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A 6-foot-tall, 140-pound, 28-year-old female patient has come to the emergency department with a complaint of a sudden sharp pain in the right upper chest followed by shortness of breath.
 
  The pain originated while she participated in deep breathing exercises in a yoga class. The physician has determined that she has a 15 pneumothorax. How should the pneumothorax be classified?
  a. Open
  b. Exercise related
  c. Spontaneous
  d. Traumatic

Question 2

Which of the following is the usual characteristic of the sputum of a patient with bronchiectasis?
 
  a. It is usually sweet or musky smelling.
  b. When examined microscopically there are Kirshman's spirals.
  c. It contains eosinophils.
  d. It is usually voluminous and tends to settle into several different layers.



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Answer to Question 1

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A spontaneous pneumothorax is one that occurs suddenly and without any obvious underlying cause. Frequently, it happens in tall, thin young adults when a high lung pressure causes a surface bleb or bulla to rupture.

Answer to Question 2

D
A 24-hour collection of sputum is usually voluminous and tends to settle into several different layers.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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