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During the little-scientist phase, babies engage in:

Which of the following types of standard PFT equipment is (are) used to determine total lung capacity and resistance of the airways?

A toddler is becoming embarrassed for the first time. According to the text, a parent should feel:

The Collins water seal spirometer may be inaccurate when rapidly changing gas flows are measured due to inertia.

You have placed a patient on a 30% air entrainment system with the flow meter set to 10L. What is the total flow delivered to the patient?

A 66-year-old white man with a 15-year history of chronic cough and sputum production.  On physical examination he had severe kyphoscoliosis prebronchodilator postbronchodilator predicted observed %predicted observed %predicted fvc (l) 3.69 2.11 57 2.12 57 fev1 (l) 2.62 1.05 40 1.09 42 fev1/fvc (%) 50 51 mvv (l/min) 87 31 36 40 46 fef25-75 (l/s) 2.9 0.5 17 0.5 17 frc (l) 3.04 2.58 85 rv (l) 1.81 1.56 86 tlc (l) 5.02 3.56 71 rv/tlc (%) 36 44

What sonographic appearance describes how to identify hydronephrosis?

Case Study Question #1: The nurse is admitting the client that just arrived at the ED who has the following assessment: B/P=92/50 RR=25 breaths/min. SPO2=92% Pulse=123 beats/min. Temp.=99.1F (32.2C) Respiratory: Coarse Rhonchi bi-lateral lower lobes, increased work of breathing, productive cough with copious sputum Neuro: A & O X 4, appears fatigued Pain: 6 (0-10 scale) with cough Question: Which of the following orders that were written by the provider to be completed STAT should the nurse question?

Interpret the PFT flow volume loop below Obstructive flow.volume PFT.JPG