Respiratory Issues and Disorders

Question 1

What does egophany sound like?

Answer 1

E to A

Question 2

What does egophany mean?

Answer 2

consolidation in the lungs

Question 3

What kind of disease results when you can get air in but not out?

Answer 3

obstructive disease

Question 4

What is characterized by reduced airflow rates and lung volumes within normal range or larger?

Answer 4

obstructive disease

Question 5

What kind of disease results when you can’t get air in?

Answer 5

restrictive disease

Question 6

What is characterized by reduced volumes and expiratory flow rates?

Answer 6

restrictive disease

Question 7

What is a disease of the lower respiratory tract that causes inflammation leading to obstruction of the small respiratory airways and will show hyperinflated lungs with scattered areas of consolidation?

Answer 7

bronchiolitis

Question 8

What disease can present with URI symptoms lasting for several days, moderate fever, and palpable liver and spleen?

Answer 8

bronchiolitis

Question 9

What illness is typically seen in children less than 3 years of age where more than 50% of the cases are caused by RSV?

Answer 9

bronchiolitis

Question 10

What kind of vaccine is palivizumab (synagis)?

Answer 10

monoclonal antibody (MAB)

Question 11

Hypertrophy of smooth muscle, mucosal edema and hyperemia, hypertrophy of mucous glands, acute inflammation and plugging of airways by thick mucous, and thickening of epithelial basement membrane (remodeling) describes which respiratory disease?

Answer 11

asthma

Question 12

What is the FEV1 for a patient with intermittent asthma?

Answer 12

FEV1 > 80% predicted and normal between exacerbations

Question 13

What is the FEV1 for a patient with mild persistent asthma?

Answer 13

FEV1 > 80% predicted

Question 14

What is the FEV1 for a patient with moderate persistent asthma?

Answer 14

FEV1 60-80% predicted

Question 15

What is the FEV1 for a patient with severe persistent asthma?

Answer 15

FEV1 <60% predicted

Question 16

What is characterized by inflammation of the lower respiratory tract as microorganisms gain access by aspiration, inhalation, or hematogenous dissemination?

Answer 16

pneumonia

Question 17

What is described as lung consolidation on physical exam and pleurisy?

Answer 17

pneumonia

Question 18

What will show as inflitrateson CXR?

Answer 18

pneumonia

Question 19

What are the radiograph characteristics for bacterial pneumonia with H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and Klebsiella?

Answer 19

lobar consolidation

Question 20

What are the radiograph characteristics for bacterial pneumonia with E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Pseudomonas?

Answer 20

patchy infiltrates

Question 21

What word describes pain with breathing?

Answer 21

pleurisy

Question 22

What is an autosomal recessive disorder with chromosome 7 long arm mutation?

Answer 22

cystic fibrosis

Question 23

What is a chronic, multi-system disorder affecting the respiratory, GI, hepatobiliary, and reproductive tracts?

Answer 23

cystic fibrosis

Question 24

What is a contagious respiratory illness caused by Bordatella pertussis and can cause serious complications in infants and young children?

Answer 24

pertussis