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170 NVCC Exam Study Set

Hypoxemia is... - Answer Decreased level of oxygen in the blood

Hypoxia is.... - Answer Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues

COPD patients have what manifestation in their upper extremites? - Answer Clubbed
fingers

COPD patients have what normal oxygen saturation? - Answer 88-93%

What is the V/Q ratio? - Answer Ratio of ventilation (V) to perfusion (Q) in the lung

COPD patients rely on this type of drive to breath... - Answer Hypoxic Drive.

They do not rely on increased Co2 as normal, rather, their bodies have gotten used to
high levels of Co2 due to chronic retention. They rely on low oxygen levels (Hypoxic).

What is a pnuemothorax? - Answer -Presence of air or gas in the plueral space caused
by a rupture in the visceral pleura

-Signs and Symptoms are: plural pain worsened by coughing, tachypnea, absent Breath
Sounds, asymetrical chest wall, cyanosis

Women have lower "......" levels - Answer Hematocrit

Concepts relate to Oxygenation.... - Answer -Acid-Base Balance

-Cellular Regulation

-Cognition

-Comfort

-Perfusion

-Stress and Coping

Modifiable risk factors for Gas exchange problems are... - Answer Hypertension

Obesity

Smoking

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