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Egans Chapter 44 - Airway Clearance Exam 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.
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Egans Chapter 44 - Airway ClearanceA normal cough reflex includes which of the following phases? - ANS 1. Irritation
2. Inspiration
3. Compression
4. Expulsion
Which of the following are necessary for normal airway clearance? - ANS 1. Patent airway
2. Functional mucociliary escalator
3. Effective cough
Which of the following can provoke a cough? - ANS Foreign bodies
Infection
Irritating gases
Which of the following occur(s) during the compression phase of a cough? - ANS 1. Expiratory
muscle contraction
Retention of secretions can result in full or partial airway obstruction. Mucus plugging can result
in which of the following? - ANS 1. Hypoxemia
2. Atelectasis
3. Shunting
Partial airway obstruction can result in which of the following? - ANS 1. Increased work of
breathing
2. Air trapping or overdistention
3. Increased expiratory flows
A patient with abdominal muscle weakness is having difficulty developing an effective cough.
Which of the following phases of the cough reflex are primarily affected in this patient? - ANS
Compression
Expulsion
A patient recovering from anesthesia after abdominal surgery is having difficulty developing an
effective cough. Which of the following phases of the cough reflex are primarily affected in this
patient? - ANS a. Irritation
A patient with a tracheostomy tube is having difficulty developing an effective cough. Which of
the following phases of the cough reflex is primarily affected in this patient? - ANS c.
Compression
, A patient with a neuromuscular disorder causing generalized muscle weakness is having
difficulty developing an effective cough. Which of the following cough phases are primarily
affected in this patient? - ANS b. Inspiration
Which of the following can impair mucociliary clearance in intubated patients? - ANS 2.
Tracheobronchial suctioning
3. Inadequate humidification
4. High inspired oxygen concentrations
Which of the following drug categories can impair mucociliary clearance in intubated patients? -
ANS 1. General anesthetics
3. Opiates
4. Narcotics
Conditions that can affect airway patency and cause abnormal clearance of secretions include
which of the following? - ANS 1. Foreign bodies
2. Tumors
3. Inflammation
4. Bronchospasm
Which of the following conditions alter normal mucociliary clearance? - ANS 2. Cystic fibrosis
(CF)
3. Ciliary dyskinesia
Conditions that can lead to bronchiectasis include which of the following? - ANS 1. Chronic
airway infection
3. Foreign body aspiration
4. Obliterative bronchiolitis
Which of the following conditions impair secretion clearance by affecting the cough reflex? -
ANS 1. Muscular dystrophy
2. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
4. Cerebral palsy
Which of the following are goals of airway clearance therapy? - ANS 2. Help mobilize retained
secretion.
3. Improve pulmonary gas exchange.
4. Reduce the work of breathing.
Which of the following acutely ill patients is least likely to benefit from application of chest
physical therapy? - ANS c. Patient with an acute exacerbation of COPD
Which of the following conditions are associated with chronic production of large volumes of
sputum? - ANS 1. Bronchiectasis
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