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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Flashcards

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What can be defined as a disease state characterized by the presence of airflow obstruction due to chronic bronchitis or emphysema

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Is airflow obstruction associated with COPD progressive

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yes

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What is airflow obstruction associated with?

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airway hyperactivity

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How many Americans have been diagnosed with COPD?

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14 million (an equal number are believed to be undiagnosed)

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COPD and asthma are the ___ leading cause of death in the US, with over _____ deaths annually

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4th

12,000

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The death rate from COPD is increasing rapidly, especially among what patient population?

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elderly men

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Most patients with COPD have features of what 2 diseases?

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emphysema and chronic bronchitis

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What can be defined as a clinical diagnosis defined by excessive secretion of bronchial mucus and is manifested by daily productive cough for 3 months or more in at least 2 consecutive years?

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chronic bronchitis

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What can be defined as a pathologic diagnosis that denotes abnormal permanent enlargement of air spaces distal to the terminal bronchiole, with destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis?

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emphysema

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What is the most significant cause of COPD?

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cigarette smoking

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__% of COPD patients have siginificant exposure to tobacco smoke. The remaining __% have a combination of exposures to environmental tobacco smoke, occupational dusts and chemicals, and indoor air pollution from biomass fuel used for cooking and heating in poorly ventilated buildings

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80

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What are a few other causes of COPD?

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  • outdoor air pollution
  • airway infection
  • familial factors
  • allergy
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What hereditary factor is implicated in chronic bronchitis?

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A deficiency of alpha-1-antiprotease [alpha-1-antitrypsin]

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What are 2 important risks for COPD?

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Atopy and the tendency for bronchioconstriction to develop in response to nonspecific airway stimulation

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What does the pathogenesis of emphysema involve?

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Excessive lysis of elastin and other structural proteins in the lung matrix by elastase and other proteases derived from lung neutrophils, macrophages, and mononuclear cells

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Patients with COPD characteristically present in which decade of life?

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the 5th or 6th

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What are 3 characteristic symptoms that these patients complain of?

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  • excessive cough
  • sputum production
  • shortness of breath
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Symptoms of COPD have typically been present for how long?

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10 years or more

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What symptoms is noted initially only on heavy exertion, with mild activity as the condition progresses, and quite possibly at rest in advanced stages?

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dyspnea

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As this disease progresses, what are the 2 symptom patterns that tend to emerge?

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  • pink puffers

- blue bloaters

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What is the major complaint among pink puffers?

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Dyspnea, often severe, usually presenting after age 50

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What symptoms are rare in pink puffers?

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Cough, with scant clear mucoid sputum

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Describe the appearance of pink puffers

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They are thin, with recent weight loss and appear uncomfortable, with evident use of accessory muscles of respiration.

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When examining chest sounds in pink puffers what will you hear?

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Typically nothing, chest is very quiet without adventitious sounds

