KROK 1 2023 – Question 69 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient with pulmonary fibrosis presents with decreased pulmonary ventilation. What parameter of the external respiration system will change in this patient?
- A. Residual volume will increase
- B. Lung dead space will increase in volume
- C. Vital capacity of the lungs will decrease
- D. Expiratory reserve volume will increase
- E. Inspiratory reserve volume will increase
Hint
Pulmonary fibrosis stiffens the lungs, so they cannot expand and hold less air; think of which lung volume or capacity falls in such a restrictive pattern.
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