Obstructive and restrictive pulmonary disease

Question 1

What is Obstructive Pulmonary disease and what is the first sign of Obstructive oulmonary disease?

Answer 1

• A decrease in expiratory airflow rate

- The first sign is an increase in the duration of expiration

Question 2

What is the best measurement to determine OBSTRUCTIVE pulmonary disease?

Answer 2

(FEV1) Forced Expiratory volume

Question 3

What is the most common symptom of OBSTRUCTIVE pulmonary disease?

Answer 3

Cough

Question 4

What are some of the diseases considered OBSTRUCTIVE pulmonary diseases?

Answer 4

• Emphysema
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchial Asthma

Question 5

At what level is the damage in Emphysema?

Answer 5

Acinar level

Question 6

At what level is the damage in Bronchitis?

Answer 6

Bronchial level

Question 7

What is COPD generally a result of?

Answer 7

Long term heavy cigarette smoking

Question 8

What is emphysema?

Answer 8

Condition of the lung characterized by irreversible enlargement of the airspaces DISTAL to the terminal bronchiole accompanied by destruction of their walls without obvious fibrosis

Question 9

What are the two most common types of emphysema?

Answer 9

• Centrilobular pattern more characteristic of smoking damage;
• panlobular pattern characteristic of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency