PULMONARY

Question 1

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF COPD?

Answer 1

LUNG DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION WITH INCREASED RESISTANCE TO AIRFLOW

Question 2

WHICH DISEASES COMPROMISE COPD

Answer 2

-EMPHYSEMA
-CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
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Question 3

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS

Answer 3

-CHRONIC COUGH AND PRODUCTION OF SPUTUM FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 MONTHS

Question 4

WHAT IS A BLUE BLOATER?

Answer 4

• CHRONIC BRONCHITIS

- CAUSES CYANOSIS DUE OBSTRUCTED LUNGS FROM MUCUS

Question 5

WHAT IS A PINK PUFFER?

Answer 5

EMPHYSEMA

Question 6

WHAT IS PATHOLOGY OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS (4)?

Answer 6

-YEARS OF SMOKING CAUSES FIBROUS THICKENING OF THE WALLS OF THE BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLE AND THE LUMENS BECOMES FILLED WITH THICK MUCUS
-INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GOBLET CELLS
-METAPLASIA FROM PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR INTO STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS
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Question 7

WHAT IS THE #1 BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA?

Answer 7

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

Question 8

IS THE PULMONARY VASCULATURE INVOLVED?

Answer 8

YES

Question 9

DEFINE EMPHYSEMA

Answer 9

-ENLARGEMENT OF AIRSPACES DISTAL TO THE TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES WITH DESTRUCTION OF ALVEOLAR WALLS

Question 10

WHAT IS THE PATHOGENESIS OF EMPHYSEMA?

Answer 10

• IRRITANTS IN SMOKE PROVOKE AN INFLUX OF LYMPHOCYTES IN

- PROTEOL

Question 11

WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF EMPHYSEMA

Answer 11

• TACHYPNEA
• DON’T COUGH OR EXPECTORATE
• BARREL SHAPE CHEST- INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES GET THICKER
• NO CYANOSIS
• CXR CLEAR LUNG FIELDS, FLAT DIAPHRAGM

Question 12

WHAT IS BRONCHIAL ASTHMA?

Answer 12

-INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF BRONCHI TO STIMULI

Question 13

WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA?

Answer 13

• WHEEZING WITH EXPIRATION
• COUGHING
• DYSPNEA

Question 14

NAME THE TWO TYPES OF ASTHMA

Answer 14

• EXTRINSIC

- INTRINSIC

Question 15

T/F BRONCHIAL ASTHMA MOSTLY AFFECTS CHILDREN

Answer 15

TRUE -MORE THAN 50% OCCUR IN CHILDHOOD