Quiz: What Do You Know About Respiratory Failure? Trivia Questions
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Respiratory failure is a condition in which the blood does not have enough oxygen or has too much carbon dioxide or sometimes both. It is often deadly as the required exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide does not happen leading to issues such as brain damage, organ damage and death. Take our quiz and test your knowledge on respiratory failure.
- 1.
- A.
Low inspired concentration of oxygen
- B.
Alveolar hypoventilation
- C.
Ventilation-perfusion mismatch
- D.
Intrapulmonary shunting
- E.
Low mixed venous oxygen content
- 2.
- A.
Mechanical ventilation
- B.
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation
- C.
Supplemental oxygenation via nasal cannula
- D.
Continuous oxygen saturation monitoring
- 3.
- A.
Guillain-Barre syndrome
- B.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- C.
Large pulmonary embolism
- D.
Pulmonary edema
- 4.
- A.
Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
- B.
Acute hypercarbic respiratory failure
- C.
Chronic hypercarbic respiratory failure
- D.
Mixed hypoxemic and hypercarbic respiratory failure
- 5.
- A.
< 5 mm Hg
- B.
5 to 10 mm Hg
- C.
10 to 15 mm Hg
- D.
15 to 20 mm Hg
- E.
> 20 mm Hg
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