Scheda di esercizi di Area medico-chirurgica: cardiovascolare e respiratoria con soluzioni

What is the main cause of COPD in high-income countries?

1. AChildhood asthma
2. BCigarette smoking
3. CEating too much salt
4. DA viral infection

Where are AED pads usually placed on an adult?

1. AOn each upper arm
2. BBoth pads on the back, side by side between the shoulder blades
3. CBoth pads on the abdomen, just below the ribs on either side
4. DBelow the right collarbone and on the left side below the armpit

Which test is classically used to diagnose cystic fibrosis?

1. AD-dimer test
2. BTuberculin skin test
3. CSweat chloride test
4. DPeak flow test

Quale affermazione su un distanziatore per inalatore dosato è corretta?

1. AÈ progettato per essere usato con inalatori a polvere secca
2. BPermette di sospendere del tutto l'inalatore di steroide di mantenimento
3. CRende ogni erogazione del farmaco più forte del solito
4. DServe meno coordinazione e più farmaco raggiunge i polmoni

How does digoxin help a patient with atrial fibrillation and heart failure?

1. AIt dissolves clots that have formed in the left atrium
2. BIt lowers potassium to stabilise the heart
3. CIt slows AV node conduction and increases contractility
4. DIt speeds conduction through the AV node to the ventricles

Why is a non-selective beta-blocker such as propranolol usually avoided in a patient with asthma?

1. AIt thickens airway mucus by drying the airways
2. BIt raises the heart rate sharply during an acute asthma attack
3. CIt makes inhaled corticosteroids work too strongly
4. DIt can cause bronchospasm by blocking beta-2 receptors

After four days of antibiotics for pneumonia, a patient still has fever and pleuritic pain. There is dullness and reduced breath sounds at the right base. What complication should be suspected?

1. ANormal recovery from pneumonia
2. BAsthma triggered by the infection
3. CAn allergic reaction to the antibiotic
4. DA parapneumonic effusion or empyema

After an anaphylactic reaction to a bee sting that responded to adrenaline (epinephrine), a patient asks to go home immediately. Which advice is most appropriate?

1. AGo home straight away, because anaphylaxis never recurs once adrenaline has worked
2. BGo home and take antihistamines only if the throat swells
3. CStay in hospital for at least two weeks on daily intravenous antihistamines
4. DStay for observation, then go home with an adrenaline auto-injector and teaching