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What are the basic functions of the Respiratory Tract?

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  • oxygenation of the blood
  • removal of waste products (carbon dioxide)
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What do the basic functions of the Respiratory Tract require?

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  • ventilation (movement of air)
  • perfusion (movement of blood)
  • gas exchange
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What are the different parts of the Respiratory Tract?

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  • trachea
  • bronchi (main, primary, secondary)
  • bronchioles (terminal, respiratory)
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What are the Lung Acinus?

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the most distal part of the lung, or Lung Aveolus

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What are Pneumocytes?

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epithelial cells of the lungs

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What do the endothelial cells do in the lungs?

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line capillary cells

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What is the Alveolar Capillary Membrane?

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Site of gas exchange

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What is Pneumonia?

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Inflammation of the lung secondary to infection

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How do infectious organisms enter the lung?

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  • inhalation
  • aspiration
  • blood
  • direct inoculation: surgery
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What are factors that determine if infection will occur?

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  • dose & virulence of the organism
  • impaired local defence mechanism
  • impaired systemic defence mechanism
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What are our local defences?

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Defences there to target an infectious particle that we don’t want in the lung

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What are our systemic defences?

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defences that pretain to our immune system

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What occurs when the local defence mechanisms are impaired within our lungs?

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  • loss of cough reflex
  • injury to the mucociliary apparatus
  • interference to alveolar macrophages
  • accumulation of fluid or secretions within alveoli
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What is our cough reflex?

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designed to help clear infections particles and other unwanted substances that aren’t suppose to be going into the lung

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What is our Mucociliary Apparatus?

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designed to impede the access of infectious particles and other infectious substances into the lungs

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What does the accumulation of fluid do?

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Allows for the development of infectious particles

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What occurs when the Systemic Defence Mechanisms are impaired?

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Immunocompromised host

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How do you diagnose Pneumonia?

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  • Clinical Presentation
  • Chest X-ray
  • Bloodwork
  • Microbiology Studies: blood and sputum culture
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What is the clinical presentation of Pneumonia? (5)

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  • cough
  • fever
  • chills
  • malaise
  • pain on inspiration
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What are the two morphological presentations of Pneumonia?

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  • lobar
  • broncho
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What are the different types of Pneumonia?

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  • Community acquired
  • hospital acquired
  • aspiration
  • immunocompromised host
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What are the different types of Bacterial Community Acquired Pneumonia?

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  • streptococcus pneumoniea: most common
  • haemophilus influenzae
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What is an atypical pneumonia syndrome?

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Mycoplasma

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What is Hospital Acquired Pneumonia?

