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Integrated CardiopulmonaryPharmacology Exam Questions and
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What is a bland aerosol? - Correct Answer ✅Non-
medicated aerosols such as sterile water
Advantages of the inhalation route - Correct Answer
✅Smaller required doses.
Quick drug response.
Fewer, less severe side effects.
Painless and convenient.
Disadvantages of the inhalation route - Correct Answer
✅Difficult to deliver consistent precise dose.
Requires patient compliance and education.
Equipment and maintenance.
What is an aerosol? - Correct Answer ✅Suspension of solid
or liquid particles within a gas.
,Integrated Cardiopulmonary
Pharmacology Exam Questions and
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What is aerosol therapy? - Correct Answer ✅Delivers either
solid or liquid aerosol particles into the respiratory tract for
therapeutic purposes.
What are three main goals of aerosol therapy? - Correct
Answer ✅Humidify inspired gas.
Improve the mobilization and elimination of secretions.
Deliver medications to the respiratory tract.
What is a medicated aerosol? - Correct Answer ✅A
suspension of a solid or liquid drug in a carrier gas.
What are the four factors that influence drug delivery within
the lungs? - Correct Answer ✅Stability.
Penetration.
Deposition.
Inertial impact.
, Integrated Cardiopulmonary
Pharmacology Exam Questions and
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What is stability? - Correct Answer ✅Tendency of an
aerosol to remain in suspension.
What is penetration? - Correct Answer ✅How far into the
lungs the aerosol particles travel.
What is deposition? - Correct Answer ✅The aerosol
particles falling out of suspension.
What is inertial impact? - Correct Answer ✅A function of
particle size and velocity. Inertial impaction increases with
larger size and higher velocities.
What is a micron? - Correct Answer ✅1 millionth of a
meter.
What size of particles would be used for a nasal spray? -
Correct Answer ✅10 to 15 microns.
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