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What do pink puffer chest radiographs reveal?
Hyperinflation with fattened diaphragms
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What is the major complaint among blue bloaters?
Chronic cough, productive mucopurulent sputum, with frequent exacerbations due to chest infections
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Blue bloaters are typically around the ages of __ to __
30-40
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Describe the appearance of blue bloaters
They are typically overweight and cyanotic, but seem comfortable at rest
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What is also common in blue bloaters?
peripheral edema
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When examining chest sounds in blue bloaters what will you hear?
Noisy chest, with rhonchi invariably present, wheezes are also common
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Blue bloaters typically have _____ hemoglobin, ______ PaO2, and ______ PaCO2
elevated reduced elevated
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What do blue bloater chest radiographs reveal?
Increased interstitial markings ("dirty lungs"), especially at the bases, with non-flattened diaphragm
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Which pattern of COPD is associated with obstructive sleep apnea?
blue bloaters
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During exercise minute ventilation is _____ in pink puffers and ____ in blue bloaters
increased decreased
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What 4 diseases characterize the late stages of COPD?
- pneumonia - pulmonary hypertension - cor pulmonale - chronic respiratory failure
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What is the hallmark of COPD?
the exacerbation of symptoms beyond normal day-to-day variation, often including dyspnea, an increased frequency or severity of cough, increased sputum volume or change in sputum character.
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What can be used to provide objective information about pulmonary function?
spirometry
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What do pulmonary function tests reveal in the early stages of COPD?
evidence of abnormal closing volume and reduced midexpiratory flow rate
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Reductions in what lab values occur later on in the disease?
FEV1 and in the ratio of forced expiratory volume to vital capacity (FEV1% or FEV1/FVC ratio)
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What is markedly reduced in severe cases?
forced vital capacity (FVC)
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Lung volume measurements reveal a marked _____ in residual volume, a(n) ______ in total lung capacity, and a(n) ______ of the RV/TLC ratio.
increase increase elevation
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What does an elevated RV/TLC ratio indicate?
Air trapping
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What 2 blood gas abnormalities are common in late stage COPD?
- hypoxemia | - respiratory acidosis
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ECG results may demonstrate what 3 things?
- sinus tachycardia - supraventricular arrhythmias - ventricular irritability
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What do radiographs of patients with chronic bronchitis typically show?
nonspecific peribronchial and perivascular markings
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What do plain radiographs show for the diagnosis of emphysema?
hyperinflation with flattening of the diaphragm or peripheral arterial deficiency in about half of cases
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What imaging technique is the most sensitive and specific for the diagnosis for COPD
CT of the chest
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What are 5 differential diagnoses for COPD?
- asthma - bronchiectasis - cystic fibrosis - bronchopulmonary mycosis - central airflow obstruction
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How is COPD distinguished from asthma?
Asthma is characterized by complete or near-complete reversibility of airflow obstruction
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How is bronchiectasis distinguished from COPD?
By recurrent pneumonia and hemoptysis, digital clubbing, and characteristic imaging abnormalities
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How is cystic fibrosis distinguished from COPD?
It affects children, adolescents, and young adults
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How is mechanical obstruction of the central airways distinguished from COPD?
by flow-volume loops
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What 5 diseases may worsen otherwise stable COPD?
- acute bronchitis - pneumonia - pulmonary thromboembolism - atrial dysrhythmias - concomitant left ventricular failure
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A spontaneous ______ occurs in a small fraction of patients with emphysema
pneumothorax
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What may result from chronic bronchitis or may signal bronchogenic carcinoma?
hemoptysis
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COPD is largely preventable through what?
elimination of long-term exposure to tobacco smoke
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What may also help prevent COPD?
Vaccination against seasonal and epidemic influenza A (H1N1) and pneumococcal infection
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What are the 7 treatment ideas for ambulatory COPD patients?
- smoking cessation - oxygen therapy - inhaled bronchodilators - corticosteroids - theophylline - antibiotics - pulmonary rehabilitation
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What patients are particularly likely to benefit from home oxygen therapy?
Hypoxemic patients with... - pulmonary hypertension - chronic cor pulmonale - erythrocytosis impaired cognitive function - exercise intolerance - nocturnal restlessness - morning headache
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Survival of hypoxemic patients with COPD treated with supplemental oxygen is directly proportional to what?
the number of hours per day oxygen is administered
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Oxygen via nasal prongs must be given for at least __ hours per day
