KROK 1 2020 – Question 138 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient hospitalized into the pulmonology department was diagnosed with pulmonary emphysema accompanied by the loss of elasticity in the pulmonary tissue. What type of respiration can be observed in this case?
- A. Slow breathing
- B. Inspiratory dyspnea
- C. Expiratory dyspnea
- D. Shallow breathing
- E. Periodical breathing
Hint
Ask which part of the breathing cycle relies on the elastic recoil of the lungs, and how losing that recoil changes the effort needed in that phase.
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