Respiratory

Question 1

Yellowish-green, cloudy, thick mucus often indicates

Answer 1

Often indication of a bacterial infection

Question 2

Rusty or dark-colored sputum often indicates

Answer 2

Usually sign of pneumococcal pneumonia

Question 3

Very large amounts of purulent sputum with foul odor may be associated with

Answer 3

May be associated with bronchiectasis

Question 4

Thick, tenacious mucus indicates? if blood-tinged sputum may result from and be a sign of?

Answer 4

• Asthma or cystic fibrosis

- from chronic cough; may also be sign of tumor or tuberculosis

Question 5

Hemoptysis - Blood-tinged (bright red) frothy sputum, usually associated with

Answer 5

pulmonary edema

Question 6

Clubbed digits Result from

Answer 6

chronic hypoxia associated with respiratory or cardiovascular diseases