Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Topic Practice Test
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Review pulmonary disease and critical care concepts, including respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, pulmonary infections, sepsis, and shock. The questions help people building or checking medical knowledge connect pathophysiology with diagnostic reasoning and management priorities.
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A 59-year-old with septic shock and ARDS has platelets 32,000 and stress-dose hydrocortisone. He has no GI bleeding, is mechanically ventilated, and receives enteral nutrition. Which stress ulcer plan is best?
A ventilated patient with severe asthma has peak pressure 48, plateau 22, expiratory flow not returning to baseline, and hypotension. What is the best immediate ventilator adjustment?
A 70-year-old woman in septic shock develops atrial fibrillation at 150/min after dopamine was chosen for renal perfusion. Creatinine is 2.1. What is the best correction?
A tall healthy 23-year-old has first primary spontaneous pneumothorax occupying 18 percent hemithorax, mild symptoms, and normal oxygenation. What is reasonable?
A 58-year-old has hemoptysis, rapidly rising creatinine, RBC casts, nodular cavitary lung lesions, chronic sinusitis, and PR3-ANCA. What diagnosis fits best?
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Reviewing connections between pulmonary disease and critical illness helps learners organize complex clinical information and identify gaps in their knowledge.