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 a... nd intermittent gasping. The nurse practitioner suspects which of the following conditions? congestive heart failure 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 The amount of air exhaled in 1 second (FEV1), if normal, should be at least which of the following? 75% 70% 50% 80 FEV1 is the forced exhalation volume in the first second of the forced exhale. The FEV1 measures how quickly full lungs can be emptied. 80% or greater is considered a normal result. Khan Academy video - Emphysema Diagnosis [Show More]
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