Pulmonary

Question 1

What is a PTX?

Answer 1

Pneumothorax. Collapsed lung due to trauma or a spontaneous small rupture of the lung.

Question 2

What is the most common cause of a PTX?

Answer 2

Trauma or spontaneous small rupture

Question 3

How is a PTX diagnosed?

Answer 3

CXR

Question 4

What social history will most COPD patients also have?

Answer 4

Smoking

Question 5

What is the difference between an inhaler and a nebulizer for asthma?

Answer 5

A nebulizer is a machine while an inhaler is handheld

Question 6

What is asthma?

Answer 6

Reactive Airway Disease (RAD). Constricting of the airway due to inflammation and muscular contraction of the bronchioles, known as a “bronchospasm”

Question 7

What physical exam finding closely associates with asthma?

Answer 7

Wheezes

Question 8

What is PNA?

Answer 8

Pneumonia. Infiltrate (bacterial infection) and inflammation inside the lung

Question 9

What might a person with PNA complain of?

Answer 9

SOB or Productive cough

Question 10

How is PNA diagnosed?

Answer 10

CXR