Intrinsic asthma refers to triggers that stimulate hyperreactive airway constriction from internal factors.  Which of the following factors could be associated with intrinsic asthma? 1. GERD 2. Emotional Stress 3. Exposure to smoke 4. Food allergies

Common chest assessment findings in a patient with cystic fibrosis include: 1. tracheal deviation to the non-affected side. 2. breath sounds reveal crackles and rhonchi. 3. excessive consolidation on the affected side.  4. translucent lung field with depression of the diaphragm. 

The sweat test is correct in identifying 98% of patients with which disease?  

The respiratory therapist is performing chest assessment on a post-op cholecystectomy patient who has developed cough, fever, and tachypnea.  Which of the following would the therapist expect to find confirming the suspicion of post-op atelectasis in this patient? 

For religious reasons, a young couple has not given their 4-year-old daughter the usual childhood immunizations.  She has been repeatedly hospitalized with pulmonary infections. What disease process might the physician caring for the child tell the parents that the child is at risk for developing? 

What is the common cause of non-cystic bronchiectasis? 

A patient with recently diagnosed cystic fibrosis is admitted due to an exacerbation.  A respiratory therapist reviews the home care plan: albuterol – QID Chest vest – TID dornase alpha (Pulmozyme) – BID A sputum culture was positive for mucoid pseudomonas.  Which of the following inhaled medications should the therapist recommend? 

The work Don Quixote itself is often described as the first novel ever written.

Don Quixote spent a lot of his time ________.

The venom of the black widow spider causes violent muscle contractions by accelerating the release of