Perform a Google Image search using the keywords x-ray and COPD. Study the x-ray images and describe the difference between normal lungs and lungs with chronic obstructive disease

What will be an ideal response?


Items that students may mention include bronchial wall thickening, bullae, flattening of the diaphragm, barrel chest.

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A) Range of motion chart B) End feel C) Recipient feedback D) Resistant tissues

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Banking tasks require ________ accuracy, or correctness that is 100 percent.

A. Unmodified B. Provisional C. Unconditional D. Absolute

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Calculate the left ventricular stroke work for a patient with a body surface area of 1.1 m2, blood pressure 105/68 mm Hg, heart rate 86 beats per minute, and cardiac output of 4.3 L/min

a. 10.9 g-m/m2 b. 35.6 g-m/m2 c. 49.5 g-m/m2 d. 54.4 g-m/m2

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Emphysema is a process of

a. excessive mucus secretion. b. large airway dilation. c. bronchial smooth muscle constriction. d. alveolar wall destruction.

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