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Advanced Respiratory Disorders and Pathophysiology Quiz

This educational activity focuses on the pathology of respiratory systems, aiming to enhance understanding of diseases affecting this critical body system. It is designed for learners seeking to improve diagnostic skills and...

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 13 | Last updated: Aug 4, 2025

Sample Question 1
Which type of asthma is usually precipitated by aspirin?

Occupational Asthma

Allergic Asthma

*NON-immune mediated asthma(Have normal serum igE)=INTRINSIC Asthma, which can also be caused by stuff like cigarette smoke,emotional extremes....Mechanism for Aspirin induced asthma is increased production of leukotrienes(By 5-lipooxygenase pathway) because arachidonic acid can't be metabolized to prostaglandins due to COX inhibition, so more of those metabolites are directed towards lipooxygenase pathway...They also really want you to know that Aspirin induced asthma is associated with NASAL POLYPS...

Exercise-Induced Asthma

Sample Question 2
Female with scleroderma shows signs of right sided heart failure and S2 sound is louder (Accentuated PULMONARY Component) than normal, likely first vessels involved in lungs? Cell/Cytokine that plays major role?

Pulmonary embolism: A blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs.

Aortic stenosis: Narrowing of the aortic valve opening that restricts blood flow out of the heart.

*PULMONARY HYPERTENSION>Right sided heart failure is common in scleroderma and it is due to increased deposition of collagen in the lungs, FIRST vessels affected are small arterioeles and capillaries... Note that this Fibrosis more commonly just leads to RESTRICTIVE Lung disease and when the fibrosis is severe enough it can lead to pulmonary hypertension and RVHF.*Main players in this fibrosis are Fibroblasts induced by TGF-B which is secreted by Monoclonal T helper cells(CD4+)

Coronary artery disease: A narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, usually due to a buildup of plaque.

Sample Question 3
Asthma with eosinophilia is likely what type of asthma?

Mixed asthma

INTRINSIC (Non-Allergic) asthma

*EXTRINSIC(Allergic)asthma-Most common one...

Exercise-induced asthma

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