What is the consequence of meconium aspiration if there is a ball-valve effect in the small airways?
a. Air trapping on exhalation
b. Apnea of prematurity
c. Air trapping on inhalation
d. Bronchiectasis
Q. 2 After a patient experienced four pneumothoraces of her right lung over a 24-month period, the physician recommended a procedure to reduce the occurrence of future pneumothoraces. Which procedure would the physician have recommended?
a. Pleurodesis
b. Right pneumonectomy
c. Permanent right-sided thoracostomy tube
d. Right upper lobectomy
Q. 3 Which of the following are commonly cultured from the mucus in the tracheobronchial tree of a patient with cystic fibrosis?
1. Klebsiella
2. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
3. Haemophilus influenzae
4. Staphylococcus aureus
a. 1, 2
b. 2, 4
c. 1, 2, 3
d. 2, 3, 4
Q. 4 A 10-year-old girl was rescued from a school swimming pool, where she was found unconscious, and transported to a nearby hospital, where her lungs were discovered to be dry. What could cause dry lungs in this near drowning?
a. Her glottis spasmed and prevented pool water from entering her lungs.
b. Chlorinated pool water is quickly absorbed across the alveolar-capillary membrane.
c. Her young age and the cool pool water prevented serious pulmonary injury.
d. She swallowed the water.
Q. 5 How may a fetus respond when he or she becomes hypoxemic?
a. The fetus stops making breathing efforts.
b. The fetus makes rapid, shallow chest movements.
c. The fetus makes very deep, gasping inspiratory movements.
d. The fetus shows Kussmaul respirations.
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