« previous next »

Author Question: Patients with bronchiectasis can have which of the following anatomic alterations? 1. ... (Read 75 times)

oliviahorn72

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 579
on: Jul 16, 2018
Patients with bronchiectasis can have which of the following anatomic alterations?
 
  1. Hyperinflation
  2. Pulmonary embolism
  3. Consolidation
  4. Pneumothorax
  a. 1, 3
  b. 1, 4
  c. 2, 3, 4
  d. 1, 2, 3

Question 2

A patient has malignant mesothelioma related to chronic asbestos exposure. What would his pleural effusion fluid likely show on laboratory analysis?
 
  1. Erythrocytes
  2. Lymphocytes
  3. Normal mesothelial cells
  4. Malignant mesothelial cells
  a. 1, 4
  b. 2, 3
  c. 2, 3, 4
  d. 1, 2, 3, 4


wergv

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 365
Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
Hyperinflation will be caused by mucus plugs acting as an expiratory check-valve obstruction. Consolidation will occur when fluid fills alveoli during an infection. Neither pulmonary embolism nor pneumothorax is associated with bronchiectasis.

Answer to Question 2

C
Asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma, a cancer of the mesothelial cells lining the lungs and chest wall (the visceral and parietal pleura). The pleural effusion fluid, in this case, will show a mix of normal and abnormal mesothelial cells and lymphocytes.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question

oliviahorn72

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 579
Reply #2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Correct answers!


wergv

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 365
Reply #3 on: Jul 16, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


« previous next »
 

Did you know?

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.

Did you know?

Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.

Did you know?

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.

Methicilli ...
Did you know?

Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.

Did you know?

Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.

It is important to ask patients what other health care providers they are seeing, such as the dentis It is important to ask patients what other health care providers they are seeing, such as the dentis
Nine Abdominal Anatomic Regions Nine Abdominal Anatomic Regions
Example of Index entry for an anatomic site with a cross-reference. Example of Index entry for an anatomic site with a cross-reference.
The typical distribution of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques in the brains of patients ... The typical distribution of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques in the brains of patients ...
Can gene therapy be used to cure patients with HIV infections or to prevent HIV infections? Can gene therapy be used to cure patients with HIV infections or to prevent HIV infections?
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients, Centers for Disease Control, 2011 Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients, Centers for Disease Control, 2011
Video: Decubitus Ulcer

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library