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Ventilation Flashcards

1
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What is orthopnoea?

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Positional difficulty in breathing

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What is trachypnoea?

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Abnormally fast breathing rate

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What is bradypnoea?

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Abnormally slow breathing rate

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What is dyspnoea?

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Difficulty in breathing

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5
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What is apnoea?

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No breathing

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What is hypopnoea?

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Decreased breathing depth

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What is hyperpnoea?

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Increased breathing depth

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What is physiological dead space?

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Sum of alveolar and anatomical dead space

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What is alveolar dead space?

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Capacity of the airways that should be able to undertake gas exchange but cannot e.g. alveoli without blood supply

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10
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What is anatomical dead space?

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Capacity of the airways incapable of undertaking gas exchange

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11
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What is alveolar ventilation?

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Volume of air reaching respiration zone

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12
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What is respiratory rate?

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Frequency of breathing per min

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13
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What is minute ventilation?

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Volume of air expired in one minute

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14
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What are the two main components of the chest wall?

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Lungs

Bone, muscle, fibrous tissue

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15
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What is the natural recoil of the rib cage and the lungs?

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The ribs naturally recoil outwards
The lungs recoil inwards
The chest wall combines these so lung is larger than natural

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16
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What is the functional residual capacity?

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At the end of tidal expiration where the rib cage and lungs are at equilibrium

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17
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What does the pleural cavity contain, and is its volume fixed?

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Protein rich fluid

Yes

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18
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How does negative pleural pressure allow inspiration?

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Negative pressure allows the lungs to expand as the chest wall expands

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19
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Why does a puncture in the lung/chest wall cause lung collapse?

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Air/blood (haemo/pneumothorax) fills the pleural space, changing the fixed volume and elastic recoil means lung will collpase

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20
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What is tidal volume?

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The volume of air inspired and expired during regular breathing

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21
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What is tidal breathing?

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Amount of inspiration and expiration to meet metabolic demands

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22
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What marks the FRC?

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End of a tidal breath

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23
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What is residual volume?

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As the alveoli don’t fully empty (to prevent them from sticking together), the air remaining is residual volume

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24
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What is inspiratory reserve volume?

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The volume of air that can be inspired after a tidal inspiration

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What is expiratory reserve volume?

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The volume of air that can be expired after a tidal expiration

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26
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What is total lung capacity?

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It is TV, IRV, ERV and RV combined. Inspire max and fill lungs as much as possible

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27
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What is vital capacity?

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TLC - RV or TV+IRV+ERV

How much we are able to inspire to expire at max

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28
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What is functional residual capacity?

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ERV+RV

Air that is in the lungs during equilibrium

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29
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What is inspiratory capacity?

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TV+IRV

How much extra air can be inhaled in addition to FRC

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30
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What are the units for measuring lung volumes?

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cmH20

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31
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What is transmural and transpulmonary pressure?

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transmural - pressure across tissue(s) e.g.transpulmonary, transthoracic and transrespiratory

transpulmonary - difference between alveolar and intrapleural

32
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What is transrespiratory system pressure?

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pressure difference drawing air in or out

lung and atmosphere

33
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What is the standard against which pressure is measured?

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Atmospheric pressure

34
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Give examples of positive and negative pressure breathing

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Breathing normally in negative

Ventilator uses positive

35
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What is dead space?

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Part of the airway and lung that isn’t involved in exchange

36
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What is the alveolar dead space in healthy people?

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0 - so physiological dead space equals anatomical dead space

37
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What is the normal physiological dead space?

38
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What is the conducting zone?

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No gas exchange happens (anatomical dead space). Includes trachea, bronchi, pharynx etc.

39
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What is the respiratory zone?

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Part involved involved in exchange - alveoli mainly (air reaching here is equal to alveolar ventilation)

40
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How can dead space be increased?

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With ventilation - tubes become dead space

41
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How can dead space be decreased?

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Tracheostomy - removing some of the airway

42
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How is a volume-time curve plotted?

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Patients wear nose clip, inhale and then in mouthpiece expire as fast and hard as possible until RV reached (6 seconds)

43
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What would a volume-time curve for a healthy person look like?

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Initially the slope is very steep but then it is hard to get rid of the remaining air

44
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What is the FEV1?

