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100
The #1 cause of COPD.
What is Smoking?
100
The atmospheric gas that is used to treat COPD patients with severe disease and should be used as directed like any other medication is known as this.
What is oxygen?
100
The breathing technique that slows your breathing down, reduces the work of breathing, keeps airways open longer to get rid of stale trapped air.
What is Pursed-lip Breathing?
100

This is the organism that causes TB

What is Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

100

This is an indication of a positive PPD (STS) test.

What is presence of induration (not redness) at injection site

200
The substance that obstructs the airways.
What is mucus?
200
These are quick relief medications that are short acting to open up airways that can be taken daily on a scheduled basis or only as needed for symptoms.
What are bronchodilators?
200
Abdominal or belly breathing trains this main muscle of breathing to do most of the work of breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
200

These are methods by which TB is spread

What is coughing, sneezing, speaking, singing; airborne/droplet transmission?

200

The names of the two tests used to diagnose TB

What is the Mantoux test and Quantiferon Gold test?

300
The 3 most common symptoms of COPD.
What are Shortness of breath, Chronic cough, and productive cough.
300
This helps to prevent lung illnesses such as the flu and pneumonia.
What is getting immunizations?
300

This is the test used to diagnose COPD.

What is Spirometry or PFT?

300

Name 3 symptoms of TB

What is fatigue, low-grade fever, night sweats?

300

The Mantoux skin test can only detect the presence of this, not an actual infection.

What are antibodies?

400
This activity is the only thing known to slow the progression of COPD.
What is quitting smoking?
400

Not intended as a rescue medication, inhaled corticosteroids or long-acting bronchodilators are called what?

What are maintenance medications?

400

Name two goals of managing stable COPD

Relieve symptoms 

Improve exercise tolerance 

Improve health status 

Prevent disease progression 

Prevent and treat exacerbations

400

Name 3 populations at risk for TB

Immunocompromised

Correctional Facility Residents

Homeless

Skilled Nursing Care Homes

400

This is the best way to prevent multi-drug resistant TB from developing.

What is completing the full course of medication?

500

The 2 main lung diseases that make up COPD.

What are Chronic bronchitis and emphysema?

500
Doing this helps to prevent the thickening and build up of mucus.
What is drinking plenty of fluids?
500
This definition describes what process: "an acute event characterized by a worsening of the patient’s respiratory symptoms that is beyond normal day-to-day variations and leads to a change in medication.”
What is an exacerbation of COPD?
500

This drug can cause red-orange colored body fluids.

What is Rifampin?

500

True or false: the vaccine for TB can lead to a false positive skin test.

True!