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L6 - Pulmonary function testing Flashcards

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FEV1

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Forced expiratory volume in 1 second

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FVC

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Forced vital capacity.

Total vol forcefully expired from max inspiration efforts

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What might a low FEV1/FVC ratio indicate?

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Obstructive pattern: Asthma, emphysema

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What might a normal value of FEV1/FVC indicate?

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Restrictive or a normal pattern

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If the FEV1/FVC is normal but the FVC is low what might this show?

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Restrictive pattern

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Signs of lung disease

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Cough 
Dyspnea 
Cyanosis 
Wheezing 
Hyperinflation of lungs
Hypoxemia 
Hyperapnia
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Dyspnea

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Shortness of breath

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Hypoxemia

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Abnormally low level of oxygen in blood

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Hypercapnia

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Abnormally elevated level of carbon dioxide.

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Spirometry

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Measurement of air movement in and out of lungs during various respiratory maneuver’s

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How might anaemia affect the lungs?

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  • Number of haemoglobin molecules reduced.
  • Decreased ability of lung to transfer carbon monoxide to blood (experiment)
  • Lower diffusion capacity
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Examples of conditions which decrease the surface area of the alveolar capillary membrane

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Emphysema - breathing tubes narrowed and air sacs damaged.

Pulmonary embolism.

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Conditions altering membrane permeability / thickness?

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Pulmonary fibrosis

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Why is carbon monoxide used to test diffusion capacity?

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More soluble in blood than in lung tissue.

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What are extraparenchymal causes of restriction? (4)

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Impairs patients ability to fully inflate lungs:

  • Obesity
  • Neuromuscular disease
  • Chest wall deformities
  • Large pleural effusion
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Describe quiet respiration pathophys

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  • Diaphragm contracts.
  • Moves downwards.
  • Parietal pleura attached to diaphragm descends.
  • Movement pulls down visceral pleura.
  • Airway and alveoli expand.
  • Air sucked into lungs.
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What occurs during expiration?

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  • Diaphragm relaxes

- Recoil of elastic tissue in lungs expels air from alveoli and airways.

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Describe the use of accessory muscles during forced respiration?

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  • Neck muscles pull ribcage upwards.
  • Sternocleidomastoid elevates sternum.
  • Scalenus major and minor elevate first two ribs and sternum.
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Which muscles pull the ribcage downwards?

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  1. Oblique.
  2. Transverse.
  3. Rectus abdominus.
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Which muscles fix shoulder girdle in place and pull ribcage outwards?

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Pectoralis major.

Latissimus Dorsi.

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Describe innervation of diaphragm?

motor and sensory supply

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C3,4,5 keeps diaphragm alive

  1. Motor supply: via Left and right phrenic nerves.
  2. Sensory supply:
    - Central : Phrenic
    - Peripheral: Intercostal
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Apnoea

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Absence of breathing.

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A spinal cord injury where might cause apnoea

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Break above C3,C4

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Intercostal muscles innervated by which distribution of motor neurones?

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Intrapulmonary pressure
Pressure within alveoli. | e.g. Expansion of chest and accompanying inflation of lungs will cause pressure within alveoli to fall.
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Intrapleural pressure
Pressure between viscera and parietal pleural layers. Pressure in pleural space.
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How might intrapleural pressure be measured?
By inserting tip of needle connected to a manometer into pleural cavity.
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What can maximal respiratory pressure be used to measure?
Strength of inspiratory and expiratory muscles.
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Tidal volume
- Amount of air inspired and expired at each breath | - at any level of activity.
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Residual volume
Volume of air that remains in the lungs that cannot be completely emptied.
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Functional residual capacity
Volume of air left in lungs at the very end of normal expiration
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What may increase airway resistance?
1. Structures outside conducting airways (tumours) or mediastinal masses 2. Laryngeal spasm 3. Gastric content / blood blocking airway 4. Relaxation of genioglossus muscle during anaesthesia causing tongue to fall backward 5. Aspirated object
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Describe genioglossus muscle?
- Fan shaped muscle. - Forms most of tongue mass. - Inserts on hyoid bone as well as inferior portion of tongue.
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Bronchomotor tone is under what type of nervous innervation
Parasympathetic
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Describe mediation of bronchoconstriction
- Mediated by efferents from vagus to ganglia in the wall of small bronchi. - From which short post ganglionic fibres lead to nerve endings that release ACH to act at muscarinic receptors in bronchi smooth muscle.
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Describe stimulants of bronchoconstriction? (4)
1. Cigarette smoke 2. Histamine release from mast cells (affects parasymp), direct action on airway smooth muscle. 3. Non-adrenergic noncholinergic fibres releasing Vasoactive intestinal polypetide. 4. nSAIDS: notabily aspirin, and B-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs
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nSAIDS causing bronchconstriction
- Aspirin | - Beta-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs
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Compliance
How easily lungs can be distended.
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Types of lung disease causing decreased DLCO
1. Emphysema , CF 2. Fibrosing alveoli, asbestosis 3. Pulmonary embolism - pulmonary vascular disease with occlusion.
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How might we measure total lung capacity?
Dilution of an inert gas such as helium in an enclosed box. Total body: plethysmograph
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Tests for gas exchange
1. Pulse oximetry - measured by the absorbance of light by haemoglobin, used to assess hypoxaemia 2. Blood gas analysis
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What occurs in respiratory acidosis
PaCO2 RISES. pH FALLS. Compensation: kidneys retain bicarb
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In what situations may respiratory acidosis occur?
1. Lung disease - COPD, pneumonia, asthma, pulmonary odema 2. MSK disorders - Kyphoscoliosis, chest trauma, Guillain Barre, Myasthenia Gravis
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Kyphoscoliosis
Abnormal curvature of the vertebral column.
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Arterial blood gas measures... (4)
Measures: 1. acidity 2. pH 3. levels of oxygen 4. levels carbon dioxide.
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Sign of bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis - airway of lungs become abnormally widened. Leeds to build up of excess mucus that can make the lungs more vulnerable to infection.
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A patient with chronic heart failure may have?
1. Positional and exertional breathlessness. 2. Elevated JVP 3. peripheral oedema. 4. Tachycardia 5. crackles.
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A reduced lung volume may indicate
Restrictive problems. | - Interstitial lung disease, thoracic cage abnormalities, neuromuscular problems.
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An increase lung volume may indicate
Air trapping and lung overinflation, typical of COPD. Pattern of raised RV (residual volume) and raised FRC (Functional residual capacity) with other volumes normal.
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Lung diffusion measurement
Measures ability of lungs to transfer gases across the alveolar capillary membrane - from lung to blood stream. DLCO - measures what heart has to deal with, composite measure of lung vol and basement membrane abnormality KCO - measured value. adjusted for lung volume hence demonstrates alveolar membrane pathology.
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Examples of interstitial parenchymal lung disases?
1. Fibrosis 2. Granulomastosis TB - inflammation of tissues including BV, primarily in resp tract 3. Pneumoconiosis 4. Pneumonitis (Lupus)
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Pneumoconiosus
Disease of lungs due to inhalation of dust.
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Pneumonitis
Autoimmune. | Inflammation
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Sniff test | aka Diaphragm Fluoroscopy
Done to evaluate function of diaphragm. Continuous beam of X-rays to see the diaphragm move up and down on insp and exp. Patient asked to sniff forcefully while images are acquired.

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