PFTs And ABGs Flashcards
What is abnormal increased CO2 level in the blood called?
Hypercarbia
What is decreased O2 in blood called?
Hypoxemia
PaO2 is the O2 in blood that is dissolved in what?
Plasma
The bulk of O2 is carried bound to ______
Hemoglobin
If you are not ventilating enough, and not blowing off enough Co2, CO2 goes ____ and pH goes ____
CO2 goes up
pH goes down
Respiratory acidosis is when the CO2 goes ___ and pH goes ____
Co2 goes up and pH goes down
Respiratory alkalosis is when you are hyperventilating, so pH goes ____
UP
6 steps of normal mechanism of breathing
1) Chemoreceptors (carotid arteries and aorta) respond to changes in blood chemicals
2) Signals sent to medulla as PaO2 and PaCO2 change
3) Medulla sends signal to respiratory muscles to contract C3-5 phrenic nerve –> innervates diaphragm
4) Thorax expands and diaphragm contracts
5) Transpulmonary pressure gradient changes
6) Air moves from a/w to alveoli
O2 in alveoli diffused into blood for PaO2 of ______ mmHg
80-100
CO2 in blood diffused into alveoli for PaCO2 of _____mmHg
35-45
Examples of restrictive defects are…
Neuromuscular, morbid obesity, and circumferential burns
Examples of obstructive defects are….
Asthma and COPD
Examples of diffusion deficits are…
Pulmonary Fibrosis (idiopathic)
Examples of shunt are….
Atelectasis, ARDS
When you are looking at lung volume and capacities, what kind of lung issues are you looking at?
Restriction
Tidal volume (VT) definition and what is the value?
Normal breath
Approx. 500 ml
Inspiratory reserve volume (IRV) definition and what is the value?
Volume above normal inhalation
Approx. 3 L
Expiratory reserve volume (ERV) definition and what is the value?
Addition volume exhaled after normal exhalation
1.2 L
Residual volume (RV) definition and what is the value?
Volume remaining in lungs after complete exhalation
1.2 L
What are the four measurements for volumes?
Tidal volume, inspiratory reserve volume, expiratory reserve volume, residual volume
What are the 4 capacity measurements?
Total lung capacity, vital capacity, inspiratory capacity, functional residual capacity
Total lung capacity (TLC) definition and values
IRV + VT + ERV + RV
Approx 5 L to 6
Vital capacity (VC/FVC/SVC) definition and values
IRV + VT + ERV
Approx. 4.8 L
Inspiratory capacity: definition and values
IRV + VT
Approx 3.5 L
Functional residual capacity: Definition and value
Ant left in lungs after normal respiration= approx 2.4 L
When using flows as your measurement, what kind of lung problem is this a primary measure of?
Obstruction
FEV1% definition and what value is considered obstructive?
% of FVC exhaled in 1 second –> maximal in, how much you can blow out
FEF definition
Forced Expiratory flow - 25-75% is normal, you are looking at middle capacity. Done in intervals: 0.5, 1, 2, 3 seconds
What is a body plethysmograph?
Used to estimate the residual volume
How is peak flow measurement measured?
The maximum flow during a forced expiration as measured by a handheld peak flow meter. Used to monitor asthma patients’ airway tone
What kind of disorder has decreased flow and increased volume/capacities (air trapping)
Obstructive
What kind of disorder has decreased volumes/capacities and normal or increased flows
Restrictive
With VT, RV, FRC, and TLC the values go ____ with obstructive and _____ with restrictive
Up
Down
Interpreting flows: Normal value for FVC
> 80
Interpreting flows: Normal value for FEV1/FVC%?
> 75