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NSG170 Test 2024: Gas Exchange and Perfusion with Questions and 100% Correct Answers
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NSG170 Test 2024: Gas Exchange and Perfusion withQuestions and 100% Correct Answers
Different types of asthma - Answer Intrinsic (patient has no history of allergies), extrinsic
(patients exposed to a known allergen), exercise induced, drug induced
Diffusion test - Answer Measures how well a test gas diffuses across the alveolar-
capillary membrane and combines with hemoglobin
Diuretics - Answer Drugs that reduce blood volume by increasing urine output
Examples: furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide
Electrical cardioversion - Answer Use of electric energy to treat abnormal cardiac rhythms
Emphysema - Answer Caused by destruction of alveolar walls leading to permanent
enlargement; Caused by smoking; Symptoms: Underweight, barrel chest, short of breath
after minimal exertion
Expectorants - Answer Drugs that reduce viscosity of mucus and encourage productive
coughing
, Factors involved in the development of asthma - Answer Genetics, inhalation of
allergens or pollutants, airway infections, exercise, emotional stress
Glucocorticoids - Answer Lower airway bronchodilater that reduces bronchial
hyperactivity by suppressing inflammation (decrease synthesis of inflammatory
mediators)
How is Acid-Base balance related to gas exchange? - Answer Diseases that retain CO2
(COPD) increase acid levels and can cause respiratory acidosis
Hyperventilation can cause low CO2 levels, leading to respiratory alkalosis
How is nutrition related to gas exchange? - Answer Patients who struggle with
respiratory impairment may need to expend more energy for breathing, leading to
impaired nutrition.
How is the respiratory system different in pediatric patients? - Answer Airway is 50%
smaller than adults, infants are nose breathers, intercostal muscles are underdeveloped,
RR is higher, use of abdominal muscles, greater oxygen need due to higher metabolic rate
Hypertension - Answer A persistently high blood pressure of 140/90 or higher
Hypoxemia - Answer Reduced oxygenation of arterial blod
Hypoxia - Answer Insufficient oxygen reaching cells
Incentive spirometer - Answer Device used to encourage deep breathing; measures the
air inhaled as an outcome indicator; can prevent pneumonia and atelectasis (alveolar
collapse)
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