Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2005
A 54 y.o. male patient suffers from dyspnea during mild physical exertion, cough with sputum which is excreted with diffculty. On examination: diffuse cyanosis. Is Barrel-chest. Weakened vesicular breathing with prolonged expiration and dry whistling rales. Ap is 140/80 mm Hg, pulse is 92 bpm, rhythmic. Spirography: vital capacity (vC)/predicted vital capacity- 65%, FEV1/FVC- 50%. Determine the type of respiratory insufficiency (RI).
Answer options
- RI of mixed type with prevailing obstruction
- RI of mixed type with prevailing resri-ction
- RI of restrictive type
- There is no RI
- RI of obstructive type
Correct answer
RI of mixed type with prevailing obstruction
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