Cough and Hemoptysis

Question 1

What is an explosive expiration that provides a normal protective mechanism for clearing the bronchial area of its secretions and foreign material?

Answer 1

Cough

Question 2

What kind of cough is most often a URI, but can also be sinusitis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, or CHF?

Answer 2

Acute cough

Question 3

How long is the duration of an acute cough?

Answer 3

< 3 weeks

Question 4

What kind of cough is commonly post infectious from persistent inflammation and/or post-nasal drip?

Answer 4

Subacute cough

Question 5

How long is the duration of an subacute cough?

Answer 5

3-8 weeks

Question 6

What kind of cough is it if it is smokers consider COPD or Bronchogenic cancer; otherwise ACEI, postnasal drip, asthma, and GERD?

Answer 6

Chronic cough

Question 7

How long is the duration of an chronic cough?

Answer 7

> 8 weeks

Question 8

What is known as the expectoration of blood from the respiratory tract?

Answer 8

Hemoptysis

Question 9

What kind of hemoptysis is bright red as opposed to the dark red or brown color of blood from GERD?

Answer 9

True Hemoptysis

Question 10

What are the most common causes of Hemoptysis?

Answer 10

Bronchitis and Bronchogenic cancer

Question 11

What are the most common causes of massive hemoptysis?

Answer 11

TB and bronchiectasis

Question 12

What is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the U.S. and worldwide?

Answer 12

Lung cancer

Question 13

What is the principal risk factor for development of lung cancer?

Answer 13

Smoking

Question 14

What are the 2 types of lung cancer?

Answer 14

Small cell lung cancers (SCLC)

Non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC)

Question 15

What do 90-95% of lung cancers arise from?

Answer 15

epithelial cells (cells lining the smaller and larger airways)

Question 16

What is it called when there is cancer to the pleura of the lung as well as the lining of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 16

mesothelioma

Question 17

What percentage of people get lung cancer after the age of 65 years old?

Answer 17

70%

Question 18

How much more likely is the smoker who smokes a pack a day to get lung cancer in comparison to the non-smoker?

Answer 18

25x more likely

Question 19

How much more likely is the smoker who smokes cigars/pipes to get lung cancer in comparison to the non-smoker?

Answer 19

5x more likely

Question 20

What kind of lung cancer comprises of 20% of lung cancers and are the most aggressive and rapidly growing of all lung cancers?

Answer 20

Small cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

Question 21

What is another name for small cell lung cancer?

Answer 21

oat cell carcinomas

Question 22

What are the most common type of lung cancer (80% of all lung cancers)?

Answer 22

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Question 23

What are the three types of NSCLC?

Answer 23

adenocarcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma
large cell carcinoma

Question 24

Which is the most common type of primary lung cancer?

Answer 24

adenocarcinoma

Question 25

Which develops from the flat surface covering cells in the airways, often found near the center of the lung in one of the main airways?

Answer 25

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 26

Which is called because the cells look large and rounded under microscope and tends to grow quickly?

Answer 26

Large cell carcinoma