Ecam 1 Pathopharm 2 Flashcards
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Subjective sensation of uncomfortable breathing
–Sensory urge to breathe is greater than a respiratory system response
–Signs: flared nostrils, retractions, use of accessory muscles
Dyspnea
Dyspnea when a person is lying down
PND Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
2 voice transmissions (s/sx of pulmonary dysfunction)
- Fremitus
2. Resonance
4 abnormal lung sounds
- Rales
- Rhonchi
- Wheezing
- Stridor
(Upper Pulm Dz)
- Acute Cough =
- Chronic Cough=
- AC= 2-3 weeks
2. CC= > 3 weeks
(Upper Pulm Dz)
smokers may have
chronic bronchitis
(Upper Pulm Dz)
smokers may have
asthma, postnasal drip, GERD
Coughing of blood or bloody secretions
–Bright red, alkaline pH, frothy sputum
Hemoptysis
Hypercapnia (PaCO2 >42 mm Hg)
Hypoventilation
Hypocapnia (PaCO2<36 mm Hg)
Hyperventilation
–bluish discoloration of mucous membranes and skin related to desaturated hemoglobinLow PaO2, right to left shunt, decreased cardiac output, anxiety
Cyanosis
Painless, sign of chronic hypoxemia
Clubbing
the process of exchange of air between the lungs and the ambient air
Ventilation
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
Aveoli and Cells. diffusion of oxygen from alveoli to blood and of carbon dioxide from blood to alveoli
Respiration
Normal value of dissolved oxygen Pa02
> 80 mm Hg
Normal value of oxyhemoglobin
95-97%
Normal value of dissolved carbon dioxide PaCO2
35-45 mm Hg
When you exhale you remove CO2 from your blood and also decrease the amount of carbonic acid, raising your what?
Blood pH
Lack of surfactant; infants are not strong enough to inflate their alveoli
•Protein-rich fluid leaks into the alveoli and further blocks oxygen uptake
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
6 structures of the upper resp tract
- nose and nasal cavity
- sinuses
- pharynx
- larynx
- trachea
- bronchi
(rhinotracheitis)
–Like a common cold with profound malaise
Upper resp infection
common cold, seasonal rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis
Upper resp tract conditions
common cold, rhino sinusitis, influenza
upper resp viruses in adults
Block the cough reflex; Drugs Used to Treat Upper Respiratory Infections
Antitussives