Respiratory Literature Flashcards
How is primary ciliary dyskinesia inherited?
Recessive = inherited disease
What gene has worldwide distribution in Old English Sheep dogs that results in primary ciliary dyskinesia?
CCDC39
What did the 6 min walk test show in dogs?
Dogs with mild to moderate pulmonary hypertension (n=6) compared to healthy dogs (n=69) walked a shorter distance (about 384m compared to 522m)
Conclusion: Can be used to discriminate healthy dogs from dogs with pulmonary disease.
What were the most common isolates from BALs of dogs with spontaneous respiratory disease?
Most common isolate was Mycoplasma spp. followed by Pasteurella sp., Bordetella sp, Enterobacteriaceae, and anaerobes
Based on BALs of dogs with spontaneous respiratory disease how many had single bacterial spp vs multiple spp?
Single: 44%
Multiple: 56%
Based on BALs of dogs with spontaneous respiratory disease, 105 dogs with positive cultures, how many had cytologies that agreed?
Only 74% had cytologic evidence of septic suppurative inflammation
Based on BALs of dogs with spontaneous respiratory disease, if they lacked cytologic evidence of sepsis what was reported and which spp were seen?
27 dogs that lacked cytologic evidence of sepsis, mixed (n=18) and neutrophilic (n=9) inflammation was reported, and Mycoplasma spp. (13/27) or Bordetella spp. (7/27) were most commonly isolated
Why is confirmation of lower respiratory tract infection in dogs challenging?
Organisms can be isolated from dogs which bacteria are NOT detected on cytology
What can be concluded from multisegment BALs in cats?
Total and differential cell counts on BAL fluid often differed btwn lung segments in cats with lower respiratory disease
Caution with single BAL cytology to define the inflammatory response in cats with spontaneous lower respiratory dz*
How much did cell counts differ in multisegment BALs in cats?
28/87 cases (32%), cell counts differed between lavage sites by 2.2-40 fold.
BAL yielded similar cytologic interpretation of inflammation in 45/87 (52%) cases
8/14 cases BAL performed at focal infiltrate + site of diffuse infiltrates = same inflammatory interpretation was made at each site
How did suction pump aspiration compared to manual aspiration in retrieval of BAL fluid in dogs with respiratory disease?
percentage of retrieved BALF (P = .001) was significantly higher for SPA than MA. Substantial agreement was found between cytologic classification of BALF obtained with MA and SPA (kappa = 0.615). There was no significant difference in rate of definitive diagnosis achieved with cytologic assessment between techniques (P = .78)
Suction pump aspiration, compared to MA, improved BALF retrieval, but did not significantly affect the rate of diagnostic success of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in dogs with pulmonary disease.
Does aspiration technique for retrieval of BAL fluid affect sample quality in healthy dogs?
Yes
What can be said about bronchoscopic findings in cats with spontaneous lower airway disease?
Endobronchial abnormalities were common in cats with feline bronchitis/asthma, pneumonia, and neoplasia and no differentiating features were found.
Excessive mucus accumulation was common (83%), followed by stenosis of bronchial openings and nodular epithelial irregularities (56%), airway hyperemia (54%), airway collapse (48%), and bronchiectasis (27%).
Total bronchoscopic score and total cell count did not differ among groups, although differential cell counts were significantly different
What weak correlation was noted in bronchoscopic findings (score) in cats with spontaneous lower airway disease?
weak correlation (R² = 0.16, P= .006) between age and total bronchoscopic score was noted
What do bronchoscopic findings in cats with spontaneous lower airway disease provide?
Bronchoscopic abnormalities are common in cats with lower respiratory tract disease, and visualization of the airways provides additional nonspecific clinical information in cats.
How successful was bronchoscopy for removal of FBs?
Bronchoscopy was successful for removal of airway foreign bodies in 76% of animals (24/28 dogs and 2/5 cats)
Bronchoscopy was successful in removing airway foreign bodies regardless of animal size or long duration of clinical signs
Was bronchoscopic FB removal success related to duration of CS or body size?
