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Clinical Features and Management of Restrictive Lung Disease Flashcards

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What is the physiological definition of restrictive lung disease?

A

FVC < 80% of best

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What are lung causes of restrictive lung disease?

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Sarcoidosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

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What are pleural causes of restrictive lung disease?

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Pleural effusions
Pneumothorax
Pleural thickening

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How can a pleural effusion be a restrictive lung disease?

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The fluid on the outside of the lung can compress the lung

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How can a pneumothorax be a restrictive lung disease?

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The air in the pleural space can compress the lung or just cause it to collapse

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What is the most common cause of pleural thickening?

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Asbestos

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What are some skeletal causes of restrictive lung disease?

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Kyphoscoliosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Thoracoplasty
Rib fractures

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How can kyphoscoliosis cause restrictive lung disease?

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It decreases chest expansion

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How can ankylosing spondylitis cause restrictive lung disease?

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It decreases chest expansion

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How can thoracoplasty be a restrictive?

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It prevents one lung from inflating

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What is a muscle cause of restrictive lung disease?

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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What are some sub-diaphragmatic of restrictive lung disease?

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Obesity

Pregnancy

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Where is the interstitium?

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Between the epithelium of the alveolus and endothelium of the capillary

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What is sarcoidosis?

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Multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause

Contains non-caveating granuloma

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What are the investigation for sarcoidosis?

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CXR 
PFT
FBC 
U+Es
urinalysis 
ECG 
TB skin test 
Eye exam

Bronchoscopy: trans bronchial biopsies and endobronchial ultrasound
Mediastinoscopy

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How is sarcoidosis treated if it is mild, no vital organ involvement, normal lung function and few symptoms?

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No treatment

17
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Can sarcoidosis resolve itself?

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Yes

18
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What is the treatment of sarcoidosis with erythema nodosum?

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NSAIDs

19
Q

What is the treatment of sarcoidosis, anterior uveitis, cough and skin lesions?

A

Topical steroids

20
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What is the treatment for cardiac, neurological, eye disease (not responding to topical steroids) and hypercalcaemia?

A

Systemic steroids

21
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What are complications of sarcoidosis?

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Progressive respiratory failure
Bronchiectasis
Aspergilloma, haemoptysis, pneumothorax

22
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What does idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis typically present with?

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Chronic SOB and cough 
Older men 
No response to treatment for LVF or infection 
Clubbing 
Crackles
23
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What is the management for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

A

Refer to Interstitial lung disease clinic
Oral anti-fibrotic - pirfenidone, nintedanib
Palliative care
Transplant

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