Obstructive lung disease Flashcards
Obstructive lung disease - types
- Chronic bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
obstruction of air flow results in
air trapping in lungs
at high lung volumes, airways …
close prematurely
Obstructive lung disease - volumes
- increased RV
- decreased FVC
- increased TLC
- increased FRC
PFT
pulmonary function test
Obstructive lung disease - pulmonary function test
- largely decreased FEV1
- decreased FVC
- decreased FEV1/FVC ratio
- V/Q mismatch
Obstructive lung disease - hallmark
decreased FEV1/FVC ratio
Obstructive lung disease - affect heart? (mechanism)
Chronic, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction can lead to cor pulmonale
chronic bronchitis - appearance
blue bloaters
Obstructive lung disease - mechanism of increased RV and decreased FVC
airways close prematurely at high lung volumes
Obstructive lung disease - characteristics
- airway obstruction
2. trapped air
chronic bronchitis - pathology
hyperplasia of mucus-secreting glands –> Reid index >50%
Reid index (pathology)
thickness of gland layer/total thickness of bronchial wall
chronic bronchitis - definition
productive cough for >3 months PER YEAR (not necessarily consecutive) for >2 years
chronic bronchitis - findings/symptoms
- wheezing 2. crackles 3. cyanosis 4. late onset dyspnea 5. hypercapnia 6. secondary polycythemia
chronic bronchitis - polycethemia
secondary to hypoxia
chronic bronchitis - cyanosis (mechansim)
early onset of hypoxia due to shunting
chronic bronchitis - hypercapnia (mechansim)
mucus plugs trap CO2
bronchiectasia
permanent dilation of bronchioles and bronchi
loss of airway tone results in air trapping
bronchiectasia is due to
chronic necrotizing infection
bronchiectasia symptoms
- purulent sputum
- recurrent infections
- hemoptysis
- digital clubbing
bronchiectasia is associated with (like predisposition)
- bronchial obstruction
- poor ciliary motility (SMOKING, kartegener syndrome)
- cystic fibrosis
- allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
causes of poor ciliary motility
- smoking
2. kartegener syndrome
asthma mechanism
bronchial hyperresponsiveness causes reversible bronchoconstriction
asthma can be triggered by
- viral URI
- allergens
- stress
test asthma with
metacholine challenge
asthma symptoms and clinical findings
- cough 2. wheezing 3. tachypnea 4. dyspnea
- hypoxemia 6. decreased inspiratory/expiratory ratio
- puslus paradoxous 8. mucus plugging
pulsus paradoxus - seen in
- cardiac teponade 2. asthma 3. obstructive sleep apnea
4. pericarditis 5. croup