Pharm: Pulm I Flashcards
Pulm Lecture 1
Symptoms of pulmonary dz
- Altered breathing; Dyspnea (SOB); Tachypnea (rapid breathing); Apnea (lack of breathing)
- Cough, hacking, dry, productive
- Chest pain, pleuritic
- Sputum (clear, yellow, green, hemoptysis)
Medications for pulm conditions & describe
- Antihistamines (allergy meds)
- Antitussives (cough meds)
- Expectorant (expel mucous)
- Bronchodilator (dilates airways)
“BABE”–> My BABE needs meds
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DPI
dry powder inhaler
FEV1
forced expiratory volume in 1 second
HFA
hydrofluoroalkane (inhaler)
ICS
inhaled corticosteroid
LABA
long-acting inhaled B2 agonist
LAMA
long-acting muscarinic antagonist
LT
leukotriene
MDI
metered-dose inhaler
PDE
phosphodiesterase
PG
prostaglandin
SABA
short-acting B2 agonist
SAMA
short-acting muscarinic antagonist
TNF
tumor necrosis factor
3 major categories of respiratory dz
1) obstructive lung dz (think airways) –> asthma, COPD
2) restrictive disorders (think mechanics of breathing, abnormalities of the chest wall & pleura, and neuromuscular dz) –> IPF, Sarcoid, Neoplasm, Infectious, NM Dz, chest wall, P. effusions
3) abnormalites of the vasculature; (think pulmonary circulation) –> PE, Pulmonary HTN
Obstructive pulm conditions
- Asthma
- COPD
- Bronchitis
- Bronchogenic carcinoma
- bronchiectasis
Pulmonary vascular disease
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
- vasculitis
- Pulmonary Venoocclusive dz
Restrictive: parenchymal disease
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
- Asbestosis
- sarcoidosis
- pneumonia
- lung cancer, parenchymal
- Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis (DIP)
Restrictive: neuromuscular weakness
- ALS
- Guilain-Barre’ syndrome
- Myasthenia gravis
Restrictive: chest wall/pleural diease
- Kyphoscoliosis/Ankylosing spondylitis
- chest wall/pleural disease
Respiratory Infectious Diseases
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Tracheitis
What is the functional units of the lungs?
alveolar sacs
Describe lung air paths
trachea–> bronchi–> bronchioles–> terminal bronchioles–> Resp bronchioles–> alveolar ducts–> alveolar sacs
Describe Pressurized Metered- Dose Inhalers
- Drugs are propelled from canister in the pMDI w/ aid of a propellant
- convenient, portable, & deliver ~ 50 -200 doses of drug
Describe space chambers
- devices b/t the pMDI & patient reduce the velocity of particles entering airways
- reduce amount of drug that impinges on the oropharynx & increases the proportion of drug inhaled into lower lungs
- good for small children as young a 3yo (w/ fitted face mask)
Describe dry powder inhalers
- scatters a fine powder dispersed by air turbulence on inhalation.
- children < 7 yo find this method difficult
List types of inhalers
MDI or HFA inhalers & DPI inhalers
Describe mechanism of MDI or HFA inhalers
a handheld device that delivers a specific amount of medication in aerosol form
Describe mechanism of DPI inhalers
- fine dry powder medication is delivered to the lungs as the patient inhales through it. NO propellants
Which type of inhaler delivers medication the best?
Inhalers w/ spacers
Nebulizer therapy is reserved for patients who…
are acutely ill & those who cannot use inhalers b/c difficulties w/ coordination, understanding, or cooperation
Characteristics of pMDIs
- Ease of use: req coordination
- Suitability or reliever med: reliever & maintenance
- Tx time: short
- Portability: high
- Multi-dose: yes
- Dose counter: yes
Characteristics of DPIs
- Ease of use: varies
- Suitability or reliever med: reliever & maintenance
- Tx time: short
- Portability: high
- Multi-dose: some DPIs
- Dose counter: yes
Characteristics of SMIs
- Ease of use: req assembly & coordination
- Suitability or reliever med: reliever & maintenance
- Tx time: short
- Portability: high
- Multi-dose: yes
- Dose counter: yes
Characteristics of Nebulizers
- Ease of use: No specific techniques needed
- Suitability or reliever med: reliever & maintenance
- Tx time: longer than pMDIs/DPIs
- Portability: depends on type
- Multi-dose: no
- Dose counter: no
Rank device order from easiest to most difficult to use
- MDI
- DPI
- Nebulizer
Describe oxygen
colorless, tasteless, & odorless gas, but liquid O2 has a distinct blue color
02 makes up ____ of air you breath by volume
about 21%
Define hypoxia
- low tissue oxygenation
Define hypoxemia
- low oxygen in the blood (PaO2)
- dec in partial pressure of O2 in blood
- generally implies a failure of resp system to oxygenate arterial blood