Gas Exchange
Concept-COPD-Asthma Nursing
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
Concept-COPD-Asthma Nursing
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
