Pulmonary Medicine Answer Keys

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  1. (c) nose
  2. (b) spiro
  3. (a) breathing
  4. (d) respiration
  5. (c) epiglottis
  6. (d) oropharynx
  7. (b) parenchyma
  8. (a) pleura
  9. (b) orthopnea
  10. (d) apnea
  11. (d) tachypnea
  12. (a) dyspnea
  13. (a) rales
  14. (d) wheezes
  15. (c) stridor
  16. (c) epistaxis
  17. (b) hemoptysis
  18. bronchospasm
  19. upper respiratory (tract) infection
  20. (b) atelectasis

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  1. The patient found herself short of breath after climbing two flights of stairs.
  2. On lung exam, I heard a few coarse rhonchi.
  3. The patient is to continue his current medical regimen.
  4. The lungs were clear to auscultation and percussion.
  5. The lungs revealed diffuse inspiratory and expiratory wheezes.
  6. Although the patient complained of rapid breathing, he was not tachypneic on exam.
  7. Chest x-ray revealed pulmonary effusion.
  8. On lung exam, I detected the presence of end expiratory wheezes.
  9. For her severe cough, I prescribed Tessalon Perles one to two p.r.n.
  10. The patient is to continue Vancenase-AQ two squirts each nostril b.i.d. If he develops purulent drainage, he will let us know.

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