Various Restrictive Disorders

Question 1

Describe Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Answer 1

chronic, progressive, fibrotic pneumonia that causes irreversible scarring in the lung tissue

Question 2

What is Sarcoidosis?

Answer 2

-inflammatory disease consisting of granulomas in multple organs especially the lungs, skin, lymph nodes, eyes, and liver
-Onset: middle age, people of color
-S/S: skin lesions, visual changes, diaphoresis, palpitations, joint pain

Question 3

What diseases cause alterations in chest wall(Restricted motion of bony thorax)

Answer 3

-Ankylosing Spondylitis
-Arthritis
-Scoliosis
-Pectus excavatum(caved in chest)
-Thoracic burns
-Scleroderma

Question 4

What diseases cause reduced inability to expand the rib due to decreased muscle strength?

Answer 4

• MS
  -Muscular dystrophy
  -Parkinson’s
  -SCI
  -CVA

Question 5

What is a flail chest

Answer 5

a chest in which sections of broken ribs are isolated from, and interfering with, normal chest movements.

Question 6

What are the characteristics of Pneumothorax?

Answer 6

-Air in the pleural space
-Caused by a blunt or penetrating chest injury(ex: rib fracture that causes a lacerated visceral(inner layer) pleura)
-Tracheal Deviation is away from the diseased side

Question 7

What is a hemothorax?

Answer 7

-Blood in the pleural space caused by laceration of the parietal pleura(outer layer)