COPD/Acid-base review

Patients with chronic bronchitis are more susceptible to respiratory infection.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True because chronic bronchitis damages the alveolar microphages that help ward off foreign particles, including bacteria

What happens when goblet cells increase?

• Destruction of the walls of the alveoli

• Hypersecretion of mucus

• Hyperinflated chest

• Turkeys say gobble gobble

What acid-base imbalance is seen in patients with COPD?

• Metabolic acidosis

• Respiratory acidosis

• Metabolic alkalosis

• Respiratory alkalosis

The concentration of hydrogen ions determines what in acid-base balance?

• PaO2

• HCO3

• PaCO2

• pH

COPD and asthma are the same thing

• True

• False