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Patient exhibits an extended expiratory phase. What is the process of the disease?
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Obstructive lung disease
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Tall, thin, male teenagerhas abrupt onset dyspnea and lest sided chest pain. There is a hyperresonant percussion on the affected side, and breath sounds are diminished. What is the diagnosis?
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Spontaneous pneumothorax
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young man is concerned about his wife's inability to conceive and her recurrent URIs. She has dextrocardia. Which of her proteins is defective?
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Dynein (Kartagener's)
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The following lung volumes are obtained from an elderly smoker: FRC 5.0L, IRV 1.5L, IC 2.0 L, VC 3.5L. What is his total lung capacity?
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7.0 L
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Preterm infant has difficulty breathing. An x-ray reveals increased lung densities. What is the diagnosis and what could be done to prevent this condition?
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Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome; administration of maternal steroids before birth to increase surfactant production
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25 year old comatose man on ventilatory support following an automobile accident develops fever and dies. Autopsy reveals a pus filled cavity in his right lung. What is the likely etiology?
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Aspiration of infected material leading to lung abscess
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52 year old woman undergoing menopause is chronically tired. What is the most likely diagnosis and what changes have occurred in her oxygen content and saturation?
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Anemia due to chronic blood loss. decreased oxygen content; oxygen saturation unchanged.
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Patient is shown to have hypoxia despite a normal chest x-ray. What is the cause of hypoxia, and what disease process does it mimic?
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Pulmonary embolism, May be mistaken for MI
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Patient is shown to have hypoxia and has an abnormal chest x ray showing enlarged heart. What is the most likely cause of the hypoxia?
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CHF
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