Pulmonary Disease Flashcards
What are the 5 classifications of pulmonary disease?
- Obstructive
- Restrictive
- Infectious
- Vascular
- Pleural
What are 4 non-septic obstructive pulmonary diseases?
- Emphysema
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
- Asthma
What are 3 septic obstructive pulmonary diseases?
- Chronic bronchitis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Bronchiectasis
What is the major pathologic function of COPDs?
- Trapping air in the lungs
Where does COPD rank in cause of death in the US? Worldwide? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc?)
3rd in US
6th Worldwide
How much did COPD cost the American economy in 2007?
42.6 billion dollars.
Where does COPD rank in the US in terms of cause of disability? (numerical)
2nd.
Is COPD treatable? Is it reversible?
- COPD can be prevented, and treated to an extent, but is not fully reversible.
What is the greatest risk factor for COPD? How many cases of COPD is it responsible for?
- Cigarette smoking responsible for 80 - 90 percent of COPD cases.
What is remarkable about the death rate of COPD when compared to other pathologies?
- Rising at a time when most other diseases are lessening in incidence.
Which type of COPD produces a large volume of sputum?
Septic.
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How does the residual volume of the lungs change in obstructive disease?
Increases.
What is the clinical diagnosis for chronic bronchitis?
- Cough and sputum for over 3 months for over 2 years
What is the pathologic diagnosis of emphysema?
- Gas exchange surfaces of lungs (alveoli and capillaries) are destroyed
What are the pulmonary function test findings of Non-septic obstructive diseases?
- Increased TLC
- Increased IRC
- Increased RV
- Decreased FVC
- Decreased FEV1
- Decreased Carbon monoxide diffusion capacity
- Decreased FEV1/ FVC
Why is the lung volume larger in non-septic obstructive diseases?
- Premature airway closure
What actions help the lungs hyperinflate in non-septic obstructive diseases?
- Excessive accessory respiratory muscle use
What deformity results from hyperinflation of the lungs due to non-septic obstructive diseases?
- Barrel chest deformity
What would be the results of an ABG test performed on a patient with non-septic obstructive disease?
- Low oxygen
- High or low carbon dioxide
What are 3 secondary effects due to medications prescribed for non-septic obstructive diseases?
- Muscle atrophy/ weakness
- Osteopenia and osteoperosis
- R-sided heart failure
What is the most prevelant COPD?
- Asthma
What is the second most prevalent COPD disease?
- Emphysema
What is hypothetical pathogenesis of emphysema?
- Elastase normally inactivated by alpha1-antitrypsin
- Smoking upsets the balance of elastase and alpha1-antitrypsin
- Connective tissue matrix of alveolar walls destroyed by elastase released by alveolar neutrophils
What is the effect of emphysema’s destruction of the connective tissue matrix?
- Airways are dilated distal to the terminal bronchioles
- Decreased pressure in lumen
- Impaired airflow during inspiration
- Airways close early and trap air destroying acini
What volume is increased by emphysema?
Residual volume.
Since there is decreased pressure in the lumen of the respiratory vessels, what muscles have to work hard? What are their physiological changes?
Inspiratory muscles are shortened, have decreased sarcomeres, and are hypertrophied.
What are 4 signs/symptoms of Emphysema (early stage)?
- Cough and phlegm
- Dyspnea on exertion
- Increased A-P diameter (Barrel chest)
- Increased rib angle
What will be heard on auscilation of emphysema?
- Decreased distant breath sounds
- Prolonged expiratory phase’
- Wheezing and ronchi (coarse rattling sound) due to secretions
What are 13 (ugh..) complications of emphysema?
- Cachexia
- R-side heart failure
- Peripheral pitting edema
- Weight gain
- JVD
- Decreased appetite
- RUQ discomfort
- Ventricular gallop
- S3 heart sound
- Osteoporosis
- Depression
- CVD
What are 4 categories of medication prescribed for emphysema.
- Smoking cessation drugs
- Bronchodilators
- Methylxanthines
- Antibiotics (during exacerbations)
What are 3 classes of bronchodilators?
- Anticholinergics
- B2- agonists
- Inhaled corticosteroids
What are 2 specific anticholinergics?
- Ipratropium
- Tiotropium
What are 3 specific B2-agonists?
- Albuterol
- Salmeterol
- Formoterol
What are 3 specific inhaled corticosteroids?
- Beclomethasone
- Fluticasone
- Triamcinolone
What is the purpose of methylxanthines in the treatment of emphysema?
- Improves respiratory muscle strength and endurance
What relieves SOB in exacerbations of emphysema?
Inhaled systemic corticosteroids.
What is the only therapy for emphysema that is proven to increase survival?
