Which of the following is found almost universally in patients ...

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Which of the following is found almost universally in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD)?
 
  a. Airway dilation
  b. Bronchoconstriction
  c. Compensatory cytokine release
  d. Decreased compliance

Question 2

The presence of pleural calcification on the chest film is consistent with what type of interstitial lung disease (ILD)?
 
  a. Asbestosis
  b. Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
  c. Sarcoidosis
  d. Silicosis

[meganlapinski]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
In almost all of the ILDs, the lungs have reduced compliance and require supranormal transpleu-ral pressures to ventilate (Figure 26-4). This lack of compliance results in small lung volumes and increased work of breathing.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
With an appropriate exposure history, the presence of radiographic pleural plaques or rounded atelectasis may indicate that asbestos as the cause of the ILD.

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[flexer1n1]

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