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- 2. Increased intrathoracic pressures caused by CPAP can lead to
- 4. What is the role of cilia within the respiratory tract? ____ _____
- 5. ICP’s can value add to asthma presentations by administering what second line medication
- 7. A MDI with spacer and proper administration technique has been proven to be as effective as nebulised medication administration, although severely dyspnoeic patients with low _____ _____ _____ may have difficulty achieving proper MDI technique and may benefit from nebulised medication therapy.
- 10. Oral prednisolone is indicated when no previous therapeutic doses have been administered in the last _____ hours
- 12. Coughing up of blood due to pulmonary arteriolar rupture or leakage
- 15. COPD is an umbrella term for what irreversible airway conditions that cause obstruction to expiratory airflow 1) emphysema and 2)____ _____
- 18. In COPD patients requiring nebulised medications limit oxygen exposure to ___ minutes
- 20. A corticosteroid used by ICP’s
- 21. A short acting B2 adrenergic receptor agonist
- 22. If the patient shows no improvement from the current treatment regime as indicated by the classification of asthma severity table ____ to the next highest treatment regime
- 23. Magnesium reduces _____ influx into cells causing smooth muscle relaxation
- 24. Decreased function of the right ventricle due to pulmonary hypertension
- 25. What lung disease is characterised by abnormal enlargement of the airways distal to the terminal bronchioles and is to the destruction of alveolar septa
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- 1. Patients with a history of moderate to severe COPD may be at a risk of ______ respiratory failure
- 3. Degranulation of mast cells cause release of _____ _____
- 6. Adrenaline may be harmful if administered to patients presenting with exacerbation of ____
- 8. Exacerbation of asthma can lead to what type of shock
- 9. CPAP has a multifactorial action, decreasing work of breathing and ____ the alveoli during the entire respiratory cycle
- 11. Approx 70% of actue exacerbations of COPD are caused by ____ ____
- 13. The most common age for croup is six months to ____ years
- 14. Three clinical features of asthma are excess mucus production, airway oedema and _____
- 16. viral condition that causes inflammation of the upper airway, larynx, trachea and bronchi in children
- 17. Croup can be recognised by barking cough, horse voice and _____
- 19. An abnormal contraction of smooth muscle resulting in narrowing of the lumen and obstruction of airways and is the main characteristic of asthma