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Health care spending slows in 2007 with generics (AP via Yahoo! News)
Spending on health care slowed slightly in 2007 as consumers turned more to generic drugs instead of brand-names to fill their medicine cabinets, the government reported Monday.
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Health-Care Spending Growth Slows in U.S. on Flood of Generics (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Health-care spending in the U.S. grew the least since 1998, driven by the slowest rise in retail drug purchases in more than four decades.
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Health-care spending in the U.S. grew the least since 1998, driven by the slowest rise in retail drug purchases in more than four decades.
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Self Assessment Test
Self Assessment Test
RESPIRATORY CARE MADE INCREDIBLY EASY (Part 1, chapters 1-5)
15 CE Hours
(answer key found at end of test)
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1. The chief respiratory unit for gas exchange is the:
A. alveoli
B. terminal bronchiole
C. acinus
D. hilum
B. terminal bronchiole
C. acinus
D. hilum
2. The number of lobes in the right lung is:
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six
B. three
C. four
D. six
3. Oxygen passes through the alveoli into the bloodstream and binds with hemoglobin to form:
A. RBC's
B. carbon dioxide
C. oxyhemoglobin
D. myoglobin
B. carbon dioxide
C. oxyhemoglobin
D. myoglobin
4. The percussion sound usually heard over most of the lungs is:
A. dullness
B. resonance
C. tympany
D. hyperresonance
B. resonance
C. tympany
D. hyperresonance
5. Fine crackles are heard in:
A. asthma
B. pulmonary fibrosis
C. neuromuscular disease
D. pleurisy
B. pulmonary fibrosis
C. neuromuscular disease
D. pleurisy
6. When you auscultate the lower lobes of a healthy patient’s lungs, you would expect to hear:
A. tracheal breath sounds
B. bronchial breath sounds
C. vesicular breath sounds
D. adventitious breath sounds
B. bronchial breath sounds
C. vesicular breath sounds
D. adventitious breath sounds
7. When collecting a nasopharyngeal specimen, position the patient with his head tilted:
A. toward the right
B. forward
C. back
D. toward the left
B. forward
C. back
D. toward the left
8. During lung biopsy, monitor the patient for such complications as:
A. decreased pulse rate
B. shoulder pain
C. abdominal pain
D. respiratory distress
B. shoulder pain
C. abdominal pain
D. respiratory distress
9. A patient's ABG analysis shows a pH less than 7.35, HCo3 greater than 26 mEq/L and a Paco2 greater than 45 mm Hg. He is diaphoretic, has tachycardia and is restless. The condition he probably has is:
A. respiratory alkalosis
B. respiratory acidosis
C. metabolic alkalosis
D. metabolic acidosis
B. respiratory acidosis
C. metabolic alkalosis
D. metabolic acidosis
10. Which ventilator mode supplies all ventilation for the patient?
A. intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV)
B. pressure support ventilation (PSV)
C. pressure controlled ventilation (PCV)
D. controlled mandatory ventilation (CMV)
B. pressure support ventilation (PSV)
C. pressure controlled ventilation (PCV)
D. controlled mandatory ventilation (CMV)
11. Which device is used to help the patient achieve maximal ventilation?
A. incentive spirometer
B. MDI
C. Diskus
D. Turbo-inhaler
B. MDI
C. Diskus
D. Turbo-inhaler
12. Which type of tracheostomy tube permits speech through the upper airway?
A. uncuffed tube
B. cuffed tube
C. fenestrated tube
D. two-piece tube
B. cuffed tube
C. fenestrated tube
D. two-piece tube
13. TB is transmitted through:
A. inhalation of infected aerosolized droplets
B. contact with blood
C. the fecal-oral route
D. skin-to-skin contact
B. contact with blood
C. the fecal-oral route
D. skin-to-skin contact
14. Which of these characteristics best describes croup?
A. inflammation of the palatine tonsils
B. a highly contagious respiratory infection
C. infection of the supraglottic area with involvement of the epiglottis
D. clinical syndrome of laryngitis and laryngotracheobronchitis
B. a highly contagious respiratory infection
C. infection of the supraglottic area with involvement of the epiglottis
D. clinical syndrome of laryngitis and laryngotracheobronchitis
15. Which of these signs is most characteristic in a child with croup?
A. barking cough
B. fever
C. low heart rate
D. respiratory distress
B. fever
C. low heart rate
D. respiratory distress