Patho 3

Front 1

A 30 year old male prison inmate contracted tuberculosis during an outbreak.The organism that caused this condition is a:

Back 1

Bacterium

Front 2

A 30year old male prison inmate contracted tuberculosis during an outbreak. he can transmit this disease through

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Airborne droplets

Front 3

A 70 year old female is in the hospital for pelvic fracture. She develops pulmonary thromboembolism. This condition is the result of occlusion of a portion of the pulmonary vascular bed by an embolus of:

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Blood clot

Front 4

Which of the following shows a correct sequence of events in pulmonary embolism

Back 4

Hypoxemia inhibits the production of surfactant, causing alveolar collapse

Front 5

An 80 year old female is in the hospital for bone fracture. While where she develops a large, nonlethal pulmonary embolus. Which of the following is a direct result of the obstruction to blood flow

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Pulmonary hypertension

Front 6

A massive pulmonary embolism will most likely lead to

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Shock and death

Front 7

A 50 year old male is diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. Which of the following symptoms most likely occured before treatment?

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Chest pain shortness of breath

Front 8

A 60 year old undergoes surgery for a bone fracture. Which of the following measures would be most effective for preventing pulmonary emboli in this patient?

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Prevent deep vein thrombosis formation

Front 9

Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a rise in pulmonary artery pressure of ______ mmHg above normal

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5 to 10

Front 10

Secondary pulmonary hypertension is usually caused by

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Chronic pulmonary disease

Front 11

A 50 year old male with a 30 year history of smoking was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was previously exposed to air pollution asbestos and radiation at his job. Which of the following most likely had the greatest impact on development of his cancer?

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Cigarette smoke

Front 12

A 60 year old male with a 40 year history of smoking presents with chest pain cough sputum production and pnemonia. Test reveal widespread metastatic cancer. Which of following is the most likely type of cancer

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Non-small cell carcinoma

Front 13

A 1 year old female is diagnosed with croup. The most likely cause of this disease is

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viral infection

Front 14

A 1 year old female is diagnosed with croup which of the following symptoms is most likely present

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Respiratory stridor and barking cough

Front 15

Respiratory distress and hypoxemia in laryngotracheobronchitis are caused by

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mucosal edema and laryngeal secretions

Front 16

A 5 year old male presents with high fever inspiratory stridor severe respiratory distress drooling and dysphagia Which of the following is most important in diagnosing this disease

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presence of fever

Front 17

A newborn has respiratory distress syndrome. Which of the following is the most important predisposing factor for this condition

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Premature birth

Front 18

a 10 year old male was diagnosed with obstrutive sleep apnea. Which of the following is the most important predisposing factor for this condition

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Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Front 19

a newborn has respiratory distress syndrome. He develops atlectasis because of:

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lack of surfactant

Front 20

Cardio vascular alterations seen in repiratory distress syndrome include

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opening of fetal shunt pathays

Front 21

A newborn has respiratory distress syndrome. Tis condition appeared

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within minutes of birth

Front 22

During a respiratory assessment of an infant with respiratory distress syndrome a sinking in the supraclavicular and intercostal areas of the thorax was noted with inspirations. This observation is called

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retractions