Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

What is the normal range for PaCO2 on ABG? _____

What is the normal range for PaO2 on ABG? _____

What is the normal range for pH on ABG? _____

Respiratory Alkalosis: pH: _____ pCO2: ↓ HCO3-: ↓

Influenza _____ is the most severe & most common

Oral oseltamivir & inhaled zanamivir inhibit _____ of influenza A & B strains

Antigenic _____ necessitates annual influenza vaccine updates to match circulating strains

IM influenza vaccine = _____ Intranasal influenza vaccine = live attenuated

Hint: live/inactivated

Antigenic variation of influenza viruses occurs with mutations to viral _____ and neuraminidase (NA)

In influenza the antigen _____ facilitates viral entry by binding to sialic acid