Réhabilitation Cardiaque et Maladies Respiratoires

Questions & Answers

• Question 1: Correct answer regarding Cardiac Rehabilitation

  • Three phases of treatment are described
  • Phase II occurs during the patient's hospital stay.
  • Phase III is the shortest phase.
  • Hospital-based treatment is not always the case.

• Question 2: The anterior descending artery is a branch of the:

  • Left coronary artery

• Question 3: Incorrect factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) risk factors:

  • Active smoking
  • Passive smoking
  • Air pollution
  • Antioxidant intake

• Question 21: Post-hip fracture patient with calf swelling, pain, edema, and inflammation:

  • A possible diagnosis is a post-operative hematoma.
  • Immediate physician consultation is necessary.

• Question 22: A surgical treatment technique for lymphedema:

  • Debulking.
  • Limb amputation is not a treatment for lymphedema.

• Question 23: Incorrect statement about atelectasis:

  • Obstructive atelectasis is characterized by complete airway obstruction in a portion of the lung causing expansion.
  • It does not always shift the mediastinum.
  • They can be result of an abdominal surgery
  • Atelectasis is not common in adults.

• Question 28: Definition of Orthopnea:

  • Shortness of breath when lying down.
  • Not a physiological respiration

• Question 29: Most serious complication of lymphedema

  • Lymphedema is likely to develop in a natural evolution.
  • Filariasis.

• Question 33: Most severe lymph edema complication.

  • Filariasis

• Question 34: Necessary condition for respiratory rehabilitation:

  • Patient motivation.

• Question 35: Longest phase of cardiac rehabilitation:

  • Phase III.

• Question 36: Name of the valve connecting the right atrium and right ventricle:

  • Tricuspid valve.

• Question 37: Correct information about atelectasis

  • Macroscopic obstruction causes atelectasis, filling the alveolar sacs with mucus, resulting in lung collapse
  • Atelectasis linked to tumors will cause mediastinal displacement
  • Atelectasis can occur following abdominal surgery
  • Atelectasis is not the most frequent type of atelectasis in adults

• Question 38: Most effective treatment for COPD progression:

  • Inhaled corticosteroids.

• Question 40: Defining characteristic of Kartagener's syndrome

  • Recurrent respiratory infections

• Question 41: False statement about chronic venous insufficiency treatment.

  • Medications are not part of the treatment

• Question 43 Necessity for respiratory rehabilitation.

  • Patient motivation.

• Question 11: Diagnosis of swollen leg after lymph node removal.

  • Lymphedema

• Question 15: Hormones synthesized in adrenal medulla.

  • Catecholamines

• Question 27 Primary cause of lymphedema worldwide:

  • Breast cancer.

• Question 29: Leading cause of ischemic heart disease:

  • Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries

• Question 19: False statement regarding cerebral palsy (CP):

  • There is no clear correlation between visible lesion severity and functional prognosis.

• Question 10: Possible adverse effect due to thrombosis in the popliteal vein.

  • Swelling in the calf

• Possible complications of popliteal vein thrombosis - but not necessarily immediate consequences are:

  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis

• Question 13: Exception to statements about radial nerve palsy:

  • Treatment recovery may take between 6 and 8 weeks

• Question 17: Risk factor not related to brachial plexus injury

  • Prematurity