Exam 2 WTF I Do Not Know About RLD Flashcards
what happens to FEV1 FVC and FEV1/FVC in restricted Lund disease (RLD)
FEV1 reduced
FVC reduced
ratio: can RTS or increase
what happens to TLC in RLL
decreases
DLCO in RLL
reduced
intrinsic vs extrinsic RLL
intrinsic: decreased airway compliance, like the thickening or scarring of the inner tubes
extrinsic: reduced chest wall compliance, like obesity, deformities, scoliosis, trauma, burns
do occupational causes like asbestos, silicosis, coal minors have intrinsic or extrinsic RLD
intrinsic
what are the two idiopathic intrinsic RLDs
pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis
do you have a dry or wet cough with intrinsic RLD
dry
what does a honeycomb on a CT mean
that there is probably fibrosis in the lungs
what does a 6MWT of less than 212 mean for prognosis
not great
what do you have if you have RLD with no known cause, destruction of alveoli and loss of capillaries, and less compliance.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
what is a multi-system autoimmune disease that can cause interstitial fibrosis
Sarcoidosis
in what disease does it look like your upper lobes have nodules and egg shaped calcifications of the hilarity nodes
silicosis
what affects alveolar septa
hypersensitive pneumonitis
what are some things that came extrinsic RLD
SCI, burns, smoke, inhalation, facial burn and fires
how do post polio patients breath
the upper thorax will rise, and the abdominals with suck in