- Supplemental oxygen
In what type of cases is supplemental oxygen especially important in treating emphysema?
- HTN and polycythemia
What type of supplemental oxygen is usually appropriate for emphysema treatment?
- Low flow O2 via nasal canula.
What type of behavioral management is typically applied when treating emphysema?
- Smoking cessation.
What vaccines help control symptoms and exacerbations of emphysema?
- Influenza
- Pneumococcal
What type of replacement therapy is appropriate for emphysema?
Alpha1-antitrypsin.
What 2 mechanical devices can assist in emphysema management/ treatment?
- BiPAP to assist in breathing
- Mucous clearance devices
What type of rehab is recommended for emphysema patients?
Pulmonary rehab.
What cells produce elastase?
Neutrophils.
What organ produces alpha-1 antitrypsin? What the enzyme’s function?
The liver produces Alpha-1 antitrypsin to control elastase.
What structures are damaged by alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?
- Lungs (usually coated by AAT)
- Liver (AAT trapped in the liver)
What is the most common autosomal recessive genetic liver disease in children?
- AAT deficiency
What is the most common genetic pulmonary disease?
- Cystic Fibrosis
Where is alpha-1 antitripsin synthesized?
- The liver
What is neutrophil elastase’s useful function?
- Break down bacteria from airway
When does AAT deficiency become primarily a pulmonary disease, and when does emphysema typically develop from the disease?
- Becomes pulmonary problem in second decade
- Emphysema develops in 3rd or 4th decade of life
What is the mechanism of injury in Bronchiolitis Obliterans?
- Acute inflammation injury with diffuse destruction of bronchioles associated with underlying inflammatory pathology
- Fibroproliferation in bronchioles
- Collagen deposition in cartilaginous airways
What is the most common cause of Bronchiolitis Obliterans?
- Lung transplants (rejections)
What percent of individuals develop Bronchiolitis Obliterans 5 years after transplant?
80 %.
When does BO typically onset after a lung transplant?
In 16 - 20 months.
What percent of people who survive a transplant for 3 months or more develop BO?
50 %
Besides patients who receive lung transplants, what other patients typically develop BO?
- Children and infants following a severe respiratory infections.
What are 8 clinical signs/ symptoms of BO?
- SOB with exertion
- Wheezing, crackles, ronchi
- Persistent cough
- Hypoventilation
- Hypercapnia
- Intercostal retraction
- Tachypnea
- Grunting
What is typically found in a chest radiograph (CXR) in BO?
- Hyperinflated lungs
- Patchy atelectasis (collapsed alveoli)
What are 3 results of a pulmonary function test of BO?
- Decreased forced vital capacity
- Decreased Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second
- Increased residual volume
What are 3 findings of a CT scan of a patient with BO?
- Mosaic perfusion (patchwork of different weakening/ attenuation)
- Vascular attenuation (weakened or thinned vascularture)
- Central bronchiactasis (wide, flabby, scarred bronchioles)
What is the primary factor in treatment of BO?
- Prevention!
Once a patient develops BO, what are 4 treatments (medications)?
- Supplemental oxygen
- Antivirals
- Corticosteroids
- Bronchodilators
What is the cause of asthma?
- Unknown.
- Associated with a maturing immune system and lung tissue
What are 11 risk factors of asthma?
- Maternal smoking
- Secondhand smoke
- Family history
- Genetics
- Atopy (allergies)
- Childhood asthma
- Occupational exposures
- Environmental exposures
- Early infection (respiratory syncytial virus)
- Female gender
Is asthma an acute or chronic disease?
Chronic.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in which age group?
Children.
What percent of children’s asthma onset before the age of 5?
80 %.
What percentage of children outgrow asthma?
- 50 - 70 %.
What percentage of children are limited in activity and play due to their asthma?
- 35 - 40 %.
What major risk factor do most children who develop asthma possess?
- Family history
What demographic is disproportionately affected by asthma?
Those in lower socio-econmic levels.
What was the prevelance of asthma in the US in 2000?
7.5 %.
What was RI’s ranking of asthma prevalence in the US states?
5th highest at 8.5 %.
What are happening to worldwide asthma prevalence and death rates?
Increasing.
What are the 3 defining factors of asthma?
- Airway inflammation
- Airflow can become limited, but is reversible
- Bronchii are hyperresponsive
What is a the name of a severe asthma attack that is resistive to bronchodilators?
- Status asthmaticus
What are 11 symptoms/ signs of asthma?
- Wheezing
- Dyspnea
- Chest pain/ tightness (especially at night)
- Facial distress
- Non-productive cough
- Decreased breath sounds
- Cyanosis
- Exhaustion
- Hypercapnia
- Pending respiratory failure
What are 7 categories of environmental factors that aggravate asthma symptoms?
