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18 Cards in this Set
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_________ are small, hand-held, pressurized devices that deliver a measured dose of drug with each activation- dosing is usually accomplished with one or two puffs.
a. nebulizer b. MDI c. DPI |
b. MDI |
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_________ are small machines used to convert drug solutions into mists. Inhalation of the mist can be done through a face mask or mouthpiece held between the teeth
a. nebulizer b. MDI c. DPI |
a. nebulizer |
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_______ contains dry, powered medication and is breath activated - no propellant is used, instead an aerosol is created when the patient inhales through a reservoir containing a dose of powder
a. nebulizer b. MDI c. DPI |
c. DPI |
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is generally used in patients with dexterity issues
a. nebulizer b. MDI c. DPI |
c. DPI |
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_____________________ is considered a medical emergency and will not respond to bronchodilators or steroids |
status asthmaticus |
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when doing a pulmonary function test (PFT) do you want to use a bronchodilator before hand? |
no could give a false reading |
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_______________ are used to check your asthma the way that blood pressure cuffs are used to check your blood pressure |
peak flow meters |
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asthma action plan:
what is considered to be in the green? what dose it mean? |
80-100% means you are doing well and maintain prescribed medications |
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asthma action plan:
what is considered to be in the yellow? what does it mean? |
50-80% means asthma is getting worse- use your rescue inhaler and steroids per plan |
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asthma action plan:
what is considered to be in the red? what does it mean? |
blow 50% means its a medical alert and than the rescue inhaler and steroids have not helped/worked- go to the hospital |
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what is the normal pulse ox reading for someone with COPD |
90-92% |
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_____________________ is a preventable and treatable disease state characterized by chronic airflow limitation that is not fully reversible.
a. chronic bronchitis b. COPD c. emphysema |
b. COPD |
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with _________ the airflow limitation is usually progressive and associated with abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs to noxious particles or gases, primarily caused by cigarette smoking
a. chronic bronchitis b. COPD c. emphysema |
b. COPD |
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__________________ is the presence of chronic productive couch for 3 months in each of 2 consecutive years in a patient whom other causes of chronic cough have been excluded
a. chronic bronchitis b. COPD c. emphysema |
a. chronic bronchitis |
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______________ is an abnormal permanent enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, accompanied by destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis.
a. chronic bronchitis b. COPD c. emphysema |
c. emphysema
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what are the 2 types of COPD? |
chronic bronchitis and emphysema |
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______________ is a genetic risk factor that leads to COPD- its an autosomal recessive disorder that may affect the lungs or liver |
Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency |
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________________ is an autosomal recessive, multisystem disease characterized by altered function of the exocrine glands, primarily involving the lungs, pancreas and sweat glands |
Cystic fibrosis (CF) |
