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MN568 Midterm Exam 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025 ALREADY PASSED You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch the external meatus of your pt's ear. He winces and starts coughing. What is the n ame of this reflex? Arnold Reflex Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic w/respiratory symptoms. His PFTs are as follows: normal total lung capacity, decreased PaO2, increased PaCO2. On assessment, you auscultate course crackles and forced expiratory wheezes. What is your dx? Chronic Bronchitis George has COPD and an 80% forced expiratory volume in 1 second. How would you classify the severity of his COPD? Stage 1 mild COPD African American pt's seems to have a negative reaction to which of the following asthm a meds? Long -term beta -agonist bronchodilators You are using the CURB -65 clinical prediction tool to decide whether Mabel, whom you have diagnosed with community -acquired pneumonia (CAP), should be hospitalized or treated at home. Her score is 3. What shou ld you do? Hospitalize and consider admitting her to the ICU Why do you suspect that your pt may have a decreased response to the TB test? She has been on long -term corticosteroid therapy Marci has been started on a TB regimen. Because isoniazid (INH) may cause peripheral neuropathy, you consider ordering which of the following drugs prophilactically? Pyroxidine Jolene has breast cancer that has been staged as T1, N0, M0. What might this mean? A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not sprea d to the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be evaluated. B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but the spread cannot be evaluated otherwise. C. The cancer is less than 3 cm in size and has not spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body. D. The cancer is about 5 cm in size; nearby lymph nodes cannot be evaluated; and there is no evidence of distant spreading. The cancer is less than 3cm in size and has not spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body Nathan , a 32yo policeman, has a 15 -pack -year history of smoking and continues to smoke heavily. During every visit, he gets irate when you try to talk to him about quitting. What should you do? Continue to ask him at every visit if he is ready to quit Your pt has decided to try to quit smoking with Chantix. You are discussing his quit date and he will begin taking the med tomorrow. When should he plan to quit smoking? His quit date should be in 1 week Which info should be included when you are teaching your pt about the use of nicotine gum? The gum must be correctly chewed to a softened state and then placed in the buccal mucosa Cydney presents with a h/o asthma. She has not been treated for a while. Sh e c/o daily but not continual symptoms, greater than 1 week and at nighttime. She has been using her rescue inhaler. Her FEV1 is 60 -80% predicted. How would you classify her asthma severity? Moderate persistent Joyce is taking a long -acting beta agonist fo r her asthma. What additional med should she be taking? Inhaled corticosteroid Your pt is on theophylline (Therabid) for his asthma. You want to maintain his serum levels between: 5-15mcg/mL Which of the following statements regarding TST is true? The size of the TST reaction has nothing to do with erythema but is based solely on induration Which obstructive lung disease is classified as reversible? asthma You have taught Jennifer, age 15, about using a flow meter to assess how to manage her asthma exacerba tions. She calls you today because her peak expiratory flow rate is 65%. What would you tell her? Use your rescue inhaler, begin the Rx of PO glucocorticoids you have, and call back tomorrow." Which statement about adenocarcinoma of the lung is accurate? It is the most prevalent carcinoma of the lungs in both sexes and in nonsmokers, representing 35 -40% of all tumors Jason, age 62, has obstructive sleep apnea. What do you think is one of his contributing factors? His collar size is 17in The forced vital cap acity is decreased in: a. Asthma b. Chronic bronchitis c. Emphysema d. Restrictive disease restrictive disease The most common cause of CAP is: Streptococcus pneumoniae Which of the following pt's would you expect to have a decreased response to TST? Sandy , a 40yo pt who recently survived a fire that left 40% of her total body surface covered in burnsThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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