Respiratory System Flashcards
1
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Neonatal Respiratory Distress Sydrome
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- hyaline membrane disease
- deficiency of surfactant
2
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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- respiratory
- hyaline membranes in alveolar ducts
3
Q
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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- spirometer (for diagnoses)
4
Q
Emphysema
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“pink puffers”
5
Q
Chronic Bronchitis
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- productive cough (more than three consecutive months
- hypersecretion of mucus in large bronchi
- mucous plugs (obstruction) in small airway
- “blue bloater”
6
Q
Asthma
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- intermittent and reversible airway obstructions
- allergens bind to IgE on mast cells
- eosinophils (release mediators/granules; damage epithelial cells in airway)
7
Q
Status Asthmaticus
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- severe/persistent episode
- requires immediate corticosteroids/bronchodilators
- occasionally fatal
8
Q
Asthma Management
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- albuterol (most common rescue inhaler)
9
Q
Question to ask an asthmatic patient
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of emergency room visits
10
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Bronchiectasis
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- irreversible dilation of bronchus/bronchiole and scarring
- destruction of smooth muscle/supporting elastic tissue
- severe persistent cough
- dyspnea
11
Q
Chronic Interstitial Lung Disease
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- pneumoconiosis
- honeycomb lung
12
Q
Granulomatous Lung Disease
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- sarcoidosis
13
Q
Sarcoidosis
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- multisystem disorder
- non-caseating granulomas
- non-productive
- asteroids bodies
14
Q
Pulmonary Embolism
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- patients with a history of 1 embolism have 30% of another one
15
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Pneumonia
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consolidation (solidification)
