Respiritory: Pulmonary Airways Disease Flashcards

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What is brochitis?

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  • Inflammation of the the bronchi
  • Often viral can be bacterial
  • H influenzae
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What is bronchitis called if it involves the larynx and trachea?

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Laryngotracheobronchitis

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What is Bronchiolitis?

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  • Inflammation of the bronchioles
  • Usually in children
  • Tachypnoea and dyspnoea
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Rare types of bronchiolitis?

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Rare types
Follicular bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis obliterans

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5
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3 types of localised airway obstruction?

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Lesion outside the wall e.g. large lymph node
Lesion in the wall e.g. tumour
Lesion in the lumen e.g. foreign body

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Which lung is more likely to get infected?

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Right lung as the bronchus is more verticle so infections/irritants can get in easier

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What is lipid pneumonia?

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This is where lipid build up in the lungs, can be inhalation of lipids

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When does obstructive airways diseases become diffusive?

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When it affects many airways

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Types of diffuse obstructive airways disease?

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Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
(Bronchiectasis)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD):
Spectrum of co-existence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema

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What is the clinical defination of chronic bronchitis?

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Cough and sputum for 3 months in 2 consecutive years

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What other conditions can chronic bronchitis lead to?

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Respiratory bronchiolitis (< 2mm diameter)
Can lead to centrilobular emphysema
Mucus hypersecretion:
* Mucous gland hypertrophy
Chronic bronchial inflammation:
* Squamous metaplasia, increased risk of malignancy

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Definition of emphysema?

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Irreversible dilatation of acinar spaces with destruction of walls

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Classifications of emphysema

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  • Centilobula
  • Panlobula
  • Paraceptal
  • Irregular

RB: respiratory bronchioles
A: Acinar

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Feautures of centrilobular

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Strongly associated with smoking
Seen in some with pneumoconiosis, particularly coal-workers
Most commonly in upper lobes
Respiratory bronchiolitis often present

RB: respiratory bronchioles
A: Acinar

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Features of panlobular

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Usually lower lobes
Lungs overdistended
Associated with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
Markedly accelerated in smokers with this disorder

RB: respiratory bronchioles
A: Acinar

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Features of paraseptal

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Paraseptal
Distension adjacent to pleural surfaces
May be associated with scarring aka fibrosis

RB: respiratory bronchioles
A: Acinar

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Features of irregular

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Associated with scarring
Overlap with paraseptal emphysema

RB: respiratory bronchioles
A: Acinar

18
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Features of emphysema alone

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Hyperventilation
Normal pO2, pCO2
‘Pink puffer’
Weight loss
Right ventricular failure

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Definition of COPD

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  • A combination of the features of chronic bronchitis and emphysema
  • Typically assessed using pulmonary function tests e.g. FEV1/FVC < 0.7

FEV1 – forced expiratory volume in 1 second
FVC – forced vital capacity

20
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Why with emphysema do poeple appear pink and with chronic bronchitis blue?

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Bronchitis - airway obstruction due to inflamation, leads to wheezing and cyanation due to lack of oxygen

Emphysema - airway collapse, leads to short fast breaths with pused lips in order to maintain pressure and keep airways open. Pressure leads to pink appearence

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5 types of asthma

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22
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Atopic asthma

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  • Associated with allergy
  • Triggered by a variety of factors
    Dust, pollen, house dust mite etc
  • Often associated with eczema and hay fever
  • Bronchoconstriction mediated by a type I hypersensitivity reaction
23
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What leads ot obstruction with asthma?

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  • Bronchial obstruction with distal overinflation or collapse
  • Mucus plugging of bronchi
  • Bronchial inflammation
  • Mucous gland hypertrophy
  • Bronchial wall smooth muscle hypertrophy
  • Thickening of bronchial basement membranes
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Non-Atopic Asthma

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  • Associated with recurrent infections
  • Not immunologically mediated
  • Skin testing negative
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Aspirin induced asthma

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  • Associated with recurrent rhinitis, nasal polyps and urticaria
  • Mechanism of asthma unclear
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Occupational Asthma

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  • Hypersensitivity to an inhaled antigen
  • May be non-specific in those with hyper-reactive airways
  • May be a specific allergic response
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

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  • Specific allergic response to the spores of Aspergillus fumigatus
  • Mixed type I and type III hypersensitivity reaction
  • Mucus plugs common
  • Associated with bronchiectasis
28
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Four factors the contribute to airway obstruction in asthma and the asscociated therepies

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29
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What is Bronchiectasis?

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  • Permanent dilatation of bronchi and bronchioles
  • Due to a combination of obstruction and inflammation (usually infection)
  • May be localised or diffuse, depending on cause
  • Historically seen in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis involving hilar lymph nodes
  • Classically associated with childhood infections, particularly measles and whooping cough
  • Diffuse bronchiectasis seen in patients with cystic fibrosis

Dialation means that cilia don’t work properly and mucous can’t move up and out of the airways

30
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What does parenchymal lung disease mean?

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Parenchyma is any part of the lung involved in gas transfer

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What is ARDS?

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Kind of like pulmonary odema.

But is caused from extreme damage to the alveola allowing the fluid to leak in.

32
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What is a granuloma and how does it relate to TB?

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It is a collection of macrophages unable to kill off what they have injested so they stay there in an attempt to contain it.

This happens in TB

33
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Are fibrosing diseases of the lung (aka. silicosis) restrctive or obstructive?

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Restrictive