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Respiratory Flashcards

1
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If there is no ventilation going to an area of the lung what will the body do to compensaste?

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The blood vessels going to that area will vasoconstrict to divert blood to another region of the lung tissue that is better ventilated.

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What side does the oxygen dissociation curve shift if we are cold?

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Left, we are holding on to oxygen

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Shift to L or R

Increase in arterial PCO2, and 2,3 DPG but a drop in pH

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Right because heme wants to give off oxygen to the tissues

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What does the oxygen dissociation curve tell us?

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Reflects the effect that oxygen saturation has on hemoglobins affinity for oxygen.

The affinity of heme for oxygen must change with metabolic needs of the tissues.

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What happens during the 1st stage of a typical PNA infection?

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Alveoli gets fulls of edema making the capillaries leaky and invasion of fluid and WBC to counteract bacterium.

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Why is the 2nd stage of typical PNA infection called red hepatization ?

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Because it resembles the liver

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What happens in the 3rd stage of of typical pneumonia infection?

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Macrophages arrive

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8
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List risk factors for acquiring PNA?

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Aspiration d/t loss of cough reflex
Impaired mucociliary blanket
Impaired immunity

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9
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What can cause a person to lose their cough reflex?

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Stroke, NG tube, sedation, anesthesia, and neuromuscular diseases

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What does nicotine do to the cilia of the throat cells?

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Paralyzes them

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Which side should you place a patient on if they have PNA and you are not concerned about exudate in the lung?

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Good lung down to increase perfusion

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12
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Primary TB exposure?

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  • 1st exposure.
  • About 5% develop active TB.
  • Most people go on to develop latent infection.
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What is miliary TB?

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When it spreads to the brain, kidneys, meninges, liver, etc.

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What is secondary TB?

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-reinfection or activation of dormant disease.

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What is latent TB?

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  • Previous exposure w/o sx.
  • dormant TB
  • Not active
  • cannot be transmitted to others
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16
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What is a pneumothorax?

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When there is air in the pleural space and loss of negative pressure

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What are the common manifestations of a pneumothorax?

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SOB and chest pain. Decreased breath sounds and hyperresonance on percussion.

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18
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Spontaneous pneumothorax?

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When an air filled blister, called a bleb, on the surface of the lung ruptures.

19
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Tension pneumothorax?

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  • lung or chest wall injury allows air to go in.
  • Intrapleural space exceeds atmospheric pressure and one way valve is created.
  • Tracheal deviation
  • Cardiac tamponade
20
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Open pneumothorax?

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Penetrating chest injury where air comes in on inspiration but can escape on expiration.

21
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What is pleuritis?

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Inflammation of parietal pleura

22
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What are the symptoms of pleuritis?

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Abrupt unilateral sharp pain associated with deep inspiration and localized to lower and lateral part of the chest.

Referred shoulder pain and worsening pain with chest movements.

23
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Does lung tissue have pain receptors?

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No

24
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Does the parietal pleura have pain receptors?

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Yes

25
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What is a pleural effusion?

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Abnormal collection of fluid or exudate in the pleural cavity

26
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What are the other types of pleural effusion?

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Hemothorax, empyema, and chylothorax.

27
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What are possible causes of a hemothorax?

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Chest injury, complications of chest surgery, malignancies, or aortic aneurysms.

28
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What is a chylothorax?

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Lymph fluid in the pleural space

29
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Causes of chylothorax?

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Trauma, inflammation, surgery, or if thoracic duct is disrupted.

30
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What are the symptoms of a pleural effusion?

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Depends on size but pleurisy, SOB, orthopnea, decreased breath sounds, dullness on percussion, decreased tactile fremitus. If large enough possible tracheal deviation.

31
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What are the symptoms of atelectasis?

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Tachypnea, tachycardia, dyspnea, cyanosis, signs of hypoxemia, diminished chest expansion, decreased breath sounds, and intercostal retractions.

32
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What is alpha 1 antitrypsin associated with emphysema?

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Protease inhibitor that protects against unintended damage

33
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Why is a patient with emphysema called a pink puffer?

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Because although blood is oxygenated they have difficulty with exhalation and have pursed lip breathing because d/t loss of elasticity in the alveoli the amount of air forced out in a single breath is low.

34
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Why is the patient with chronic bronchitis called a blue bloater?

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Because as air gets trapped inside the lung they will become hypoxemic and will develop signs of cyanosis.

35
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How do central chemoreceptors play a role in the respiratory system?

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Measure the amt of C02 in the body. When they detect too much in the body they will signal the body to breathe.

36
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What can happen with the chemoreceptors in someone who has COPD and why?

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They can shut off because someone with COPD might always have high levels of CO2

37
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What is the role of peripheral receptors in the respiratory system?

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Measure the amount of oxygen in the blood stream not in the lungs.

38
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How can supplemental oxygen be harmful to a patient with COPD?

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It can turn off their peripheral chemoreceptors too

39
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What is bronchiectasis? Hint: associated with cystic fibrosis

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Airway wall damage causing permanent dilation of the bronchi

40
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What is pulmonary HTN?

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Increased pressure in the pulmonary circulation.

Mean pulmonary arterial pressure is above 25 mmHg at rest

41
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Causes of hypoxemic respiratory failure?

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COPD
Interstitial lung disease
Severe PNA
Atelectasis

42
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Causes of hypercapneic/ hypoxemic heart failure?

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Fatigue

Depression of respiratory center or nerves that supply thoracic cage disorder

43
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Symptoms of ARDS?

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Begins with SOB

Rapidly worsens to respiratory failure with signs of hypoxemia like cyanosis and edema with crackling lung sounds

44
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What is the normal PaO2/FiO2 ratio at sea level?

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~400-500 mmHg

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