You are a respiratory therapist assigned to a 57 year old male patient’s case that has been referred to the Pulmonologist in the pulmonary clinic you work for by the local hospitals ED physician. He has a history of smoking, has experienced increasing SOB so much that he sought medical attention over the weekend, finds it difficult to perform the physical activities he enjoys without experiencing and increased WOB and needing to stop to catch his breath. He reports he has had a chronic cough with sputum production for the past several years. You score him with the GOLD COPD scoring system after he has performed an in house PFT. The following are the results: FEV1 = 67% post bronchodilator and CAT = 5. Which of the following categories does he rate?

Chest radiograph findings indicating lung cancer include all of the following, EXCEPT:

Which of the following is the treatment of choice for severe fungal infections?

All of the following are associated with hypercapnic respiratory failure due to respiratory muscle weakness or fatigue EXCEPT which one?

A patient with chronic Type II respiratory failure comes to the ED complaining of increased dyspnea. All indications point toward pneumonia as a diagnosis. Which of the following clinical findings would confirm the presence of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure?

Which of the following findings is most useful to distinguish chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure from acute hypercapnic respiratory failure?

Which of the following clinical signs of increased WOB is first to appear?

Which of the following NIF ranges would indicate respiratory muscle fatigue/failure?

Which term best describes diseases of the lung parenchyma that are usually occupational or environmental in origin and caused by the chronic inhalation of inorganic dusts and particulate matter?

All of the following are characteristics of Type I respiratory failure, EXCEPT: