You Take My Breath Away
What type of illness produces a rusty or blood-flecked sputum and cough?
What is infectious pneumonia?
What motion should be encouraged if a person seems to be choking?
What is encourage forceful coughing if possible?
What is the nasal cavity lined with that warms and moistens the air as it passes through?
What are the mucous membranes?
What illness is an incomplete expansion, or collapse, or alveoli?
What is the delivery of fluid through the blood vessels to body tissues?
What is perfusion?
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?
What supplement is recommended to decrease the recovery time from a cold but the CDC has issued a warning regarding the use of the intranasal route?
What is zinc?
What condition may involve the lungs, pharynx, sinuses, and eustachian tubes?
What is influenza?
PFT: What is the volume of gas measured from a slow, complete expiration without force after a maximal inspiration?
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 are corticosteroid sprays?
What bronchodilator blocks action of acetylcholine?
What is ipratropium (atrovent)?
Current research indicates that in rare occasions, influenza vaccinations may increase the risk for what syndrome?
What is Guillain-Barre syndrome?
What disorder causes fibrotic changes in the lung and is characterized by granuloma growths in the lungs and intrathoracic lymph nodes?
What is sarcoidosis?
What type of tracheostomy tube has a small opening in the outer cannula that allows some air to escape through the larynx?
What is fenestrated tubes?
The AHRQ advised using the "five As" for helping patients to quit smoking. What alternative model is advised for patients who are resistant to the five As model?
What is the "Five Rights?"
What level of severity is asthma management when symptoms occur more than once a week and present at night at least once per week?
What is moderate?
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?
Decongestant nasal sprays containing vasoconstrictors can leave the nose "stuffier" if used for an extended period of time. What is the name of this adverse effect?
What is the rebound effect?