A patient with pulmonary edema is cyanotic and complaining of difficulty breathing. What should be recommended by the respiratory therapist?
a. Provide supplemental oxygen.
b. Begin mechanical ventilation.
c. Have the patient use pursed-lip breathing.
d. Begin bronchopulmonary hygiene therapy.
Q. 2 All of the following are associated with a pneumopericardium EXCEPT:
a. systemic hypotension.
b. reduced cardiac output.
c. decreased stroke volume.
d. increased cardiac index.
Q. 3 A patient has a decreased oncotic pressure. What can be done to increase it?
a. High-salt diet
b. Mannitol
c. Albumin withheld
d. Morphine sulfate
Q. 4 The respiratory therapist is performing chest assessment on a post-op cholecystectomy patient who has developed cough, fever, and tachypnea.
Which of the following would the therapist expect to find confirming the suspicion of post-op atelectasis in this patient?
a. Decreased tactile and vocal fremitus
b. Hyperresonant percussion note
c. Bronchial breath sounds
d. Wheezes
Q. 5 How does pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE) affect lung function?
1. Increased airway resistance
2. Decreased lung compliance
3. Increased lung compliance
4. Decreased airway resistance
a. 1
b. 1, 2
c. 3, 4
d. 2, 4
Q. 6 Several pathophysiologic mechanisms operating simultaneously may lead to an increased ventilatory rate. These may include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. stimulation of central chemoreceptors.
b. decreased lung complianceincreased ventilatory rate relationship.
c. stimulation of J receptors.
d. pain.
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