Respiratory Flashcards
What embryologic structure forms the respiratory tract?
Endoderm (foregut)
Ventral esophagus–> Lungs
Mesodermal mesenchyme–> branching
When does airway branching complete?
12-14 weeks
What part of the central great vessels forms the pulmonary vasculature?
Sixth aortic arch branches
Pulmonary arteries supply the intrapulmonary structures
What structures does the bronchial artery system supply?
Conducting airways
Visceral pleura
Connective tissue
Pulmonary arteries
Where are the preacinar arteries and how do they develop?
When is their development complete?
Next to the terminal bronchioles (non-respiratory)
Angiogenesis
16 weeks
Where are the intra-acinar arteries and how do they develop?
Next to the respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts, within alveolar walls
Vasculogenesis
Develop until 8-10 years
How does fetal vessel wall thickness change throughout gestation?
Fetal vessel wall thickness is increased compared to an adult
During the second half of gestation, wall thickness and vessel diameter remain proportional
What small pulmonary artery development occurs in the fetus?
Small pulmonary arteries:
- Move along airways toward alveoli
- Have an encircling medial smooth muscle cell layer->
- layer later changes to incomplete muscularization in a spiral or helix->
- smooth muscle layer disappears (non muscularized vessels)
- -> vascular smooth muscle cells through preacinar arteries
What changes occur in the small pulmonary arteries in the near-term infant?
Half bronchiolar vessels are muscularized or partially muscularized
Vessels NEXT to alveoli are NON muscularized
How do small pulmonary arteries change in 4-6 week infants?
Medial smooth muscle layer involutes
Muscular wall thickness decreases
During what phase do bronchioles and alveoli increase?
Alveolar phase
When do alveoli develop?
Late gestation–> 3-8 years
How many alveoli does the term infant have?
50-150 million alveoli
How many alveoli does the adult have?
200-600 million
What factors delay alveolization?
Antenatal steroids
Supplemental oxygen
Nutritional deficiencies
Mechanical ventilation
What are the embryonic stages of lung development?
Embryonic pseudoglingular canalicular saccular alveolar
When does embryonic lung development occur?
0-5 weeks
What two key structures develop during the embryonic phase of lung development?
Trachea
bronchi
What pulmonary anomalies develop during the embryonic phase of lung development?
Laryngeal cleft
Tracheal stenosis
Tracheoesophageal fistula
When does the pseudo glandular phase of lung development occur?
5 to 15 weeks
What key structures develop during the pseudoglanular phase of lung development?
Non-respiratory bronchioles
What airway anomalies occur during the pseudo-glandular phase of lung development?
Branching abnormalities Bronchogenic cysts Congenital diaphragmatic hernia ongenital lobar emphysema Cystic adenomatoid malformation
When do the lungs begin to develop amniotic fluid?
During the pseudo-glandular phase
When does the canalicular phase of lung development occur?
15-25 weeks
What structures develop during the canalicular phase?
Respiratory bronchioles
What lung anomaly occurs during canalicular development?
Pulmonary hypoplasia
When during lung development do pneumocytes begin to differentiate from type 2 to type 1?
Canalicular phase, 15-25 weeks
When does the saccular phase of lung developing occur?
25-35 weeks
What structures develop during the saccular phase of lung development?
Alveolar ducts
What lung anomaly occurs during the saccular phase of lung development?
Pulmonary hypoplasia
When does the alveolar phase of lung development occur?
36+ weeks
What structures develop during the alveolar phase of lung development?
Alveoli
What does Each Pulmonary part Comes Through Age represent?
Stages of lung development Embryonic Pseudo-glandular Canalicular Terminal sac (Saccular) Alveolar
Describe type 1 pneumocytes
Fried egg Tight junctions 90% surface area Smaller number Gas exchange Formed from type 2 pneumocytes
Describe type 2 pneumocytes
Cuboid 10% of surface area Greater number Surfactant metabolism and secretion Form type 1 cells
Fetal lung fluid production prior to term is equivalent to
Functional residual capacity
20 to 30 ml/kg
At term fetal fluid production decreases to
4-5 ml/kg/hour
Chloride being _______ transported into airspaces _______ volume of fetal lung fluid
Actively
Increases
Sodium secretion into air spaces
Causes of reabsorption of fetal lung fluid
Prenatal factors that contribute to fetal fluid reabsorption (35%) are
Increased sodium secretion
Decreased chloride secretion
Increased lymphatic noncotic pressure
Low fetal alveolar protein
Fetal lung fluid is cleared during labor by
Mechanical compression (fetal lung compression) Catecholamine surge (increased Na transport) Higher cortisol and thyroid hormone concentrations (increased Na transport)
Fetal lung fluid is cleared postnatally by
Lung distention
Pulmonary lymphatic absorption by increased oncotic pressure/low fetal alveolar protein
Increased intrathoracic pressure from crying pushes fluid to capillaries and lymphatics
How is oxygenation index calculated?
FiO2 x MAP/ PaO2
How is oxygen content calculated?
(1.34xHgB)x(HgB) x O2 sat) + (0.003(paO2))
Alveolar-arterial gradient is calculated by:
PaCO2/R - paO2
R= 0.8
Surfactant consists primarily of what component?
Phosphatidylcholine-disaturated (50%)
What two surfactant proteins are in artificial surfactants?
SP-B, SP-C
Which surfactant protein is least clinically relevant?
SP-D
Which surfactant protein is most impacted by antenatal steroids?
SP-A
Chromosome 10 encodes SP___ and ____
A and D
SP-B is encoded on chromosome ____
2
SP-C is encoded on chromosome ____
8
Chronic interstitial lung diseases is associated with deficiency of surfactant protein _____
SP-B
Surfactant is produced by
Type II pneumocytes
Surfactant proteins nice in T2 pneumocytes from ______ to ___________ to join SP-A to create tubular myelin to reduce surface tension
Multivesicular bodies to
Lamellar bodies
Remaining surfactant in the alveolar surface are recycled through _________ to the _______ cell.
Remaining remnants are cleared by _______
Endocytosis
Type II pneumocytes
Macrophages
Lung maturity can be increased by
Inflammation, relative hypoxia, poor growth:
Hypertension/PIH, CV disease, infarction, IUGR, PROM, incompetent cervix, hemoglobinopathies, chorioamnionitis
Substances that showed lung maturity:
cAMP, growth factors, sex hormones (prolactin, estrogen), thyroid hormones, steroids, methylxanthines, B-agonists
Components that promote surfactant secretion and fetal lung fluid are
Purines
Prostaglandins
Beta agonist
Lung distension and fetal breathing
The amniotic fluid component that does indicate fetal lung maturity is
Lecithin
The pattern of phosphatidylinositol in amniotic fluid during lung maturation is
Early rise around 28 weeks and decrease around 35 weeks
Sphingomyelin is or is not related to lung maturity?
It is not related to lung maturity
A lecithin / sphingomyelin ratio that is greater than ____ indicates lung maturity
2
The pattern of phosphatidylglycerol and amniotic fluid during lung maturation is
Increase after 34 to 35 weeks
Correlated with lung maturity, infants with RDS will not have phosphatidylchloride in amniotic fluid
A lecithin / sphingomyelin ratio of ____ indicates 100% risk for RDS
Less than 1
Independent of the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio the lack of ______ or the presence of ____ increases the risk of RDS
Phosphatidylglycerol
Diabetes or Rh isoimmunization
The presence of lamellar bodies in amniotic fluid suggests
Mature lung tissue
Natural surfactants contain which surfactant proteins?
SP/A and SP/B
Laplace’s law
The smaller the alveolar radius the greater the pressure needed to maintain distention against surface tension
P = 2T / r
Vasodilators that contribute to decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance at delivery are
Nitric oxide
Endothelin-1
Compounds that contribute to delayed decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance are
Defective prostaglandin or nitric oxide synthesis
Indomethacin
Prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors aka aspirin
Inflammatory response molecules: leukotrienes, thromboxane, platelet activating factor
Neural input to the medulla results in vagal nerve mediated limited inspiratory duration via the ______ reflex
Hering breuer inflationary
The herringbrew deflation reflex causes
Increase in ventilatory rate related to abrupt deflation of the lungs
Think of pneumothorax or periodic breathing
Maintains infants FRC
A pronounced increase in diaphragmatic contraction during inflation describes the
Paradoxical reflex of head
Chemoreceptors for CO2 and pH changes are located on
Central, Ventrolateral medulla
Changes in tidal volume are sensed by mechanoreceptors located
In the airway smooth muscle
Chemoreceptors for O2 changes are located on
Peripheral chemoreceptors in the carotid bodies in aortic bodies.
Response to hypoxemia by preterm and term infants differs in that term infants will have ________ and preterm infants will have ______
Increased respiratory rate
Apnea
Suprasternal retractions indicate
Upper airway obstruction
Unilateral subcostal retractions indicate
Decreased movement of the opposite diaphragm
The neonatal lung functions as zone
III
Air trapping or alveolar distention causes lung function to shift to zone
I or II
Increased extravascular fluid causes the lungs to shift to zone
IV
Increased pulmonary vascular resistance, decreased blood flow
Alveolar pressure rank correlates with lung perfusion zones
In zone I alveolar pressure is most prominent
In zone 2 alveolar pressure is second most prominent
In zone 3 alveolar pressure is third most prominent
In lung perfusion zones 2, 3 and 4, the prominent perfusion pressure is due to
Pulmonary arterial pressure
Optimal alveolar ventilation perfusion ratio should be
Close to 1
Have you ever ventilation is calculated by
(Tidal volume - dead space volume) x respiratory rate
High PCO2s are associated with a ____ alveolar ventilation and _____ perfusion
Low
Normal
An anatomic shunt will give a VQ ratio of
0
VQ ratio in the setting of a dead space will create a ratio of _____
> 1 to infinity
A VQ ratio greater than 1 suggests a _____ PaO2 and a ____ PaCO2.
O2 and CO2 content are ______
High
Low
Normal
A VQ ratio consistent with dead space demonstrates _____ ventilation and _______ perfusion.
Normal
Decreased
The most significant effect from VQ mismatching will be on oxygenation or ventilation?
Oxygenation
Two normal lung anatomical shunts exist in the
Coronary things draining to the thespian veins to the left ventricle
Bronchial circulation draining to the pulmonary veins
To determine the percentage of an interpulmonary shunt use the calculation
02 content pulmonary capillary - 02 content systemic arterial /
02 content pulmonary capillary - 02 content mixed venous
To estimate interpulmonary shunt % you can also use the calculation for ______, which does not take into consideration oxygenation as an increase of FIO2
A-a gradient
Bronchodilation ________ anatomic dead space
Increases
Fowler’s method estimates
Anatomic dead space using volume and nitrogen concentration of expired air
Physiologic dead spaces always greater than / less than an atomic dead space
Greater than
Physiologic dead space can be estimated using the _____ equation
Bohr
Bohr equation measures _______ through the following calculation:
Physiologic dead space
TV x (arterial CO2 - expired CO2) / arterial CO2
Partial pressure of gases within the alveoli tend to shift between _____ and _____ with relatively constant levels of _____ and _____
Oxygen and nitrogen
CO2 and H2O
Airway resistance is proportional to changes in ______
and inversely proportional to changes in _______
Pressure
Flow
Respiratory system resistant is broken down by: Airway (\_\_\_%) Chest wall (\_\_\_\_%) Lung tissue (\_\_\_\_%)
55%
25%
20%