The partial pressure gradient for oxygen (in the body) is much steeper than that for carbon dioxide. Explain how equal amounts of these two gases can be exchanged (in a given time interval) in the lungs and at the tissues.
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Question 2) After receiving penicillin intravenously, a 32-year-old male patient has an anaphylactic reaction. The nurse understands that therapeutic management includes what critical items?
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Question 3) Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) is a condition peculiar to premature babies. In IRDS insufficient surfactant is produced. What does this cause and how is it treated?
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Question 4) Nursing care of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) includes monitoring of T lymphocyte counts. Explain why.
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Question 5) Which of the following refers to the movement of air into and out of the lungs?
A) pulmonary ventilation
B) external respiration
C) internal respiration
D) gas exchange
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Question 6) What is the chloride shift and why does it occur?
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Question 7) Which of the following is NOT a form of lung cancer?
A) squamous cell carcinoma
B) Kaposi's sarcoma
C) small cell carcinoma
D) adenocarcinoma
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Question 8) Which of the following counteracts the movement of bicarbonate ions from the RBC?
A) the Bohr effect
B) the Haldane effect
C) release of hydrogen ion
D) chloride shifting
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Question 9) Max is bitten by a rattlesnake while on a camping trip. His friends immediately apply ice packs to the bitten area to slow the spread of the protein-based toxin; they then rush him to an emergency facility. What treatment would be given and why?
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Question 10) A woman comes into the hospital emergency room complaining that she is having problems swallowing and her neck is swelling. She has a history of radiation treatment to her neck as a child for acne. What could be the problem?
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