Do you know what dyspnea is? Dyspnea is a common condition in which you feel like you cannot take a deep breath. Dyspnea can also be a sign that there is something more serious going on, such as heart disease or damage to the lungs. You can also experience it after a hard workout. If you are ready to take See morethis quiz, take a deep breath and see what you know.
Asphyxia and aspiration pneumonia by regurgitation of diverticular contents
Pulmonary embolism
Cardiac arrest due to pressure on the vagus nerve
Air embolism
Dysphagia due to pressure on the pharynx and upper esophagus
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Proper investigation to establish the diagnosis
Refer the patient to the trauma surgeon
Call the chest physician to examine the case
Contact the relatives and friends to take the proper past history of the patient
Put multiple wide bore needles to the right chest wall and then put a chest tube into the right pleural space
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Clusters of epithelioid macrophages
Confluent areas of caseous necrosis
Fibrous scarring of lung parenchyma
Hyaline membranes and interstitial inflammation
Sheets of bacilli-filled macrophages
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Nervousness and pressure of speech
Tachypnea and tachycardia
Wheezing audible across the exam room
A silent chest
Inspiratory stridor
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A patient with bluish discoloration of nail beds, lips, frenulum of the tongue and helix of the ear, and SaO2 of 75mmHg
A patient with bluish discoloration of nail beds and helix of the ear, and PaO2 of 60mmHg
A patient with bluish discoloration of nail beds, pale mucous membranes, and PaO2 of 40mm Hg
A patient with bluish discoloration of nail beds, normal mucous membranes, and SaO2 of 90mmHg
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Peritonsillar abscess
Laryngotracheobronchitis
Epiglottitis
Croup
Bronchiolitis
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High FIO2 caused CO2 narcosis
He went into type I respiratory failure
He had a cardiac arrest
He had ARDS
He had a pulmonary embolism
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A patient complaining of labored breathing
A patient with pink-colored skin, barrel chest, and tachypnea
) An unconscious patient with low blood pH and high pCO2
) A patient with fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea
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Tracheal deviation
A pleural friction rub
Unilateral hyperresonance on chest percussion
Crackles localized over the right mid-axillary line
Tachypnea
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Acute chest syndrome or sickle chest syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Massive pleural effusion
Aortic dissection
Pulmonary embolism
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Acute bronchitis
Recurrent attack of bronchial asthma
Bronchiectasis
Aspiration pneumonia
Pancreatic cancer with lung metastasis
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Small airways, deflated during expiration, pop open during inspiration
Air flows rapidly through bronchi narrowed nearly to closure
Air bubbles flow through secretions or slightly closed small airways during respiration
Air flows through secretions in large airways
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Disorder of the peripheral nervous system
Disorder of the alveoli
Disorder of the airways
Disorder of the central nervous system producing hypoventilation
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Bronchial asthma
Diaphragmatic hernia
Lung emphysema
Pulmonary embolism
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Hypoxemic
Hypercapnic
Compensated
ARDS
Mixed hypoxemic and hypercapnic
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