If a patient has a Tidal Volume of 450 ml – what is his/her Alveolar Volume?

The receptors that detect a decrease in the oxygen level of the blood are location in the:

In the medulla, the ____________ generates only inspiratory impulses that travel via the phrenic and intercostal nerves to contract the respiratory muscles. 

The respiratory centers are located in the:

Your patient is breathing 38 times a minute and has a average tidal volume of 250.  What is the patient’s minute ventilation in mL’s?

With respect to normal inhalation, number these events in proper sequence.

The following structures are part of the lower airway except:

Which of the following are sinuses in the head?

Assign diagnosis codes for the following scenario: The patient is admitted with cerebral infarction due to stenosis of the left anterior cerebral artery with ataxia and dysphasia. The number of blanks may or may not represent the number of required codes.  Be sure to enter the word none in the blank if no code is required. Coder tip: If the code has a red plus sign in front of it, it is not a complete code. Principal diagnosis: Other diagnoses:

The patient is a 38-year-old male with bipolar disorder and PTSD.  The patient has a long-standing history of hypertension and a long-standing history of cigarette smoking and using chewing tobacco.  He fell and sustained a type I compound fracture of the neck of his right femur yesterday, and the patient was seen and admitted yesterday.  Today, the patient was taken to the operating room, where an open reduction and internal fixation of the fracture of the right femur was performed.   NOTE:  This is worded as a long-standing history of hypertension and using chewing tobacco.  It does NOT say “a long-standing PAST history of….” Principal Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: