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Restrictive, Mixed Restrictive and Obstructive Lung Disease Flashcards

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AAFB

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acid and alcohol fast bacilli

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DPLD

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Diffuse parenchymal lung disease

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IPF

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idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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LDH

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Lactate Dehydrogenase

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NSIP

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non-specific interstitial pneumonitis

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SLE

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systemic lupus erythematosus

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Lung Function Test

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Restrictive Lund disease diagram

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Restriction diagram

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Causes of restriction (4)(3)(5)(0)(4):

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  • Parenchymal lung disease (DPLD):
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Sarcoidosis
    -Pneumoconiosis
  • Pleural disease:
  • pleural effusion
  • pneumothorax
  • haemothorax
  • pleural calcification, thickening
  • mesothelioma
  • Obesity:
  • Chest wall disease:
  • neuromuscular disease
  • diaphragmatic palsy
  • kyphosis
  • scoliosis
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Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease diagram:

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Damage to lung parenchyma leads to inflammation and fibrosis
Injury causes release of chemicals that damage epithelium leading to inflammation and fibrosis (go over inflammatiton)

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Fibrosis of the Lungs:

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  • fibrosis of the lungs leads to scarring
  • primary site of injury of the interstitium: the space between the epithelial cells and endothelial basement membrane
  • lungs become thick and stiff
  • there is reduction transfer of oxygen from the alveolar space into the lung capillaries
  • patients become breathless
  • oxygen saturation will drop
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History in suspected diffuse parenchymal lung disease:

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  • Occupation: asbestos, pneumoconiosis
  • Pets: birds (pigeons, budgies, parakeets),cats, dogs
  • Drugs: amiodaron, nitrofurantoin, chemotherapy
  • Exposure to Radiation, including radiotherapy
  • Systemic enquiry: autoimmune diseases
  • HIV
  • family history
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Symptoms in patients with Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease:

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  • breathlessness, progressively worsening
  • cough
  • fatigue
  • weight loss
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Symptoms specific to autoimmune disease/collagen vascular disease:

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  • difficulty swallowing
  • cold hands
  • joint pains
  • weight loss
  • skin rash
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Clinical Examination in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease:

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  • high respiratory rate at rest (tachypnoea, dyspnoea)
  • clubbing
  • fine bibasal crackles
  • cardiovascular examination
  • Increased JVP, peripheral oedema, loud P2 heart sound
  • low oxygen saturation and desaturation on exertion
  • Features of autoimmune disease:
    • skin changes: telangiectasia, Raynaud’s phenomena
  • joint signs
  • eye signs
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High respiratory rate, clubbing, fine bibasal crackles, breathless likely to be

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pulmonary fibrosis (DPLD)

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis definition

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IPF is a distinctive type of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of an unknown cause limited to the lungs

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Prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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6-14.6/100,000

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Prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in over 75 yrs.

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175/100,000

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis usually presents in what age group?

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Over 50 yrs

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Which gender does idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis present in?

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Male more than female

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Does idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have any occupational history of relevance?

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No

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Does idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have any features of autoimmune disease?

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No

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Can idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis be famial?

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Yes

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Presentation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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  • progressively worsenign shortness of breath over 2 years
  • dry cough
  • crackles (fine babasil)
  • clubbing
  • weight loss
  • hypoxic
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Prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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  • gradual deterioration
  • median length of survival from diagnosis: 2.5-3.5 years
  • exacerbations and sudden decline
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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HRCT of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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watch this part of lecture

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: lung function:

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  • FVC decreases
  • FEV1 normal or slightly low
  • FEV1/FVC increases
  • reduced transfer factor/diffusing capacity (TLCO)
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Management of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: 4 types of treatment:

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  • Symptomatic Treatment
  • Antifibrotic Treatment
  • Lung Transplantation under the age of 60
  • Palliative Care
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Is Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated with smoking?

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Yes

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Management of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Symptomatic Treatment:

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  • cough: mucolytics
  • hypoxia treated with long term oxygen therapy
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Management of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Antifibrotic Therapy:

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  • Pirfenidone
  • Nintedanib
    (not a cure but can stabilise)
    (limiting factors are side effects)
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What is Non - Specific Interstitial Pneumonia (NSIP) associated with?

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  • associated with autoimmune disease/ collagen vascular disease
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Median age affected by non-specific interstitial pneumonia

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40-50 yrs

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Which gender does non - specific interstitial pneumonia affect more?

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Affects both equally

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Does non-specific interstitial pneumonia have an association with smoking?

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No

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Symptoms of non-specific interstitial pneumonia

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  • progressively worsening breathlessness over 1 year
  • cough
  • crackles
  • clubbing
  • fatigue
  • weight loss
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NSIP Associated with Collagen Vascular Disease

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  • Scleroderma (CREST/Systemic Sclerosis)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • SLE
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Non-specific interstitial pneumonia has a worse prognosis than IPF.

True or False? Why?

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False
Better prognosis as can treat underlying autoimmune disease, which ease symptoms

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Non-specific interstitial pneumonia responds better to anti-inflammatory drugs than IPF.

True or False?

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True

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Chest x-ray of NSIP

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Small lungs with reticulo-nodular changes

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CT NSIP

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Ground glass changes

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Management of NSIP

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  • treatment of underlying condition
  • immunosuppression
  • long term oxygen therapy
  • palliative care
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Prognosis of IPF and NSIP graph

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Sarcoidosis (5) :

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  • multisystem granulomatous disease
  • unknown cause/aetiology
  • characterised by non-caseating granulomas, often in multiple organs
  • sarcoidosis primarily affects the lungs
  • may resolve spontaneously, can recur and may progress to pulmonary fibrosis
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Aetiology of sarcoidosis:

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  • infection:
    • remnants of microbial organisms
    • organic dusts, metals, minerals, solvents, pesticides, wood stoves
    • beryllium results in pulmonary granulomas
  • can run in families
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Clinical Presentation of Sarcoidosis: gender:

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  • slightly higher in women
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Clinical Presentation of Sarcoidosis: age:

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  • 20-50 (smaller peak larger than 60 years??)
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Clinical Presentation of Sarcoidosis: ethnicity:

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  • higher in Scandinavian, Afro-Caribbean and African American women
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Clinical Presentation of sarcoidosis: incidence:

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  • overall, 5/100,000
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Clinical Presentation of Sarcoidosis: Prevalence:

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  • most common ILD in the UK
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Clinical Presentation of sarcoidosis: association:

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  • TB
  • lymphoma
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Symptoms of acute sarcoidosis are:

  • duration
  • self-limiting
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  • short duration
  • self-limiting
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Symptoms of chronic sarcoidosis:

  • duration
  • self-limiting
  • changes
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  • longer duration
  • not self-limiting
  • persistent radiological changes
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Asymptomatic sarcoidosis would be diagnosed by an

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incidental finding

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Symptoms and Signs of acute sarcoidosis:

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  • fever
  • arthralgia: aching joints
  • anterior uveitis: painful red eyes
  • breathlessness
  • reduced appetite
  • night sweats
  • myalgia
  • erythema nodosum: painful red lumps on lower legs
  • lymphadenopathy: swollen lymph nodes
  • weight loss
  • Loefgren’s syndrome: erythema nodosum and BHL (bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy)
  • responds to oral prednisone
  • good prognosis
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Erythema Nodosum

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painful red lumps on lower legs

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Anterior Uveitis

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painful red eyes

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Chronic Pulmonary Sarcoidosis symptoms (10)

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  • progressively worsening breathlessness
  • reduced exercise tolerance
  • cough
  • fatigue
  • anorexia
  • weight loss

Neurological Symptoms, bone pain, skin lesions (EN, lupus pernio in 25%), renal stones

Differential diagnoses: wide, cancer
Lung: any diffuse parenchymal disease

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If a patient comes in with acute exacerbation of IPF, with an infection, can be given

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  • steroids
  • obvs antibiotics
  • steroids are not a long term solution
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Organ involvement in Sarcoidosis: What % have pulmonary involvement? What % have evidence of only lung involvement?

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  • 90% have pulmonary involvement
  • 50% have evidence of only lung involvement
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Which organs can be involved in sarcoidosis? (

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  • Skin
  • Joints and Muscles
  • Heart
  • Lacrimal glands
  • GI system
  • Lymph nodes
  • Liver
  • Bone
  • Kidneys
  • Pancreas
  • Eyes
  • Spleen
  • Salivary Glands
  • Nasal
  • Brain
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Clinical Approach in Sarcoidosis:

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  • History: occupational, family
  • Examination
  • Chest X-Ray
  • Full lung function test
  • Blood tests
  • Urinalysis
  • ECG
  • Ophthalmologic examination
  • Tuberculin skin test
  • no definition diagnostic test for sarcoidosis
  • diagnosis made with compatible clinical, radiological and histopathological features
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Radiological Staging of Sarcoidosis:

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  • Stage 0: Normal chest X ray (5-0%)
  • Stage I: Bilateral Hilar Lymph nodes (45%-65%) most common presentation, no treat lymph nodes
  • Stage II: Nodes + upper zone parenchymal disease (25=30%)
  • Stage III: parenchymal disease upper zones
  • Stage IV: end stage pulmonary fibrosis

Treatment begins with steroids in stage 2 and other medication

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Lung Function In Sarcoidosis:

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  • restrictive pattern
  • airflow obstruction
  • can have both mixed restrictive and obstructive lung function
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Other Investigations in Sarcoidosis:

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  • Serum ACE: produced by activated macrophages in granulomas
  • Hypercalcaemia due to increased Vitamin D by macrophages in granulomas
  • Hypercalciuria (high calcium in urine)
  • ACE = angiotensin converting enzyme
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Natural History of Sarcoidosis:

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  • 2/3: remission within 10 years; stage 1 60% complete resolution within 2 years
  • 1/3: progression with significant organ damage
  • 1-5%: die secondary to respiratory failure, cardiac arrhythmia, neurosarcoidosis
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Natural History of Sarcoidosis:

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  • 2/3: remission within 10 years; stage 1 60% complete resolution within 2 years
  • 1/3: progression with significant organ damage
  • 1-5%: die secondary to respiratory failure, cardiac arrhythmia, neurosarcoidosis
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Management of Acute Sarcoidosis:

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Oral Prednisolone

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Management of Asymptomatic or Stage I Sarcoidosis:

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observation

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Management of Stage II, III, IV Sarcoidosis:

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prednisolone (steroid)

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Management of progressive Sarcoidosis:

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  • immunosuppressive drugs
  • methotrexate
  • mycophenolate mofetil
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Main differential diagnosis for Stage I and Stage II Sarcoidosis is

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differential diagnosis

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Differential diagnoses for Stage III and Stage IV include

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other DPLD

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Pleural Disease (5):

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  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pneumothorax
  • Haemothorax
  • Pleural Thickening
  • Mesothelioma
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Pleural Disease: Pleural Effusion:

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  • fluid in the pleural space
  • exudate = thick pleural effusion
  • transudate = thin pleural effusion
  • sharp pain, which is worse on inspiration; pleural chest pain
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Pleural Disease: Pneumothorax:

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  • air in pleural space, damage to parenchyma pops (anything could be emphysema)
  • spontaneous
  • traumatic: procedural, penetrating trauma, rib fracture, barotrauma
  • tall, skinny male (white)
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Pleural Disease: Haemothorax:

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  • blood in the pleural space
  • traumatic injury
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Pleural Disease: Pleural Thickening:

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pleura thicken

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Pleural Disease: Mesothelioma:

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cancer of the pleura

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Pleural Effusion diagram

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Purpose of pleural fluid

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lubricates pleural space, avoids friction when lungs move

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What is the amount of pleural fluid produced and cycled through the pleural space?

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Pleural Aspiration (Thoracocentesis)

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  • pleural fluid can be taken at the bedside with ultrasound guidance, local anaesthetic and a needle.
  • Pleural Drainage if patient is symptomatic
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Pleural Effusion: when examining a patient, what would you see?

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  • complaining of chest pain maybe
  • breathless
  • not moving equally or symmetrically; eg left PE, left side of chest will not rise as much as the right side
  • reduced chest wall movement on the side of the effusion
  • dullness on percussion on the side of the effusion: this is the most reliable clinical finding
  • decreased tactile vocal fremitus and vocal resonance on the side of the effusion
  • bronchial breathing above the effusion
  • tracheal deviation away from side of a large effusion
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Name procedure

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Pleural aspiration

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Diagnostic sample of pleural effusion:

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  • Biochemistry: protein and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
  • Microbiology: microscopy, culture and sensitivity, acid and alcohol fast bacilli (AAFB) looking for infections (TB)
  • Cytology: abnormal cells (cancer)
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Types of pleural effusion:

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  • exudate
  • transudate
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Type of pleural effusion is determined by:

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  • protein
  • lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
  • serum protein (ACE)
  • serum LDH
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What is used to differentiate between an exudate PE and transudate PE?

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Light’s Criteria

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Exudate Pleural Effusion:
- pleural fluid protein/serum protein
- pleural fluid LDH/serum LDH
- pleural fluid LDH

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  • > 0.5
  • > 0.6
  • > 2/3 of upper limit of normal serum LDH
  • more protein
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Transudate pleural effusion:
- pleural fluid protein/serum protein
- pleural fluid LDH/serum LDH
- pleural fluid LDH

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  • < 0.5
  • < 0.6
  • < 2/3 of upper limit of normal serum LDH
  • less protein
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Causes of Pleural Effusion: Transudate:

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  • low protein, reduced oncotic pressure, normal pleura
  • Congestive cardiac failure
  • Low albumin caused by nephrotic syndrome or liver failure
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Causes of Pleural Effusion: Exudate:

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  • unhealthy pleura
  • malignancy
  • infection (pneumonia, tuberculosis, emphysema)
  • autoimmune disease
  • chylothorax (due to blocked lymphatics)
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Clinical Signs of Pleural Effusion

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  • reduced chest wall movement on the side of the effusioni
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Pneumothorax

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Pneumothorax classification:

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  • Primary: spontaneous
  • Secondary: due to underlying disease
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Large pneumothorax can cause mediastinum to be deviated.

True or False?

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Tension pneumothorax

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  • tension builds up
  • can cause cardiac arrest
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Primary Pneumothorax Classification: Risk Factors:

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  • tall and thin: to do with pressure gradients
  • asthma
  • collagen vascular disease
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Secondary Pneumothorax Classification: Risk Factors:

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  • COPD
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Cystic Fibrosis
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Pleural Disease

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Chest Wall Disease

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  • results in difficulty expanding the lungs
  • does not directly affect oxygenation, lung structure is normal but can’t ventilate
  • presents with progressively worsening breathlessness
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Chest Wall Disease Risk Factors:

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  • obesity
  • neuromuscular: motor neuron disease, muscular dystrophy, poliomyelitis, diaphragmatic palsy
  • musculoskeletal: kyphosis, scoliosis
109
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Combination of obstructive and restrictive diseases: smoking:

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  • emphysema
  • pulmonary fibrosis
110
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Combination of obstructive and restrictive diseases: pulmonary sarcoidosis:

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  • endobronchial sarcoidosis
  • fibrosis
111
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Combination of obstructive and restrictive diseases: Obesity in a smoker:

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  • obstruction
  • restriction
112
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What will spirometry show in a restrictive lung disease?

1 = Increased FEV1
2 = Reduced FEV1
3 = Increased FVC
4 = Decreased FVC
5 = Decreased FEV1/FVC ratio

113
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Which of these statements about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is true?

1 = is a restrictive lung disease
2 = is a type of malignancy
3 = has an excellent prognosis
4 = can be treated with antibiotics
5 = is common in young females

114
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Which organ is most commonly affected by sarcoidosis?

1 = eyes
2 = kidneys
3 = lungs
4 = skin
5 = spleen

115
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Which of these statements about pleural effusion is true?

1 = can cause an obstructive lung disease
2 = can be caused by heart failure
3 = there is no pleural fluid in healthy lungs
4 = important to measure calcium in the fluid
5 = is always associated with a bad outcome

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Which of these conditions can cause a restrictive lung disease?

1 = kyphosis
2 = obesity
3 = pulmonary fibrosis
4 = sarcoidosis
5 = all of these

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