Dogs was independent of duration of clinical signs or body size
Not noted in cats (only 2/5 cats had the FBs removed)
How helpful were thoracic radiographs for localizing FBs prior to bronchoscopy?
radiography was unable to predict the affected site.
One-third of thoracic radiographs lacked distinctive features of an airway foreign body
What was noted in the BAL fluid from site of FBs?
BAL fluid at the site of the foreign body contained more neutrophils and more often had intracellular bacteria than lavage fluid from a separate site
Alternative site had more marcophages (appeared more normal)
What is unique about the Upper Airway Obstruction in this breed?
Redundant supra-arytenoid folds
Laryngeal collapse, everted laryngeal saccules, and a narrowed laryngeal opening
These abnormalities can be seen without CS on exam or at home
T/F: Intranasal vaccination can stimulate nonspecific immunity against agents not contained within the vaccine.
TRUE
What is true regarding giving an intranasal MLV against FHV-1 and FCV in kittens intranasally inoculated with B. bronchiseptica?
First 10 days after B. bronchiseptica challenge, vaccinated cats were less likely to be clinically ill than control cats
Suggesting: Intranasal vaccination against FHV-1 and FCV decreased signs of illness due to an infectious agent not contained in the vaccine. This nonspecific immunity could be beneficial for protection against organisms for which vaccines are not available and as protection before development of vaccine-induced humoral immunity
What are the 2 different types of bronchial collapse in dogs?
Static and dynamic collapse
What was associated with static and dynamic bronchial collapse in dogs?
Association between SBC and DBC was more frequently seen in the dogs with
higher body weight
Pulmonary hypertension
Bronchial type of radiographic pattern
Nodularity at endoscopic examination
NOTE: 31/39 dogs had tracheal collapse + bronchial collapse
What associated was noted btwn tracheal collapse + bronchial collapse in dogs?
Living indoors
Endoscopic score in dogs wth bronchial collapse showed a correlation with what?
Dynamic bronchial collapse and cough duration
What is true regarding left atrial enlargement in MVD dogs in regards to bronchomalacia?
Bronchomalacia is NOT associated with left atrial enlargement in dogs with MVD (however, airway inflammation was found in dogs with bronchomalacia)
What is an accurate, quick, noninvasive, and safe diagnostic that can contribute to diagnosis of tracheal collapse in dogs?
Tidal breathing flow-volume loops
Able to note 2 types (normal dogs and tracheal collapse dogs)
TC could also be graded as mild-moderate (grades I and II) or severe (grade III), showing a diagnostic value of 97.4%
What 3 indices were noted to differentiate healthy dogs from tracheal collapse dogs in Tidal breathing flow-volume loops?
TE/TI (expiratory time divided by inspiratory time), TI/TTOT (inspiratory time divided by total respiratory time), and EF75/IF75 (expiratory flow at end tidal volume plus 75% end tidal volume divided by inspiratory flow at end tidal volume plus 75% end tidal volume)
In an observational study in dogs with respiratory disease, how many had Tracheobronchomalacia?
about 50% note in this population
tracheal collapse in 21% and bronchomalacia in 47%
In an observational study in dogs with respiratory disease, where was bronchomalacia noted the most on bronchoscopy?
bronchomalacia, collapse of the right middle (59%) and left cranial (52%) lung lobes was identified most commonly
In an observational study in dogs with respiratory disease and bronchomalacia what parameters were significantly associated?
Dogs with bronchomalacia were significantly more likely to display normal airway cytology and to have mitral regurgitation and cardiomegaly than dogs without airway collapse
How helpful are radiographs for bronchomalacia?
Radiographs were insensitive for detection of airway collapse
Bronchoscopy is required
What is C-reactive protein?
major acute-phase protein in dogs.
