You Take My Breath Away
What type of illness produces a rusty or blood-flecked sputum and cough?
What is infectious pneumonia?
What action should be encouraged if a person seems to be choking?
What is encourage forceful coughing if possible?
What medication is more effective if used daily vs. prn for treatment of sinusitis?
What are corticosteroid sprays?
What is the definition of unrelieved asthma attack?
What is status asthmaticus?
What classifies a positive tuberculin skin test?
What is swelling at the site of injection more than 5 mm in diameter 48-72 hours after injection?
What condition is primarily caused by cigarette smoking in people 40 years of age or older?
What is lung cancer?
What common organism causes bacterial infection of the tonsils?
What is Group A streptococcus?
The use of what long-term therapy may be linked to increasing susceptibility to CAP (community-acquired pneumonia)?
What is gastrointestinal acid-suppressive therapy?
What are the mainstays of therapy (Rx) for asthma?
What are bronchodilators and inhaled glucocorticoids?
What defines the ability of the lungs to distend in response to changes in volume and pressure of inhaled air?
What is lung compliance?
What structure forms a hinged "door" at the entrance to the larynx?
What is the epiglottis?
What group of medication are used to treat allergic rhinitis and sinusitis and less likely to cross the blood-brain barrier?
What are second-generation antihistamines?
What growth occur from repeated inflammation of the nasal mucosa?
What are nasal polyps?
What level of severity would a patient with asthma exhibit symptoms daily that cause limited activity and at night more than once a week?
What is moderate?
The AHRQ recommends use of the "five As" for helping your patients quit smoking. What alternative model may be used for patients who are resistant to the five As model?
What is the "Five Rights" model? Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, and Repeat.
What condition is caused from loss of elasticity of lung walls, impaired expiration, hyperinflation, and destruction of alveolar walls?
What is emphysema?
What area of the nasal septum is exposed to the drying effect of inhaled air, is fragile, and is the usual site for nosebleeds in children and young adults?
What is the Kiesselbach area?
What substance is recommended to decrease the recovery time from a cold, but the CDC has issued a warning regarding the use of intranasal route?
What is zinc?
Once a patient who has asthma becomes in contact with an allergen or nonallergenic stimulus, their airway has an inflammatory response, what occurs next?
What is bronchospasm and histamine release?
What Rx used to treat COPD and asthma should be used with caution due to possible adverse effects of complications with narrow-angle glaucoma, prostatic hypertrophy, or bladder neck obstruction?
What is ipratropium (Atrovent)?
What is the result of hypoventilation during exhalation of which the usual amount of CO2 is not eliminated?
What is hypercapnia?
What complication may occur secondary to cancer of the larynx?
What is metastasis of the lung?
Overuse of nasal decongestants which contain vasoconstrictors can have which effect, that may cause to dependency?
What is rebound effect?
What physiological process occurs with asthma in addition to inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and increase mucus?
What is obstruction in the small airways?
What procedure is performed to remove secretions and to enable the exchange of O2 and CO2 for patients with COPD?
What is pulmonary hygiene?