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  • nosocomial pneumonia
  • life threatening
  • E. Coli
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Staphylococcus aureus
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What are the signs and symptoms of Aspiration Pneumonia?
- altered level of consciousness - impaired laryngeal-pharyngeal/esophageal/gastric function - Periodontal disease
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What is aspirated in Aspiration Pneumona?
- stomach acid - particulate matter - anaerobic (oral flora) bacteria
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What occurs when an Immunocompromised Host obtains Pneumonia?
- immune defences are suppressed by disease - immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplantation - Chemotherapy - Irradiation
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What are the Opportunistic Infectious agents for Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Host?
- rarely cause infection in normal hosts - bacteria - Viruses - Fungi
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What are the Complications of Pneumonia?
- Abscess - Empyema - Septicemia
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What is Abscess?
Tissue destruction of the lung by infectious fluid cumulation
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What is Empyema?
When the pleural fluid that surrounds the lung becomes infected, and there is an accumulation of pus in the cavity
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What is Septicemia?
Pneumonia that spreads to the blood
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What effect does Antibiotics have on Abscess, Empyema, Septicemia?
It has no effect, they need to be drained
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What is Tuberculosis? (4)
- major cause of morbidity and mortality world wide - causative organism is Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - mostly occurs in developing countries - flourishes in settings of poverty, crowded living conditions, and in people with chronic debilitating diseases and/or immunocompromise
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What are the types of Tuberculosis?
- pulmonary - extrapulmonary
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When is Tuberculosis infectious?
When the TB bacilli can be demonstrated in the lower respiratory tract sampling (ex. sputum)
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What does person-to-person transmission depend on?
- # viable bacilli - aerosolization of small droplet nuclei - host susceptibility
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What is a TB skin test?
- test that detects the presence of cellular immunity to an intracutaneous antigen - intradermal injection of a purified protein derivative of tuberculin - positive test of 10 mm or more induration at 48, 72, or 96 hours
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What does a positive TB skin test mean?
- prior or current infection - prior immunization
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What are the main types of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
- Chronic Bronchitis - Emphysema
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What is Chronic Bronchitis?
when a patient has a productive cough on most days of the week for three months of the year for two or more successive years
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What is the Etiology of Chronic Bronchitis?
cigarette smoking (most cases)
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What is the process of Chronic Bronchitis?
1) smoking 2) Irritation of airways 3) Protective changes 4) Airway obstruction 5) decreased ventilation
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What is Emphysema?
- damage of the acinus - destruction of the alveolar wall - abnormal & permanent enlargement of the airspaces - often occurs with Chronic Bronchitis
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What is the Etiology of Emphysema?
cigarette smoking (many but not all cases)
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What is the process of Emphysema?
1) smoking 2) proteases & elastases released 3) Damage of elastic tissue 4) dilated distal acini with impaired elastic recoil 5) airflow obstruction 6) decreased ventilation
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What are the clinical features of COPD? (6)
- dyspnea - chronic productive cough - wheezing, chest tightness - frequent colds/flu - low energy, weight loss - cyanotic (blue)
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What is a nickname for Chronic Bronchitis?
Blue bloater
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What is a nickname for Emphysema?
Pink Puffer
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How do we diagnose COPD?
- Spirometry - Chest x-ray
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What are the consequences of COPD? (7)
- recurrent respiratory infections - acute respiratory failure - barotrauma/pneumothorax - pulmonary hypertension - heart disease - lung cancer - malnutrition/cachexia
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What are the Risk Factors for Lung Cancer? (6)
- smoking - Industrial hazards - air pollution - radiation therapy - genetic factors - region of old pulmonary scars
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What are the two types of Primary Malignant Lung Neoplasms?
- non-small cell lung cancer - small cell lung cancer
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What is Small Cell Lung Cancer? (5)
- usually centrally-located hilar or mediastinal tumours with rapid growth - almost always occur in pts who smoke - most have already metastasized by the time they are diagnosed - paraneoplastic syndromes not common - aggresive
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What is the treatment for Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Chemotherapy
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What is the Prognosis for Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Exceptionally poor
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What are the two types of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?
- Squamous cell carcinoma - Adenocarcinoma
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What is Non-small Cell Squamous Cell Carcinoma?
- usually centrally-located tumours; tend to grown within the lumen - may cavitate due to central necrosis - most common cancer in male pts who smoke
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What is Non-small Cell Adenocarcinoma?
- usually peripherally located - most common lung cancer to occur in female pts and non-smoking pts - targeted molecular therapies may be used
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What is the clinical presentation of Lung Cancer? (5)
- 5% asymptomatic - local symptoms: cough, dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis - Spread to adjacent thoracic structures - Distant Metastasis - Non-specific symptoms: anorexia, fatigue, weight loss
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What are Paraneoplastic Syndromes?
When our immune system recognizes that there is a cancer in our body, and it targets not only the tumour but parts of our body
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What are Paraneoplastic Syndromes associated to Small Cell Carcinomas?
- Syndrome of inappropraite ADH secretion (SIADH) - Cushing syndrome - Lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome
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What are Paraneoplastic Syndromes associated to Squamous Cell Carcinoma?
Hypercalcemia (Parathyroid hormone or prostaglandin E)
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What are Paraneoplastic Syndromes associated to both Small Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas? (3)
- Peripheral neuropathy - Myasthenia gravis - Digital Clubbing
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How is Lung Cancer Diagnosed? (7)
- history and physical examination - Chest X-ray & CT - Sputum cytology - Bronchoscopy - Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transbronchial or transeophageal biopsy of the lymph nodes - transthoracic biopsy - Pleural fluid cytology
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What is Sputum diagnoses best used for?
diagnosing a Central Tumour
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What is the treatment for Non-small cell Lung CA? (4)
- surgery (early) - Chemotherapy & radiation (advanced) - Targeted molecular therapy (advanced) - Immune therapy (advanced)
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What is the treatment for Small Cell CA?
Chemotherapy & radiation
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What does the Prognosis of Lung Cancer depend on?
- stage - subtype - location - performance status of the pt - age and sex of pt - genetic changes that predict response to targets therapies

Pathology 2420 Part 2 (6 decks)

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