RRT TMC Review Exam Questions and
Answers
Cigarette smoking history equation - answerpacks per day x years smoked
cachectic - answerExtremely skinny, bony, malnourished
bulimic - answerexcessive and insatiable appetite neurotic bouts of overeating followed by
vomiting, fasting, diarrhea
EEG -...
Cheyene-Stokes breathing - answer✔increase, then decrease in rate and depth of breathing
followed by apnea (CNS, drug overdose, CHF)
Kussmuals - answer✔increased rate and depth of breathing
(meta acidosis seen w/renal failure or ketoacidosis)
subcutaneous emphysema - answer✔A characteristic crackling sensation felt on palpation of the
skin, caused by the presence of air in soft tissues.
tactile fremitus - answer✔pt is asked to repeat 99 vibrations of voice is transmitted to chest wall
the vibration of tactile fremitus may be increased by which disorders - answer✔lung
consolidation, atelectasis and lung tumors
Rhonchial fremitus - answer✔thick secretions in bronchi. When hand placed on chest can feel
vibrations from air trying to pass thru thick secretions.
Collapsed alveoli popping open during inspiration - answer✔these crackles, fine in nature.
indication of atelectasis, pneumonia, or pulmonary edema assoc w/ CHF.
TX for collapsed alveoli - answer✔IS, IPPB therapy, diurectics, hrt drugs, and supplemental o2
ascites - answer✔abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen (end stage liver dx and CHF.
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