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Lecture 18 - Signs And Symptoms Of Lung Disease Flashcards

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What are some diseases involving the airways?

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Asthma
COPD
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis

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What is the pathophysiology of Bronchiectasis?

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Permanent dilation of the airways leading to mucus production in the airways

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What are some diseases affecting the lung parenchyma?

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Pulmonary fibrosis
Pneumonia
TB

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What is the general issues with pulmonary fibrosis?

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Reduced lung compliance due to increased elastic tissue deposits

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How does pneumonia cause respiratory issues?

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Infection of the lower respiratory tract leads to build up of inflammatory exudative fluid in the alveoli inhibiting gas exchange

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What is a respiratory condition the affects pulmonary circulation?

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Pulmonary embolism

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7
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What are some diseases of the pleura?

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Pneumothorax
Pleural effusion

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What are some diseases of the chest wall and Neuromuscular junctions affecting the respiratory system?

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Kyphoscolisosis
Myasthenia gravis

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9
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What are some key signs and symptoms of respiratory disease?

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Breathlessness
Chest pain
Sputum
Breath sounds
Haemoptysis

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10
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Is dyspnoea a sign or symptom?

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Symptom but there may be evidence like raised RR and accessory muscle use

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11
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What are the main things we need to explore when it comes to breathlessness?

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Onset, timing and duration
Exacerbating factors
Progression
Severity

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12
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What are some questions we can ask in terms of onset, time and duration of breathlessness?

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How quickly did it come about
Intermittent/reversible?

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What are some respiratory causes that would cause sudden onset breathlessness?

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Massive PE
Massive pneumothorax
Anaphylaxis (air way seals)

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what are some respiratory disease that cause breathlessness that takes hours or days to start?

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Mild to moderate asthma
LRTI

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What are some respiratory diseases that cause chronic breathlessness?

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COPD
Pulmonary fibrosis I

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16
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Wht are some common exacerbating factors worsening breathlessness?

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Cold (asthma)
Pets or pollen
Lying down (cardiac failure)

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17
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What is the medical term for breathlessness worsened by lying down that’s seen in cardiac failure?

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Orthopnea

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18
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What is meant by progression in breathlessness?

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Has it worsened, stayed the same?

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What are some ways to describe severity of breathlessness?

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Housebound
Struggling to communicate
Can’t walk mroe than 100yds
Cant climb stairs

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20
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What is an empyema?

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Collection of pus in the pleural space

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What type of breathlessness would an empyema cause?

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Likely felt ill before, then never fully got better then gets worse as empyem forms

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What are some diseases of mediastinal strucutres that can cause chest pain?

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Acute coronary syndromes
Pericarditis
Oesophagitis/GORD
Aortic dissection

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23
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What are some diseases of the pleura causing chest pain?

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Infection
Pneumothorax
PE (infarction of pleura)

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24
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What are some conditions of the chest wall and skin that can cause chest pain?

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Rib fracture
Costochondritits
Shingles

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25
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What causes pleuritic chest pain?

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When the parietal pleura is irritated

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26
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What type of pain is pleuritic chest pain?

What worsens it?

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Sharp and well localised
Worse with coughing and breathing in since pleura sliding over each other

27
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Why can pain be experienced at the thoracic wall or shoulder tip with pleuritic pain?

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Referred pain via intercostal and phrenic nerve

28
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What stimulates the cough response?

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Triggering mechanoreceptors/chemoreceoptors within the airways

Larynx, trachea and bronchial receptors

29
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What is the afferent sensory limb in the cough reflex?

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Vagus nerve (X)

30
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Describe what happens in the cough reflex:

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Receptors in larynx, trachea and bronchi irritated
Vocal cords ADduct
Internal intercostals and abdominal muscles contract increasing intrathoracic pressure
Vocal cords ABduct

31
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What needs to be considered when it comes to a cough?

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Productive?
Character
Timing

32
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What is meant by a productive cough?

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Mucus or Haemoptysis

33
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What are some condtions tht produces lots of mucus?

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Bronchiectasis or CF

34
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What are some causes of Haemoptysis?

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TB
Lung cancer

35
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What is the most common cause of an acute cough?

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URTI
Should resolve after 10days

36
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What type of sputum is produced when theres chronic bronchitis or COPD?

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Clear sputum (no infection active)

37
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What colour sputum is produced when there’s an infection?

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Yellow-green sputum

38
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What makes sputum yellow-green?

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Neutrophils

39
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What condition is lots of yellow/green sputum produced?

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Bronchiectasis

40
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What drugs can cause a dry cough?

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ACEi like ramipril

41
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What type of sputum is produced in LV heart failure?

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Pink frothy sputum

42
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What is a wheeze/what causes it?

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Air flowing through a narrowed airway causing turbulent airflow

High pitched

43
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What part of breathing is a wheeze normally heard in?

A

Expiration

44
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What is stridor?

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High pitch constant loud breath sound

45
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What stage of breathing is stridor heard in?

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Inspiration

46
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What causes stridor?

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Narrowing in EXTRAthoracic airways like supraglottis, glottis, infraglottis or trachea

47
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What conditions are wheezes often heard in?

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COPD
Asthma

48
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What are the general things that are done on clinical examination for a respiratory disease?

A

Inspect
Palpate
Percuss
Auscultation

49
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What is examined on inspeticion for resp disease?

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Breathlessness
RR
Hands, face and chest

50
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What is peripheral cyanosis?

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Bluish discolouration of the hands, feet, nose and tips of ears

Due to cold exposure or decreased CO, vasoconstriction of the peripheries

51
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What is central cyanosis?

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Much less oxygenated blood reaching the tissues
Cuasing the oral mucosa, lips and tongue to be blue

52
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What partial pressure and oxygen saturations does central cyanosis occur?

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Sats <85%
Partial pressure <8kPa

53
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What are some accessory muscles to ventilation?

A

SCM
Trapezius
Scalene

54
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What condition is pursed lip breathing typically seen in?

A

COPD

55
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Why do COPD patients do pursed lips breathing?

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To get postive expiratory pressure the extra pressure to allow for the airways to stay open for longer maximising gas exchange time

56
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What causes barrel shaped chest?

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Lung hyper inflation

Seen in COPD especially emphysema (loss of elastin)

57
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What is examined in the ppalpation stage of resp exams?

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Tracheal position
Chest expansionist

58
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What is suggested by a patient being hyper resonant on percussion?

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Increased air

59
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What is suggested by a patient being dull to percussion?

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Consolidation

60
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What is suggested by a patient being stony dull to percussion?

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Fluid like pleural effusion

61
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What should a healthy patient sound like on auscultation?

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Continous rustling leaf like breathing

62
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What is bronchial breathing?

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Harsh breath sounds with a gap between inspiration adn expiration

63
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What is indicated by hearing crackles on auscultation?

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Snapping open and closing of airways
Or
Air bubbling through secretion s

64
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What is indicative of pneumothorax on CXR?

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Lungs markings/lung fields dont extend to the edge of the lung

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