COPD COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

COPD COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

●● WHat type of diagnosis is emphysema
Answer: pathological


●● What makes you qualify for chronic bronchitis
Answer: chronic cough with sputum production 3 months/ year x 2 years


●● What are chronic bronchitis and emphysema mostly from
Answer: tobacco smoke


●● What is chronic bronchitis
Answer: airway inflammation and abundance of mucus


●● What is emphysema
Answer: destruction of lung parenchyma and airways


●● What can cause COPD
Answer: smoking, environmental pollution, infections, genetics

, ●● What levels does smoking affect the lungs
Answer: bronchi, bronchioles, lung parenchyma


●● What does environmental pollution increase the risk of in COPD
Answer: excaerbations


●● What type of lung infection can put someone at risk for COPD
Answer: viral URI in childhood


●● What is the genetic factor that increases the risk of developing
COPD
Answer: alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency


●● What produced A1AT
Answer: liver


●● what is the abnormal allele in A1AT
Answer: Z


●● What does alpha 1 antitrypsin do
Answer: inhibits elastase