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Ventilation and Compliance Flashcards

1
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What is the anatomical dead space defined as?

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Volume of gas occupied in conducting airways that isn’t exchanged

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What is the anatomical dead space volume?

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Around 150ml

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What volume of air is usually inhaled and exhaled per breath at rest (tidal volume)?

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Around 500ml each way

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What is the expiratory reserve volume (ERV) defined as?

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How much air you can force out after a normal exhalation

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What is the average expiratory reserve volume?

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1100ml

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What is the inspiratory reserve volume defined as?

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The maximum you can breathe in NOT lung capacity

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What is the volume of the IRV

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3000ml

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What is the inspiratory capacity?

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The inspiratory reserve + a normal inhaled breath

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What is the value of the inspiratory capacity?

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3500ml

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What is the vital capacity?

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The max volume of air you can shift in one breath

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What two other volumes is the vital capacity defined by and what does it equal?

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Inspiratory capacity + expiratory reserve volume = 4600ml

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What is functional residual capacity?

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Volume of air left in the lungs after a normal exhalation

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What other two volumes is the functional residual capacity defined by and what does it equal?

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Expiratory reserve volume + residual volume = 2300ml

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14
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What is the residual volume?

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The volume of air that can’t be expelled from the lungs = 1200ml

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15
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What is the point of the residual volume (2 points)?

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  • Keeps the alveoli partially inflated so that it is easier to breathe in on the next breath - Maintains a pressure gradient for gas exchange to continue between breaths
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What is pulmonary ventilation and is it functionally significant?

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The total air movement in and out of the lungs, no

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What is alveolar ventilation?

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The volume of fresh air reaching the alveoli and therefore available for gas exchange

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What will alveolar ventilation indicate?

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The amount of gas exchange occurring

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19
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If lung volume = 2200ml after a normal exhilation, how high will the volume be after a normal inhilation?

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2700ml

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How much of the 500ml breath will reach the alveoli?

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350ml as 150ml will be in the dead space

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21
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Describe what is going on in the diagram

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  • Respiratory cycle
  • Indicating that the not all of the 500ml inhaled air will reach the alveoli for gas exchange
  • 150ml MUST always be in the anatomical dead space
  • After expiration, the anatomical dead space is filled with stale air
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22
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When should you consider the implication of stale air in the anatomical dead spaces when dealing with patients?

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  • Anxious patients will have a low tidal volume and a high RR which means their pulmonary ventilation will be normal but the alveolar ventilation will be low (hypoventilation)
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What is hyperventilation?

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When more air reaches the alveoli and alveolar ventilation is higher than normal, but pulmonary is the same

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24
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What is the partial pressure?

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Pressure of a gas in a mixture of gases = % of gas in the mixture x the pressure of the whole gaseous mixture

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EXAMPLE OF PARTIAL PRESSURE CALCULATION

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Atmospheric Pressure = 760mmHg

Pressure of air we breathe therefore = 760mmHg

21% of air we breath = O2

Partial pressure of O2 in air we breath = 21% x 760mmHg

= 160mmHg

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26
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What do the pressures of O2 and CO2 do under normal conditions in the alveoli?

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Remain constant

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27
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What is the normal PO2 in kPa and mmHg?

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  • 13.3kpA
  • 100mmHg
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28
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How can PO2 and PCO2 vary?

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With hyper and hypo ventilation

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29
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What happens to PO2 and PCO2 during hypoventilation?

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  • PCO2 increases to 100mmHg
  • PO2 decreases to 30mmHg
30
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What happens to PO2 and PCO2 ​during hyperventilation?

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  • PO2 increases to about 120mmHg
  • PCO2 decreases to about 20mmHg
31
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What cells produce surfactant?

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Type 2 pneumocytes

32
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What is the main function of surfactant?

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  • Reduces surface tension
33
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What is surface tension?

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The attraction between air and water due to the attraction between water-water molecules, as shown below

34
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What does surface tension encourage the alveoli to do?

35
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What is the definition of compliance?

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Change in volume related to change in pressure, i.e. how much the lungs will inflate with an increase of intrapleural pressure

36
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What is the effect of surfactant on compliance and lung recoil?

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  • Increased compliance
  • Reduced lung recoil
37
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What effect does surfactant ultimately have on breathing

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Makes it easier

38
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During embryonic development, at what stage does surfactant production begin?

39
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What can an inability to produce surfactant result in in newborns?

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Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome

40
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What is the law of laplace?

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P = 2T/r

P - pressure

T - surface tension

r - radius

41
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If the alveolus was bigger, why would the pressure be lower?

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Increase the value of r in P = 2T/r which would mean a lower pressure

42
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What is found in the lungs to counteract the small R?

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Surfactant reduces the value of T so P is still low

43
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Why is surfactant more effective in small alveoli?

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Found in higher concentrations due to less space

44
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What is high compliance?

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Lung volume increases with a small intrapleural pressure increase

45
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When does a high compliance occur?

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  • Healthy lungs
  • Emphysema
46
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Why is there a high compliance with emphysema?

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  • Elastase is activated
  • Reduces elastin in the lungs
  • Lungs can’t expand as far as they should so less air is taken in when intrapleural pressure is reduced
47
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What is low compliance?

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  • Low volume increase from a large pressure change in the lungs
48
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Where would you see low compliance?

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  • Unhealthy lungs
  • Bronchitis
  • Restrictive disease
49
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What does compliance tell you about and what does it not give an indication of?

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  • Tells you about how effectively the lungs fill up
  • Does not give any indication into elastic recoil
50
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Why does intrapleural have to become more negative during inspiration than expiration?

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  • Has to overcome surface tension
  • Expiration has the aid of elastic recoil
51
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Why does inspiration follow an exponential curve?

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  • Similar to spontaneous reactions in that in needs some more energy to start
  • Imagine blowing up a balloon and that it gets easier after you have it going
52
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Why is higher pressure needed to expire as you breathe out?

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Need to overcome a higher resistance as airway muscle contracts to push air out

53
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Why is normal expiration passive?

A

Elastic recoil

54
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Why do people with emphysema have to expend more energy to breathe out?

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Loss of elastic tissue means loss of elastic recoil

55
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Why does fibrosis reduce compliance?

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More work needed to inflate the alveoli as they don’t stretch

56
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Which part of the lung has better compliance and which part has worse compliance?

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  • Bottom of the lung is better
  • Apex is worse
57
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Why does the bottom of the lung have better compliance?

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Due to gravity more air is forced out of the alveoli at the bottom of the lung, the apex retains a higher reserve volume so doesn’t intake as much air

58
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What is an obstructive respiratory disease attributed with?

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Air flow obstruction particularly during expiration

59
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State 3 obstructive diseases

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  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis
  • Emphysema
60
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How many people worldwide are affected by COPD?

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80 million

61
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What type of disease is fibrosis?

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Idiopathic

62
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Exposure to what can cause restrictive pulmonary disease?

63
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Give 2 examples of restrictive diseases

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  • Fibrosis
  • Asbestosis
  • IRDS
  • Oedema
  • Pneumothorax
64
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What 5 things can spirometry measure?

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  • Tidal volume
  • Expiratory Reserve
  • Inspiratory Reserve
  • Inspiratory Capacity
  • Vital Capacity
65
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What is static spirometry?

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Measures volume of air exhaled

66
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What is dynamic spirometry?

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Time taken to exhale a certain volume

67
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What does FEV1/FVC stand for?

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Forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity

68
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What is FEV1/FVC usually equal to?

69
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What FEV1/FVC would an obstructive disease show?

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A smaller percentage

70
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What FEV1/FVC would an restrictive disease show?

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  • Both air flow rate and lung capacity is reduced
  • Percentage remains high

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