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RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES Flashcards

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Discuss the role of ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) matching and shunting in oxygen delivery and consumption

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Distinguish between an anatomical and physiological shunt and dead space

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Explain the transport of dissolved oxygen

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Explain the transport of haemoglobin bound oxygen

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Explain the oxygen haemoglobin dissociation curve

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Discuss the factors involved which result in a shift in the oxygen haemoglobin dissociation curve (Bohr effect)

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Discuss the relationship between oxygen content, oxygen delivery, oxygen consumption, and the oxygen extraction ratio in the assessment of hypoxaemia and shunting

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Describe how carbon dioxide is transported in the blood

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Outline the clinical manifestations of hypoxia

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Define hypercapnia

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List the clinical manifestations of hypercapnia

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Define type one and type two respiratory failure

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List the clinical manifestations of asthma

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List the clinical manifestations of COPD

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List the clinical manifestations of pneumonia

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List the clinical manifestations of a pneumothorax

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List the clinical manifestations of APO

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18
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List the clinical manifestations of a pulmonary embolis (PE)

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Discuss the pathophysiology of asthma

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Discuss the pathophysiology of COPD

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Discuss the pathophysiology of pneumonia

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Discuss the pathophysiology of APO

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Discuss the pathophysiology of a PE

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24
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Discuss the management of asthma

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Discuss the management of COPD

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26
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Discuss the management of pneumonia

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27
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Discuss the management of a pneumothorax

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Discuss the management of APO

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29
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Discuss the management of a PE

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List the factors that cause a shift in the oxygen haemoglobin dissociation curve, and explain the pathophysiology of the shift on oxygen transport

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An altered conscious state is a sign of hypercapnia, explain the underlying pathophysiology

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32
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Outline the risk factors that increase the risk of APO?

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33
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Discuss why some studies recommend caution in the use of diuretics in APO?

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34
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Outline some of the common triggers of asthma?

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Asthma is a result of changes in the lungs. List these three (3) changes?

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List the risk factors for PE?

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Describe the precipitants of an acute exacerbation of COPD?

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38
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Discuss the clinical significance of carbon dioxide retention and oxygen therapy use in the COPD patient?

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