Surgery MCQ 02

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Clearance of mucus produced in the tracheo-bronchial tree in chronic bronchitis secondary to smoking may:

A. Be hampered by the fact that the amount of mucus is increased by the number of mucus-producing cells at the expense of ciliated cells.

B. Be slowed if patients have decreased lung volume and are therefore unable to generate a vigorous cough that would cause an inflammatory process.

C. Cause a decrease in diffusion capacity and associated hypoxemia.

D. All of the above.

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