Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Anna's Out Of Breath
- presents with
- Shortness of breath (Dyspnea)
- Definition
- Is the uncomfortable
awareness of breathing
- Causes
- Acute (hours to days)
- Asthma
- RTI
- Lung tumors
- Pleural effusion
- Metabolic acidosis
- Sudden (Seconds to minutes)
- Pulmonary embolism
- Anaphylaxis
- Pneumothorax
- Chest trauma
- Aspiration
- Chronic (months to years)
- COPD
- Cardiac failure
- Fibrosing alveolitis
- Anaemia
- Cystic fibrosis
- Wheeze, waking up at night from wheeze
- Causes
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Heart failure
- Viral infections
- Emphysema (COPD)
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Aspiration
- Definition
- A high-pitched
whistling sound during
breathing. It occurs
when air moves
through narrowed
breathing tubes.
- Asthma
- Definition
- Chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder
- Characterized by
- Episodic reversible bronchospasm (air flow obstruction)
- resulting from
- Sn exaggerated
bronchoconstrictor
response to a
variety of stimuli
- Management
- First-line drugs in treatment of asthma
- Beta adrenergic agonists
- Corticosteroids
- Alternative drugs in treatment of asthma
- Anticholinergic drugs
- Anti-IgE antibodies
- Methyxanthines (theophylline)
- cromolyn
- Pathophysiology
- Bronchoconstriction, mucus
production, inflammation, etc.
- Increased Air way Resistance
- Gas topping
- Increased Alveolar-Carbon Dioxide tension
- Hypercapnia
- Decreased Alveolar-oxygen tension
- Hypoxemia
- Respiratory Failure
- Increased Work of breathing
- Hyper-extension
- Increased Oxygen consumption
- Hypoxemia
- Include
- Obstructive Lung disease
- affects the normal
- Mechanism of
Breathing
- Inspiratory muscle
contract
- Thoracic cavity expands
- Pleural pressure
becomes more
negative
- Transpulmonary
pressure increases
- Lungs inflate
- Alveolar
pressure becomes
subatmospheric
- Air flows into the
lungs until alveolar
pressure equals
atmospheric
pressure
- Cough
- investigations
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- include
- Spirometry
- Lung Volumes
- Diffusion Capacity
- Bronchiectasis
- COPD
- a type of
- Chronic Bronchitis
- definition
- A persistent productive cough
not attributable to other causes
on most days for at least 3
months over 2 consecutive
years.
- Types
- Simple chronic bronchitis
- Chronic mucopurulent bronchitis
- Chronic asthmatic bronchitis
- Obstructive chronic bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Definition
- Chronic lung disease
- characterized by
- permanent
enlargement of the
airspaces distal to
the terminal
bronchioles (acinus)
- accompanied by
- destruction of their
walls but without
obvious fibrosis
- Types
- Centriacinar
- Panacinar
- Paraseptal
- Irregular
- Types
- Atopic
Asthma
- A classic example of type I
IgE–mediated hypersensitivity
reaction
- triggered by
- environmental antigens, such as dusts,
pollen, animal dander, and foods or
Infection
- Non-atopic
Asthma
- Respiratory infections
- due to
- viruses (e.g., rhinovirus, parainfluenza
virus) and inhaled air pollutants
- Drug-induced
- Aspirin
- Occupational
- fumes, organic and
chemical dusts, gases,
and other chemicals
- Her mom
- Sylvia
- presented with
- Cold, Dysnea And Cough with yello sputum
- Most likely suffered from