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Cigarette smoking is the primary factor, the alveoli can no longer function. Symptoms are irreversible and include SOB, wheezing, production of thick mucus, restlessness, persistent cough. Treatment includes oxygen therapy

Leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States and is linked to cigarette smoking, and exposure to second hand smoke. Early symptoms are often overlooked by daily smokers. 

Sleep apnea is treated with a CPAP mask that must be worn during the day.

What is the vertical groove located medially on the superior lip and is a natural facial marking?

Cigarette smoking is the primary factor, the alveoli can no longer function. Symptoms are irreversible and include SOB, wheezing, production of thick mucus, restlessness, persistent cough. Treatment includes oxygen therapy

What is the vertical groove located medially on the superior lip and is a natural facial marking?

Which of the following ways can pneumonia be diagnosed?

Extends into the center of the chest and bifurcates into the right and left bronchi

Document the following case using correct respiratory system terminology to describe the patient’s symptoms. You are gathering a patient history on a new patient, who tells you that she has symptoms of difficulty breathing; bloody sputum and rapid, labored respiration’s; she also has to sit up to breathe comfortably.

Which of the following structures are part of the lower respiratory tract?