Acute Respiratory Failure

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What is the primary result of acute respiratory failure?

  • Difficulty in speaking
  • Increased heart rate
  • Pain in the chest
  • Inadequate oxygenation of the lungs (correct)

What is the normal range of oxygen level in the blood for a healthy individual?

  • Less than 50 mm Hg
  • Between 50-70 mm Hg
  • More than 50 mm Hg
  • Above 100 mm Hg (correct)

What is a potential complication of acute respiratory failure?

  • Heart failure (correct)
  • Stroke
  • Diabetes
  • Kidney failure

What type of respiratory failure occurs when the oxygen level in the blood is less than 50 mm Hg?

<p>Hypoxemic respiratory failure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common manifestation of acute respiratory failure?

<p>Shallow respirations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main consequence of alveolar hyperinflation?

<p>Air trapping (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a life-threatening, prolonged asthma attack that does not respond to usual treatment?

<p>Status asthmaticus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can lead to respiratory failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?

<p>Severe hypoxia and hypercapnia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the condition where the heart fails due to lung disease?

<p>Cor pulmonale (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of bronchospasm, smooth muscle contraction, inflammation, and mucus production in the airways?

<p>Airway obstruction (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can drive breathing in COPD patients?

<p>Oxygen (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most serious type of pneumothorax?

<p>Tension pneumothorax (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can cause trapped air in the pleural space?

<p>Positive-pressure mechanical ventilator (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a possible consequence of a tension pneumothorax?

<p>Complete lung collapse (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a blunt or penetrating injury to the chest?

<p>Traumatic pneumothorax (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can occur due to air entering the pleural space?

<p>Lung collapse (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a possible effect of a pneumothorax on the heart?

<p>Heart shift (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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