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Characterized by laryngitis with laryngeal spasm
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Croup
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What is the key sign of Croup?
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Bark-like cough
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What do you see on the frontal radiographs of the lower neck when pt has croup?
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Smooth, fusiform, tapered narrowing of the subglottic airway, unlike the broad shouldering that is normally seen.
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What is the common results from in pneumothorax?
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from the rupture of a subpleural bulla, either as a complication of emphysema or as a spontaneous even in an otherwise healthy young adult
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How many visible radiographic signs are usualy apparent on the PA Chest radiograph when pneumothorax is suspected?
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2
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What view should a radiographer include when a pneumothorax is suspected?
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PA Chest on inspiration and expiration
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What is the technique used if pneumothorax is strongly suscpected?
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a less than normal radiographic technique
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what is patchy, irregular distribution of disease that involves the inflammation of the bronhi and bronchioles with the extension into the alveoli?
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Lobular or Bronchopneumonia
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What caused Interstitial Pneumonia?
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Caused by virus
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In Interstitial pneumonia(viral pneumonia or pneumonitis), what is not present in the alveoli?
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exudate
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What is nonspecific chronic condition obstructing bronchial airflow?
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COPD(Chonic Obrstuctive Pulmonary Disease)
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What is often associated with long-term chornic respiratory disorder in COPD?
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Emphysema
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Where does the renal caculi most commonly formed?
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in the kidney?
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In renal obstruction, what happens if there's an abnormal dilation of the renal pelvis?
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Hydronephrosis
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In renal obstruction, what happens if a stone is completely fill the renal pelvis(staghorn calculus)?
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blocking the flow of urine
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What % of patients have multiple calculi that are 5mm or smaller and that usually pass spontaneously?
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90%
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For Renal Calculi, more than 80% of sypmtomatic renal stones contain enough _____ to be radiopaque on plain AP abdominal radiographs.
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calcium
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What technique do you used for Renal Calculi?
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low kVp (70-75 kVp)
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What exam confirms the diagnosis and reveals the size and location of renal calculi?
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Intravenous Urography (IVU)
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What can be detected in IVU which appear as filling defect in the collecting system?
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invisible non-opaque stones
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In chronic kidney failure, what leads to the accumulation of excessive blood levels of urea and creatine(waste products of protein metabolism) in the blood?
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A failure to adequately clear nitrogen-containing wastes from the circulation.
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What cause uremia?
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excessive blood levels of urea and creatine(waste products of protein metabolism) in the blood.
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what does uremia produce on many body systems?
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toxic effects
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What renal failure leads to?
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Ventricular Tachycardia
Congestive heart failure |
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What may be considered for renal failure?
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kidney transplant
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Independent of renal function; _______ is often the initial procedure in the evaluation of patients with chronic renal failure.
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Ultrasound
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