A

Volume of air expelled from the lungs in a second

45
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What is FVC?

A

The forced vital capacity - how much can be expired after a deep breath

46
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In a healthy person, what % of air is expelled in 1 second?

47
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What is FET?

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Forced expiratory time - amount of time required to expel all of the air from the lungs

48
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How does obstructive lung disease affect FEV1, FET and FVC?

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FEV1 and FVC lower and FET is higher

49
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What is a normal FEV1/FVC ratio compared to restrictive and obstructive?

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normal - 73
restrictive - 87
obstructive - 53

50
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What factors affect lung volumes and capacities?

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  • body size: height and shape
  • sex
  • disease: pulmonary or neurological
  • age: chronological or physical
  • fitness: innate and training
51
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At the end tidal expiration (FRC), what are the forces of the lungs and chest wall relative to eachother?

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In equilibrium - this is the resting position

52
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At rest, what is normal Palv, Patm and Ppl?

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Patm: 0
Palv: 0
Ppl: -5 cmH20

53
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At the end of inspiration, what must happen to Palv?

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must return to 0 or breathing would continue

54
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Give an analogy of the movement of the diaphragm and respiratory muscles

A

diaphragm - syringe (pulls in one direction)

respiratory muscles - like bucket handle (swings upwards and outwards)

55
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On volume -time curves, what things can be looked for?

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  • FVC: full to as empty as possible
  • FEV1: tells you about airways thickness e.g. constricted means less air comes out
  • FET: expiratory time
56
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What happens during emphysema?

A

surface area is lost

57
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How is peak expiratory flow measured?

A

nose clip, inhales, exhale as hard and fast as possible. Exhalation doesn’t have to reach RV. Can compare to normal values

58
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Flow volume loops - most modern as everything incorporated into one

A

nose clip, complete one tidal breath (A+B), inhale to TLC (C), exhale as hard and fast as possible (D), continue exhaling till RV reached (E). Then inhale to TLC (F).

59
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What does the y axis and x axis mean on a flow volume loop?

A

Y AXIS - FLOW RATE
Anything going down is negative flow rate -
inspiration. Anything going up is expiration.

X AXIS - VOLUME

60
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What does the flow volume loop look like in a person with mild obstructive lung disease?

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Peak is lower, coving (indentation in expiratory curve towards end), displaced to the left

61
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What does the flow volume loop look like in a person with severe obstructive lung disease?

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lower peak, displaced to left and coving is worse (compared to mild obstructive)

62
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What does the flow volume loop look like in a person with restrictive lung disease?

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displaced to right and smaller loop

63
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How does an extrathoracic obstruction affect the flow volume loop and why?

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causes a flattening of the inspiratory curve - affects ability to breathe in

64
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What happens to an extrathoracic obstruction when breathing in and out?

A

inspiration - sucked in

expiration - pushed away

65
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What happens to an intrathoracic obstruction when breathing in and out?

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inspiration - pushed away

expiration - sucked in

66
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How does an intrathoracic obstruction affect the flow volume loop and why?

A

flattening of the expiratory curve - affects ability to breathe out

67
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How does a fixed airway obstruction affect the flow volume loop and why?

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blunted inspiratory and expiratory curve

68
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During inspiration how must the equilibrium between the chest and lung be distorted?

A

inspiratory muscle effort and chest recoil> lung recoil

69
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During expiration how must the equilibrium between the chest and lung be distorted?

A

expiratory muscle effort and lung recoil> chest recoil

70
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Between the pleura what kind of pressure exists and what causes it?

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There is small negative pressure caused by lung inward recoil and chest outward recoil

71
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What is parenchyma in the lung tissue?

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functional units - alveoli and the respiratory bronchioles (have some alveoli along their walls)

72
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What are the two main things the lungs consist of?

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Airways and parenchyma

73
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How does restrictive lung disease affect FVC, FET and FEV1?

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It limits the expansion of the thorax so FVC, FEV1 is low and FET is low (have less air in so can move it faster)

74
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Give examples of obstructive lung disease

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD - inc chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Cystic Fibrosis

75
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Give examples of restrictive lung diseases

A 
Interstitial lung disease
Sarcoidosis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Asbestosis
Silicosis

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