Pulmo Flashcards
Unit of respiration
Bronchioles (w/o cartilage and submuco)-> terminal bronchiole -> acinus -> respi bronchiole -> alveolar duct -> alveolar sac -> alveoli
Permit passage of bacteria, exudates, air between alveoli
Pores of Kohn
Loss of lung volume by inadequate expansion of air spaces
Atelectasis
When obstruction prevents air from reaching distal airway
Air present becomes aborbed and alveolar collapse follows
Usually by mucus
Resorption atelectasis
Passive, relaxation
Accumulation of fluid, blood or air within pleura mechanically collapsing adjacent lung
Pleural effusion
Pneumothorax
Compression pneumothorax
Cicatrization
Local or generalized fibrotic changes in lung or pleura hamper expansion and inc elastic recoil during expiration
Contraction atelectasis
Bilateral (endothelial and epithelial) damage
Acute lung injury
ALI caused by (3)
1 acute onset dyspnea
2 dec arterial oxygen pressure (hypoxemia)
3 bilateral pulmo infiltrates on chest
In absence of L heart failure (non cardiogenic pulmonary edema)
Clinical syndrome by diffuse alveolar capillary and epithelial damage
Rapid life-threatening respiratory insufficiency, cyanosis, severe arterial hypoxemia refractory to oxygen therapy -> multiple organ failure
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ARDS histo pathognomonic
Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD)
ARDS is caused by imbalance of
pro inflammatory and anti inflammatory mediators
Cells with important role in ARDS
Called by
Neutrophils
IL-8
Mediators involved in ARDS
IL-8 IL-1 Macrophage Neutrophil TNF B, PDGF
Balanced by IL-10 (anti inflam)
Vascular leakiness and loss of surfactant render the unit unable to expand but the degree of injury and severity is determined by
Balance between destructive and protective factors
Dark red, firm, airless and heavy
Capillary congestion, necrosis of epithelial cell, interstitial and intra-alveolar edema and hemorrhage
Neutrophil in capillary
Acute phase of ards
Most characteristic finding
Fibrin-rich edema fluid admixed with remnants of necrotic epithelial cell
Hyaline membrane
Similar to rds in newborn
Vigorous proliferative type II pneumocyte to regenerate alveolar lining
Organization of fibrin exudate with intra-alveolar fibrosis
Thickening of septa by proliferation of interstitial cell and collagen dep
Organizing stage of ARDS
85% of patients with ALI or ARDS develop within
3 days after injury
Syndrome of progressive respiratory insufficiency by diffuse alveolar damage in setting of sepsis, severe trauma or diffuse pulmonary infection
ARDS
Alveolar edema, epithelial necrosis, accum of neutrophil, hyaline membrane lining alveoli
ARDS
Diffuse obstructive disorders
Emphysema
Chronic bronchitis
Bronchiectasis
Asthma
In obstructive lung disease,
FVC
FEV1
FEV/FVC Ratio
FVC normal or slightly decreased
FEV1 SIGNIFICANTLY decreased
Ratio DECREASED
In diffuse restrictive disease,
FVC
FEV
FEV/FVC ratio
FVC decreased
FEV normal or dec proportionately
FEV/FVC ratio: Near Normal
Restrictive diseases causes by (2)
1 chest wall disorder in a normal lung (obesity, pleural problem, GBS)
2 acute or chronic ILD (pneumoconiosis, intersitial fibrosis, sarcoidosis)
Abnormal permanent enlargement of air spaces with destruction of walls distal to terminal bronchioles and without fibrosis
Emphysema
Site: Bronchus
Mucuous gland hypertrophy and hyperplasia with hypersecretion
Tobacco smoke, air pollutant
Cough and sputum production
Chronic bronchitis
Site: Bronchus
Airway dilation and scarring
Persistent and severe infection
Cough, purulent sputum and fever
Bronchiectasis
Site: Bronchus
Smooth muscle hypertrophy, hyperplasia, excessive mucus and inflammation
Immunologic and undefined cause
Episodic wheezing, cough, dyspnea
Asthma
Site: Acinus
Air space enlargement, wall destruction
Tobacco smoke
Dyspnea
Emphysema
Site: bronchiole
Inflammatory scarring, partial obliteration of bronchiole
Tobacco smoke, air pollutant
Cough, dyspnea
Small airway disease
Bronchiolitis
Small airway disease
Alveolar wall destruction
Overinflation
Emphysema
Small airway disease
Productive cough
Airway inflammation
Chronic bronchitis
Reversible obstruction
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness by allergen, infection
Asthma
Cluster of 3-5 acinu
Lobule
4 major types of emphysema
Centriacinar
Panacinar
Distal acinar
Irregular
Central or proximal acini formed by respiratory bronchioles affected with sparing of distal alveoli
Centriacinar
Centrilobular
Centriacinar lesions are located in
upper lobes
apical
Centriacinar emphysema occurs bec of
Smoking in people without alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency
acini uniformly enlarged from bronchiole to terminal blind alveoli
alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency
Panacinar
Panlobular emphysema
Pancinar emphysema tends to occur
On lower lung zones and in alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
Distal emphysema proximal portion of acinus normal but distal is primarily involved
More striking adjacent to pleura along lobular CT septa at margin of lobule and adjacent to areas of fibrosis, scarring and atelectasis
Distal acinar
Paraseptal