Assignment:
Question 1.
- Explain the significance and limitations of a positive tuberculin test.
- Explain the conditions under which tuberculosis may be contagious.
- What measures can be taken by health professionals to minimize the spread of infection.
Question 2.
- Explain how obstruction develops with chronic bronchitis.
- Explain how acute asthma causes air trapping or atelectasis.
- How does hypoxia and respiratory alkalosis develop in the early stages of an asthma attack?
- Explain why serum pH is lowered when an asthma attack persists.
Question 3.
- Explain why the anteroposterior diameter of the chest is increased in a patient with emphysema.
- Explain why hypercapnia may be a major problem in patients with emphysema.
- Explain how each of the following develops in patients with emphysema: (1) cor pulmonale, (2) secondary polycythemia.
Question 4.
- Explain why pulmonary edema causes severe hypoxia.
- Trace the path of a pulmonary embolus resulting from thrombophlebitus.
- Compare the effects on respiration of a very small embolus and of a very large one.
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.