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Which is indicative of a left tension pneumothorax?
a. course crackles throughout the left chest
b. tracheal deviation to the left
c. absent breath sounds on the left
d. respiratory acidosis - (answer)C
A pt. with a productive cough and parenchymal infiltrated on x-ray is demonstrating symptomology
of
a. bacterial pneumonia
b. viral pneumonia
c. tuberculosis
d. acute respiratory distress syndrome - (answer)A
Which ds is caused by inhalation of organic substances?
a. diffuse interstitial lung ds
b. hypersensitivity pneumonitis
,c. sarcoidosis
d. acute respiratory distress syndrome - (answer)B
Empyema is defined as an
a. exudative bronchitis
b. infection int he pleural space
c. infection localized in the lung
d. infection in the blood - (answer)B
A pt with flail chest will demonstrate
a. absence of chest movement with breaths
b. no inspiratory breath sounds
c. fluttering chest movements on expirations
d. outward chest movement on expiration - (answer)d
Obstructive sleep apnea would most likely be found in a pt. diagnosed with
a. myasthenia gravis
, b. poliomyelitis
c. pickwickian syndrome
d. pneumonia - (answer)C
Pneumocystitis is a term hat refers to a
a. fingal pneumonia secondary to HIV
b. viral PNA found in transplant recipients
c. non-infectious inflammation in the lung
d. pneumonia secondary to bladder infection - (answer)A
The most definitive diagnostic method for active TB is acquired via
a. sputum culture
b. montoux skin test
c. chest x-ray
d. blood culture - (answer)A
A major cause of treatment failure in TB is