CHAPTER 12 DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
PRETEST QUESTIONS
1. Pursed-lip breathing would be most beneficial in which of the following lung disorders?
2. On assessing a patient’s laboratory results, you notice a sputum culture that reveals a high eosinophil count. This is characteristic of which of the following pulmonary conditions?
3. Which lung condition is characterized by consolidation on chest films?
4. A 17-year-old asthmatic girl enters the emergency department in moderate respiratory distress. She states that the attack began about 1 h before she came to the emergency department. You would expect her ABG results to reveal
5. Which of the following causative organisms for pneumonia is characteristically seen in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
6. The drug streptokinase is used to treat which of the following lung disorders?
REVIEW
I. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)