15
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For most patients a flow rate of 1-3 L/min achieves a PaO2 greater than __ mm Hg
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Do bronchodilators alter the decline in lung function that is a hallmark of COPD? What do they do?
No, they improve symptoms, exercise tolerance, and overall health status
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What are the 2 most commonly prescribed short-acting bronchodilators?
- anticholinergic ipratropium bromide | - beta-2-agonists
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What are a couple examples of anticholinergic ipratropium bromide and beta-2-agonists
albuterol and metaproterenol
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Which short-acting bronchodilator is typically preferred and why?
Ipratropium bromide because of its longer duration of action and absence of sympathomimetic side effects
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What type of short-acting bronchodilators have a more rapid onset of action, which commonly leads to greater patient satisfaction?
beta-2-agonists
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When should long-acting beta-2-agonists and anticholinergics be used?
In patients with advanced disease
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What are a few examples of long-acting beta-2-agonists ?
- formoterol - salmeterol - indacaterol - arformoterol
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What is one example of a long-acting anticholinergic?
tiotropium
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Combination therapy with an inhaled corticosteroid and what reduces the frequency of exacerbations and improves self-reported functional status in COPD patients?
a long-acting beta-2-agonist
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What does theophylline do?
Improves dyspnea ratings, exercise performance, and pulmonary function in many patients with stable COPD
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What do the benefits of theophylline result from?
- bronchodilation - anti-inflammatory properties - extrapulmonary effects on diaphragm strength, myocardial contractility, and kidney function
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What is a significant concern of theophylline?
its toxicity
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Antibiotics are prescribed to outpatients with COPD for what 3 indications?
1) to treat an acute exacerbation, 2) to treat acute bronchitis 3) to prevent acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (prophylactic antibiotics)
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What are 3 pulmonary rehabilitation exercise ideas?
- Graded aerobic exercise Training of inspiratory muscles - Pursed-lip breathing
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In patients with chronic bronchitis, increased mobilization of secretions may be accomplished through the use of what?
- adequate systemic hydration - effective cough training methods - the use of a hand-held flutter device and postural drainage
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What is available for replacement therapy in emphysema due to congenital deficiency?
Human alpha-1-antitrypsin
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Severe dyspnea in spite of optimal medical management may warrant a clinical trial of what?
opioids or sedative-hypnotic drugs
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What does management of a hospitalized patient with an acute exacerbation of COPD include?
- supplemental oxygen (titrated to maintain SaO2 between 90% and 94% or PaO2 between 60 mm Hg and 70 mm Hg) - inhaled ipratropium bromide (500 mcg by nebulizer, or 36 mcg by MDI with spacer, every 4 hours as needed) plus beta-2-agonists (eg, albuterol 2.5 mg diluted with saline to a total of 3 mL by nebulizer, or MDI, 90 mcg per puff, four to eight puffs via spacer, every 1–4 hours as needed) - broad-spectrum antibiotics
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If progressive respiratory failure ensues what 2 things are necessary
tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
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What are 3 surgery options for patients with COPD?
- Lung transplantation - Lung volume reduction surgery - Bullectomy
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What are the 8 requirements for lung transplantation?
- severe lung disease - limited activities of daily living - exhaustion of medical therapy - ambulatory status - potential for pulmonary rehabilitation - limited life expectancy without transplantation - adequate function of other organ systems - a good social support system
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What is lung volume reduction surgery?
a surgical approach to relieve dyspnea and improve exercise tolerance in patients with advanced diffuse emphysema and lung hyperinflation
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What is a bullectomy?
An older surgical procedure for palliation of dyspnea in patients with severe bullous emphysema
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The outlook for patients with clinically significant COPD is ____.
poor
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What is an important predictor of survival?
The degree of pulmonary dysfunction at the time the patient is first seen
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The median survival of patients with FEV1 ≤ 1 L is about _ years
4
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When should you refer a patient for hospitalization?
- COPD onset occurs before the age of 40 - 2 or more exacerbations despite optimal treatment - Severe or rapidly progressive COPD - Symptoms disproportionate to the severity of airflow obstruction - Need for long-term oxygen therapy - Onset of comorbid illnesses (such as bronchiectasis, heart failure, or lung cancer)
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When should you admit a patient for hospitalization?
- Severe symptoms or acute worsening that fails to respond to outpatient management - Acute or worsening hypoxemia, hypercapnia, peripheral edema, or change in mental status - Inadequate home care, or inability to sleep or maintain nutrition/hydration due to symptoms - The presence of high-risk comorbid conditions

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