Reviewer #6 Flashcards
(89 cards)
Idiopathic cause is defined as?
Unknown cause
Spitting of blood
Hemoptysis
Proper position for Lobectomy
Unaffected side
Proper position for Pneumonectomy
Affected side
Spitting of blood
Hemoptysis
Most common chronic disease of the childhood
Asthma
Swelling of the membranes that line the airways
Mucosal Edema
Contraction of the bronchial smooth muscle that encircles the airway
Bronchospasm
A chronic, irreversible abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchi and bronchus resulting to destruction of muscular and elastic tissue of alveoli
Bronchiectasis
Prescribe for patient with reactive airway ease, may also assist with secretion management
Bronchodilators
GERD meaning
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Severe, persistent asthma that does not respond to conventional therapy.
Status Asthmaticus
Reversible inflammation lung condition due to hypersensitivity leading to narrowing of the smaller airway
Bronchial Asthma
Strongest factor for the development of asthma
Allergy
Also called as remodeling, which occurs as a response to chronic inflammation
Airway membrane fibrosis
Three most common syptoms of asthma
Cough, Dyspnea, and Wheezing
More common in children and is relatively common to have a secondary bacterial pneumonia as a direct result of a primary viral infection
Viral Pneumonia
Form of atypical bronchopneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria
Legionnaires Disease
Pneumonia that typically involves an entire lobe of a lung
Lobar pneumonia
Characterized by patchy consolidation, involves dependent portion of lung tissue
Bronchopneumonia
Inflammatory process usually involves the interstitium; alveolar walls and connective tissue supporting bronchial tree
Interstitial Pneumonia
Primary seen in people who are extremely immunocompromised, the infection spreads to the lungs via bloodstream
Miliary pneumonia
Inflammation of the lung parenchyma
Pneumonia
Inflammatory process in the lung tissue that predisposes patients for microbial invasion
Pneumonitis