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Principles of Spirometry, Gas Laws & Lung Mechanics! Revision Questions
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Respiratory Session 1: Calibration, Quality Control & Cleaning,Principles of Spirometry, Gas Laws & Lung Mechanics!
Revision Questions
1. Checking the performance and making an alteration if outside
acceptable limits:
Calibration or verification?
2. Name 2 types of Quality control
3. How does a flow measuring spirometry calculate volume?
4. Name the 3 main types of Volume measuring spirometers
5. Name the 3 main types of Flow measuring spirometers
6. Explain the principles in how a pneumotach measures.
7. Define sterilisation
8. What is PPE and why would we use it in respiratory medicine?
9. Why is it important to record and account for temperature and
barometric pressure with regards to lung function?
10.What is ATPS and BTPS, why do we correct?
11.Define Boyle’s law
12.Define Charles’s law
13.Respiratory mechanics refers to the expression of lung function through
measures of pressure and flow. These volume changes, responsible for
inspiration and expiration, are actuated by motion of the ……………. and
………………..?
14.The impedance to ventilation has numerous origins, the 5 most
important are.
15.What is lung compliance? Would compliance be high or low in COPD?
16.Name two factors that affect lung compliance.
17.What is Lung Recoil? Would lung recoil be high or low in COPD?
18.Explain the process of Inspiration
19.Explain the process of Expiration
20.In lung fibrosis, state whether lung compliance and recoil are high or
low.
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