Pulmonary pathology Flashcards
What is the meaning of venereal?
Relating to sexual desire or intercourse. Comes from the root Venus
Cyanosis
Bluish discolouration of skin/ mucous
Cheyne-stokes Respirations
Irregular (alternating shallow and deep) breathing with like pauses up to 60 seconds
Ie. heady injury and end of life
Loefler Syndrome
Cardiac damage caused by the damaging effects of eosinophils granule proteins.
*result of a parasitic infection.
Neoplasm
New and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body.
Ie. in cancer
Pneumonia
Viral, bacterial or mycotoxins infection of the respiratory tract.
Bronchopneumonia
Inflammation of the lungs arising from the bronchi Or bronchioles.
-characterized by patchy areas of pulmonary consolidation
Pulmonary consolidation
A region of normally compressible lung tissue that has filled up with liquid instead of air
- marked by induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue)
Emphysema
Abnormal and permanent enlargement of less functional gas-exchange surface accompanied by destruction of alveolar walls without obvious fibrosis.
Loss of elastic recoil
Pink puffer
A emphasyma sufferer.
Don’t lack oxygen. Purses lips slows down air going out but breathing rate goes up
Centriacinar emphysema
Distended respiratory bronchioles due to inflammation.
Panacinar emphysema
Alpha 1 antitryspin deficiency.
Pulmonary hypertension
Refers to VQ.
A condition of increased blood pressure within the arteries of the lungs
What are the three main types of emphysema?
- Centriacinar emphysema
- Panacinar emphysema
- Intrinsic emphysema
What are the 4 phases of asthma?
- Mild intermittent
- Mild persistent
- Moderate persistent
4 severe persistent
In acute respiratory failure, what characterizes it??
Hypoxemia
Hypoxemia
An abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Most severe form of respiratory failure characterized by acute lung inflammation and diffuse alveolo-capillary injury.
Injury to pulmonary capillary endothelium
-surfactant inactivation
What happens if the pulmonary capillary endothelium is injured?
Surfactant cannot be produced
What conditions can cause IRDS?
Infant respiratory distress syndrome
Prematurity with inadequate surfactant production
- leads to massive atelectasis
What happens in IRDS? (Infant respiratory distress syndrome)
Atelectasis and hypoxia cause pulmonary vasoconstriction, pulmonary Hypertension, and blood shunting.
- epithelial damage and fibrin deposits in the airspaces
What is the mean rise in pulmonary artery pressure for pulmonary hypertension to be considered?
5-10 mm Hg
Total pressure of 20 mm of Hg.
How does a person with pulmonary hypertension sleep?
In a semi sitting position
Hyperpnoea
Abnormal breathing patterns
Centrianinca
Abnormal big cavities that are near to bronchus
Virchow triad
Venous stasis, hypercoagulability, injuries to the endothelial cells that line the vessels (in trauma)
Three broad categories thought to contribute to thrombosis
Coagulability
To cause transformation of a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass
cor pulmonale
Pulmonary heart disease.
- right ventricle enlargement secondary to pulmonary hypertension