- Indoor irritants
- Air pollution
- Allergens
- Pesticides
- Molds
- Dust mites, rodents, cockroaches, animal dander, and other animal/ insect related environmental factors.
- Cold air
What are some examples of indoor irritants that aggravate asthma?
- Cigarette smoke
- Carbon monoxide
- Nitric oxide
- Poorly ventilated heating systems
What are 3 examples of air pollution that can aggravate asthma?
- Diesel exhaust
- Ozone
- Smoke
What type of infection can trigger asthma?
- Respiratory infection
What activity can trigger asthma?
Exertion and/or exercise for 10 - 15 minutes.
How long does asthma induced from exertion/ exercise usually take to resolve?
- 30 - 60 minutes
What 4 medications can trigger asthma?
- NSAIDs
- ACE inhibitors
- Aspirin
- Beta-blockers
What causes Exercise Induced Asthma?
- Loss of water and heat from lower respiratory system. (due to mouth breathing)
- Loss of heat causes hyperemia, vascular engorgement & bronchial edema (narrows bronchioles)
How long does bronchoconstriction persist following exercise in EIA?
6 - 8 hours.
How is a diagnosis of EIA determined in children?
Simply by a history of symptoms consistent with EIA.
How is EIA diagnosed in adults?
- 15 % drop in Peak Expiratory Flow after exercise
- Greater than 15 % increase in FEV1 following use of a bronchodilator
What 4 factors increase the severity of EIA?
- Minute ventilation during exercise
- Cold temperatures
- Dry air
- High baseline reactivity of airways
What is the pathogenesis of EIA?
- Trigger
- Inflammatory process
- Bronchorestriction
- Airway obstruction
What are 5 types of asthma medication?
- Short and long acting beta-2 agonist bronchodilators
- B-Adrenergic agonists
- Cromolyn
- Leukotreiene modifiers
- Immunosuppressive medications
How do B-Adrenergic agonist medications manage asthma?
- Relaxes smooth muscles
- Results in brochodilation
- Inhibits release of inflammatory mediators
What type of medication is used to prevent an asthma attack? (not a rescue medication)
Cromolyn.
How do Leukotriene modifiers manage asthma?
- Blocks proinflammatory mediators that promote:
- Smooth muscle contractions
- Vascular leakage
- Mucous secretion
- Airway hyperactivity
In what type of patients with asthma are immunosuppresive medications used?
- Chronic, severe asthma
What are 4 beta2-selective bronchodilators?
- Albuterol
- Bioterol
- Pirbuterol
- Salmeterol
What preparation can be made prior to exercise to reduced the effects of EIA?
- Medication, and warm up 45 - 60 minutes prior to exercise.
- Warm up –> 30 second bouts with 2 minute rest periods
What non-pharacologic treatments can help reduce symptoms of EIA?
- Environmental control to reduce allergens
- Routine exercise to: increase O2 consumption, decrease blood lactate, and increase minute ventilation
What differentiates septic obstructive diseases from non-septic obstructive diseases?
- Purulent sputum productive coughs
- High incidence of pulmonary infection
- Excessive secretion production
What are typical results of a PFT in septic obstructive disease?
- Decreased expiratory effort
- Increased Total lung capcity
- Hypercapnia (high CO2)
What vessels change pressure in septic obstructive diseases, and what is the effect of this?
- High pressure in pulmonary arteries
- Heart enlargement and failure
- Cor pulmonale
What is the clinical diagnosis of chronic bronchitis?
Cough and sputum production for 3 months or more for 2 years or more.
What is the number one risk factor of chronic bronchitis?
Smoking.
What is the 4 step pathogenesis of chronic brochitis?
- There is an increase in the size and nbumber of bronchial mucous glands leading to excess mucus in airways
- Larger and more number glands in addition to airway inflammation thickens the walls of the airways
- Cilia’s structure and function are impeded causing less mucous to be cleared
- Small airways (less than 2mm) narrow, develop inflamation, and become fibrous
What are 8 common categories of medications for individuals with Chronic Bronchitis Medications?
- Various antibiotics for bacterial and fungal infection
- Short acting beta-agonists
- Long acting bronchodilators
- Inhaled corticosteroids
- Smoking cessation drug therapy
- Expectorants and mucolytics
- Antiprotease treatment (to decrease destruction of elastin by inflammation)
- Supplemental oxygen
What 2 vaccines are commonly prescribed for individuals with chronic bronchitis?
- Influenza
- Pneymococcal
What behavioral therapy can be prescribed for chronic bronchitis?
Smoking cessation.
What are 3 therapy treatments for individuals with chronic bronchitis?
- Bronchial hygiene
- Pulmonary rehab
- Early mobilization