The following describes which restrictive pulmonary disease:
Open: air enters through chest wall opening;
Closed: no external wound: fx of rib, mech vent, spontaneous rupture of blebs;
Tension: open or close – life threatening: one way valve –> only air enters –> pressure builds & displacement of heart
A. Plural effusion
B. ARDS
C. Pulmonary fibrosis
D. Pneumothorax
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Pneumothorax, and pleural effusion are part of which classification of lung disease?
A. Parenchymal (functional tissue of the lungs)
B. Pleural (tissue covering the lungs)
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