HAT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hypercapnia, Exhalation, Mnemonic
18 May 2019
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People with obstructive lung diseases have shortness of breath due to difficulty exhaling all the air from the lungs. Because of damage to the lungs or narrowing of the airways inside the lungs, exhaled air comes out more slowly (decreases flows) than normal. At the end of a full exhalation, an abnormally high amount of air may still linger in the lungs (air trapping). The best ways to remember them is this: cbabe . You can use this mnemonic to easily remember them. Copd practice questions: a method of medicine delivery that requires patients to keep track of how many doses they have used is the: Metered-dose inhaler: the most important risk factor for copd is: An above normal paco2: the most common test in diagnosing and monitoring copd is: Spirometry: the care approach best suited to copd is, palliative care 2. Home health: in general, copd patients are more likely to have complications when surgery is near:
