Respiratory Flashcards
What are the 4 lung volumes? (not capacities that are made up of 2 or more lung volumes)
- Tidal Volume
- Inspiratory Reserve Volume
- Expiratory Reserve Volume
- Residual/Reserve Volume
What is the volume that can be exhaled after maximum inspiration called? (IRV + TV + ERV)
Vital capacity (forced vital capacity)
What is the volume breathed in from quiet expiration to maximum inspiration called? (TV + IRV)
Inspiratory capacity
What is the volume remaining in the lungs after quiet expiration called? (ERV + RV)
Functional Residual Capacity
What conditions cause an obstructive lung pattern disease?
- Asthma
- COPD
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
What conditions cause a restrictive pattern of lung disease?
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Asbestosis
- Sarcoidosis
- ARDS
- Infant respiratory distress syndrome
- Kyphoscoliosis (e.g. Ank Spondylitis)
- NM disorders
- Severe obesity
What are the different subtypes of lung fibrosis?
- Idiopathic
- Connective tissue disorders (e.g SLE)
- Drug-induced
- Asbestosis
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (allergic alveolitis)
- Coal workers pneumoconiosis/progressive massive fibrosis
- Silicosis
- Ank Spond
- Histiocytosis
- TB
- Radiation induced
What conditions cause upper lobe Pulmonary Fibrosis?
CHHARTSS
- Coal workers pneumoconiosis/progressive massive fibrosis
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (allergic alveolitis)
- Histiocytosis
- Ank Spond
- Radiation induced
- TB
- Silicosis
- Sarcoidosis
What conditions cause lower lobe Pulmonary Fibrosis?
- Idiopathic
- Connective tissue disorders (e.g SLE)
- Drug-induced (e.g bleomycin, methotrexate, amiodarone)
- Asbestosis
What drugs cause pulmonary fibrosis (lower lobes)
- Bleomycin
- Amiodarone
- Methotrexate
What part of the lung does Klebsiella affect
Upper usually
What is heard on auscultation in pulmonary fibrosis?
Bibasal fine end-inspiratory crackles
Inhaler technique:
- How long should you hold breath for after breathing in the gas
- How long should you wait before administering a second dose
- Hold breath for 10 seconds
- Wait approximately 30 seconds before repeating
High risk pneumothorax (not tension) what is the management?
Chest drain insertion
What are the options for a simple pneumothorax > 2 cm and/or SOB?
- Needle aspiration (if this fails twice -> chest drain)
- Chest drain
- Ambulatory device
How is a spontaneous pneumothorax managed if less than 2cm or no SOB?
- 2 management options
Conservatively
- Primary pneumothorax -> outpatient review every 2-4 days
- Secondary pneumothorax -> monitored as an inpatient
If stable, follow-up in outpatients department every 2-4 weeks
When are patients followed up after pneumothorax resolution?
2 -4 weeks
What procedure may be done if a patient has recurrent pneumothoraxes or insufficient lung rexpansion despite chest drain insertion?
VATS (video assisted thoracoscopy surgery)
- Mechanical/chemical pleurodesis
- +/- Bullectomy
When can a patient fly after pneumothorax?
- 2 weeks after no residual air and sufficient drainage
- 1 week post CXR
What is the most commonly used oxygen administration on COPD patients?
28% Venturi
A patient wants to quit smoking but is pregnant or is breast-feeding what treatment can you offer her?
- CBT, motivational interviewing, structured self-help NHS stop smoking services
- NRT - Nicotine patches
- NOT Bupropion or Varenicline (teratogens)
What smoking cessation drug is a NE, dopamine Reuptake inhibitor and nicotinic antagonist?
Bupropion
What smoking cessation drug is a nicotinic receptor partial agonist?
Varenicline
What smoking cessation drug is contraindicated in epilepsy?
Bupropion