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Chapter 9-Resporatory Flashcards

1
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Common cold, often caused by rhinoviruses

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URI

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2
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Viral or bacterial

Inflammation of the sinus

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Sinusitis

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3
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Inflammation of the pharynx

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Pharyngitis

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Inflammation of the larynx

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Laryngitis

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5
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When the thin wall (nasal septum) between your nostrils is displaced to one side

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Deviated septum

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5
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Benign growths

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Nasal polyps

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6
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Loss of smell

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Anosmia

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7
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Nose bleed

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Epistaxis

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8
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Benign or malignant
Dysphonia is only symptom
Treatment:
Radiation, sometimes larynectomy

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Tumors of the larynx

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9
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Coughing up or spitting up of blood from the respiratory tract

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Hemoptysis

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10
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Collapsed lung
Incomplete expansion
Leads to hypoxia and dyspnea

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Atelectasis

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11
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Clot occludes a pulmonary artery

Interrupts blood flow

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Pulmonary embolism

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12
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Inflammation of the lungs, unilateral or bilateral, portion or all of a lung

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Pneumonia

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13
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Pulse oximeter

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14
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Area of contained infectious material

More common in lower portions of lung

Purulent sputum, foul-smelling breath

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Pulmonary abscess

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Bacterial infection, mild or severe forms
Symptoms:
Bacteria thrive in warm aquatic environments and are inhaled (pools)

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Legionnaires disease

16
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RSV
Most common in infants children and elderly
Symptoms: cold-like, upper respiratory trac
Etiology: viral infection, Dec. to March

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Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia

17
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Fungal disease

Inhalation of dust containing histoplasmosis capsulatum

Seen in HIV patients, Midwestern US (soil contaminated by bird droppings)

No treatment

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Histoplasmosis

18
Q 
Acute bronchitis 
Chronic bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis
Asthma 
Pulmonary emphysema 
Pneumoconiosis
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

19
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Acute or chronic

Inflammation of mucous membrane lining the bronchi

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Bronchitis

20
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Symptoms: 
Deep productive cough, thick sputum 
Etiology: 
Part of general URI
No specific treatment for viral
Antibiotics for bacterial
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Bronchitis

21
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Dilation of bronchi (irreversible)

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Bronchiectasis

22
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Symptoms:
Chronic cough, Hemoptysis
Etiology:
Damage from smoking, pneumonia, TB, childhood diseases
Treatment:
Antibiotics, bronchodilators, postural drainage

A

Bronchiectasis

23
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Enlargement of alveoli with damage to alveolar walls and capillary walls

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Pulmonary emphysema

24
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Symptoms: dyspnea, barrel chest, cyanosis, wheezing, clubbing, right hear failure
At risk: smokers, exposure to irritants, infections as a child

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Pulmonary emphysema

25
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Condition of the lungs due to long-term inhalation of dust particles
Damage is irreversible

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Pneumoconiosis

26
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Asbestosis
Anthracosis
Silicosis

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Pneumoconiosis

27
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Pleuritis
Inflammation of the pleura
Sym: needle-like pain, up with inspiration

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Pleurisy

28
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Air in the pleura cavity

Leads to collapsed lung, severe SOB

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Pneumothorax

29
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Blood in the pleural cavity

Similar to pneumothorax

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Hemothorax

30
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Symptoms: often asymptomatic, then vague sx. Eventually sx include purulent sputum, blood in sputum, Hemoptysis, night sweats
Etiology: bacterium-tubercle bacillus spread by droplet inhalation

A

Pulmonary tuberculosis

31
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Acute URI 
Symptoms: lymphadenopathy and fever
Etiology: 
Epstein bar virus (herpes) 
Carried in saliva
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Infectious mononucleosis

32
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Leading cause of cancer deaths world wide for both men and women

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Lung cancer

33
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Symptoms:

Cough; in early stages pt may be asymptomatic

A

Lung cancer

34
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Four major histological types 
Squamous call CA-
Adenocarcinoma  } NSCLC
Large cell CA        -
Small cell CA
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Lung cancer

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