COPD Flashcards
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Risk factors
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Smoking Age (onset 55-60 y.o.) Environmental allergens/irritants Heredity/genetics Exposure to biofuel
2
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Definition:
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Difficulty getting air in secondary to exhalation problem (hard to get air out, so hard to get air in - more volume of air left over after exhalations)
3
Q
What causes accelerated COPD?
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Alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency (A1AT)
4
Q
Main treatment goals and strategies
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Facilitating elimination of bronchial secretions via airway clearance techniques
Preventing and treating respiratory infection
Increasing exercise tolerance
5
Q
Medical treatments
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Smoking cessation Steroids Bronchodilators Mucolytics Antibiotics Oxygen Lung volume reduction surgery (emphysema only) Lung transplantation (emphysema, CF, IPF)
