Pulmonology — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: What is the change in DLco in patients of PAH?_____

Answer: Decreased

Flashcard 62: The sinus most commonly involved in acute sinusitis is the _____

Answer: maxillary

Flashcard 63: Surfactant replacement is _____ useful in the management of patients with ARDS.

Answer: not

Flashcard 64: _____ therapy will decrease mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Answer: Long-term oxygen

Flashcard 65: What type of airway obstruction is characterized by selective flattening of the **expiratory** limb on a flow-volume loop?

Answer: Variable intrathoracic obstruction

Extra: Flow-volume loop patterns in upper airway obstruction: - **Variable extrathoracic obstruction:** Flattening of the inspiratory limb (e.g., vocal cord paralysis, laryngomalacia). - **Variable intrathoracic obstruction:** Flattening of the expiratory limb (e.g., tracheomalacia, airway tumors). - **Fixed obstruction:** Flattening of both inspiratory and expiratory limbs (e.g., tracheal stenosis, goiter).

Flashcard 66: Patient with a positive vasoreactivity test using inhaled NO, _____ are used as first line for management of PAH

Answer: CCBs

Flashcard 67: A young adult with _____ is most likely to have _____ emphysema.

Answer: spontaneous pneumothorax; paraseptal

Flashcard 68: Pulmonary embolism causes an _____udative pleural effusion

Answer: ex

Flashcard 69: Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) has a predilection for _____smoker, _____male patients.

Answer: non-; fe

Flashcard 70: Bronchiectasis in the back ground of cystic fibrosis predominantly shows _____ lobe involvement.

Answer: upper