Question 1

2 / 2 pts

The nurse practitioner is assessing a client who presents with complaints of sleeping

difficulty. He wakes up suddenly, multiple times a night, feeling short of breath. His

partner reports snoring and intermittent gasping. The nurse practitioner suspects which

of the following conditions?

congestive heart failure

Correct!

obstructive sleep apnea

pneumonia

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

In obstructive sleep apnea snoring is due to airflow obstruction from the tongue or soft

palate during respiratory effort. Dunphy p.363

Question 2

2 / 2 pts

The amount of air exhaled in 1 second (FEV1), if normal, should be at least which of the

following?

75%

70%

50%

Correct!

80%

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