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yoroshambo

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on: Jul 16, 2018
What type of disease is associated with perfusion/diffusion impairment?
 
  a. Liver disease
  b. Renal disease
  c. Neuromuscular disease
  d. Vascular disease

Question 2

What happens to the P(Aa)O2 with mismatch and shunt?
 
  a. It increases with mismatch and decreas-es with shunt.
  b. It decreases with both mismatch and shunt.
  c. It increases with both mismatch and shunt.
  d. It does not change.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Perfusion/diffusion impairment is a rare cause of hypoxemia found in individuals with liver dis-ease complicated by the hepatopulmonary syndrome.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
A mismatch and shunt both result in elevated P(Aa)O2 levels.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
:D TYSM

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