Pink Sputum

Answer 1

Pulmonary Edema

Question 2

CXR film shows interstitial edema

Answer 2

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Question 3

Abnormal Accumulation of fluid in lung tissue or alveolar space

Answer 3

Pulmonary Edema

Question 4

S/SX: Rusty sputum, grating sound, chills, high grade fever

Answer 4

Pneumonia

Question 5

Cause right side of heart to fail

Answer 5

Cor Pulmonale

Question 6

Elevated pulmonary arterial pressure and secondary right heart ventricular failure

Answer 6

Pulmonary hypertension

Question 7

Cessation of breathing

Answer 7

Obstructive sleep apnea

Question 8

Infection affects one or both lungs

Answer 8

Pneumonia

Question 9

Caused by blockage or pressure outside the lungs

Answer 9

Atelectasis

Question 10

Series of anastomoses formed into triangular shape known as?

Answer 10

Kiesselbach’s plexus

Question 11

Most common facial fracture

Answer 11

Nasal fracture

Question 12

Best time for Chest Physiotherapy

Answer 12

Morning upon rising, 1 hr before meals, 2-3 hrs after meals

Question 13

Valsalva maneuver

Answer 13

Glottis

Question 14

Leaf shaped elastic structure

Answer 14

Epiglottis

Question 15

Visual examination of larynx, trachea, bronco

Answer 15

Bronchoscopy

Question 16

Humidifies, warms and filters air

Answer 16

Nose

Question 17

During inspiration, sharp knifelike pain.

Answer 17

Pleuritis/ Pleurisy

Question 18

Collection of pus in pleural cavity

Answer 18

Empyema

Question 19

S/SX:
Intercostal tenderness on palpation
Grating or leathery sound heard both phases of respiration

Answer 19

Pleurisy

Question 20

Blood in pleural space

Answer 20

Hemothorax

Question 21

Air in pleural space

Answer 21

Pneumothorax

Question 22

S/SX: Sucking sound on each respiration

Answer 22

Open Pneumothorax

Question 23

Hypotension progressing to shock

Answer 23

Hemothorax