Serum concentrations are low in healthy animals, but increase rapidly after inflammatory stimuli
Why does C-reactive protein have the potential to be used as a biomarked of infectious respiratory disease?
○ Dogs with bacterial pneumonia had significantly higher CRP concentrations (median, 121 mg/L; interquartile range, 68-178 mg/L) than dogs with bacterial tracheobronchitis (23, 15-38), chronic bronchitis (13, 8-14), eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy (5, 5-15), canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (17, 10-20), or cardiogenic pulmonary edema (19, 13-32) and healthy controls (14, 8-20)
○ Dogs with bacterial tracheobronchitis had significantly higher CRP concentrations than dogs with chronic bronchitis or eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy and healthy controls
Based on a demographic study (hawkins) in coughing dogs, what were the factors that associations with coughing were noted?
Demographic risk factors included older age, smaller body weight, and being toy breed
Based on a demographic study (hawkins) in coughing dogs, was an association btwn month and season noted?
NO!
Based on a demographic study (hawkins) in coughing dogs, was exposure to tobacco smoke a risk factor?
NO!
Based on a demographic study (hawkins) in coughing dogs, what was frequently observed in dogs with chronic cough?
Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) was diagnosed in 59 dogs (51%)
NOTE: descriptions of cough should be used cautiously in prioritizing differential diagnoses
What disease has the 6 minute mile test been used in?
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Westies
Affected dogs walked shorter distances (398m) than controls (492m)
What is the median survival of Westies with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?
About 32 months pasted onset of CS, Risk of death was higher in affected dogs when using age adjusted controls
What prognostic factors were identified in Westies with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
NONE
In humans with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis what is central to pathogenesis?
Humans: transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) is considered central in the pathogenesis
What pathway appears to be enhanced in idioapthic pulmonary fibrosis in dogs?
TGF-β1 signaling activity = high level of TGF-β1 protein was found in areas of fibrosis
TGF-β1 storage and activation proteins with altered expression represent potential therapeutic targets.
Explain what was seen in normal Westies, Scotties, and Bichons with TGF-β1 serum levels.
TGF-β1 serum levels used to see if high (maybe related to susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
Higher circulating TGF-β1 concentration in predisposed breeds might partly explain their susceptibility for IPF compared to other healthy controls
What can be used to differentiate dogs with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from dogs with chronic bronchitis or eosinophilic bronchopneumonpathy?
Endothelin-1 (serum and BAL fluid)
What is the cut off for serum endothelin-1 for detection of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
○ Serum cut-off serum: 1.8 pg/mL for detection of IPF
§ Sensitivity 100%
Specificity of 81.2%
What two factors were noted to be significant on ABG from dogs with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Substantial hypoxemia (PaO2 65) with AA gradients higher (50) compared to controls
What is a consistent findings on CT of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Ground glass opacity in the lungs (seen in ALL dogs with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
Discuss the bronchoscopy and BAL results in dogs with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Concurrent airway changes were noted
Increased in total cell counts compared to control in BAL fluid (more MPs, neutrophils, MCs)
What are the histopath changes seen with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Multifocal or diffuse interstitial fibrosis, type II pneumocyte hyperplasia, prominent intraalveolar macrophages, distortion of alveolar architecture, and emphysematous change
What functional parameters can be used from pseudo-tidal breathing flow-volume loop in cats with lower airway disease to monitoring therapeutic response?
Functional parameters including PEF/EF50 and PEF/EF25 can be used for monitoring therapeutic response to steroids (expiratory flow)
Discuss conventional barometric whole body plethysmography (BWBP) parameters (eg, enhanced pause) in cats with lower airway disease?
Conventional BWBP parameters were not significantly different before and after treatment.
What affects airflow limitation during mid- to late expiration in cats with lower airway disease?
Overall extent of granulocyte infiltration
BUT not correlated with eosinophil or neutrophil %
What has been found in BAL fluid in cats with induced asthma to be elevated compared to nromal cats?
Endothelin-1