Unit 4 - Obstructive Lung Disease Flashcards
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4 groups of obstructive respirtory disease?
- Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URI)
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Miscellaneous respiratory disorders
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URI
What rate do ages 25-44 experience the “common cold”? Ages 45-65?
25-44yo: 19% per year
45-65yo: 16% per year
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URI
What accounts for about 95% of all URIs?
Infectious nasopharyngitis
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URI
What are the most common associated viral pathogens for URIs?
- rhinovirus
- coronavirus
- influenza
- parainfluenza
- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
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URI
What are the two causes on noninfectious nasopharyngitis?
allergic and vasomotor
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URI
What perioperative resp. events are children with URIs at higher risk for?
- transient hypoxemia
- laryngospasm
- breath holding
- coughing
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URI
Adverse respiratory events in pts with URI?
All pts. Not just kids.
- bronchospasm
- laryngospasm
- airway obstruction
- postintubation croup
- desaturation
- atelectasis
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URI
When is is safe to proceed with surgery on a patient with an URI? If you had to reschedule surgery, how far out should you reschedule?
A patient that has had their URI for weeks and is stable can proceed with surgery.
Reschedule for 6 weeks out to avoid airway hyperreactivity period.
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URI
COLDS scoring system:
What does it determine and what does it stand for?
Determines risk of proceeding with surgery.
C: current symptoms
O: onset of symptoms (higher risk within 2 weeks)
L: lung disease (comorbidities)
D: device for airway (ETT = higher risk)
S: surgery (major airway surgery = higher risk)
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URI
Anesthesia mgmt for pts with URI?
- adequate hydration
- reducing secretions
- limiting airway manipulation
- neb or topical LA on vocal cords to dec. sensitivity
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URI
What airway considerations would we do for URIs?
LMA over ETT to reduce laryngospasm. Deep extubation (if no contraindication) to allow for smoother emergence.
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Asthma
Asthma definition:
chonic inflammation of the mucosa of the lower airways
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Asthma
Inflammatory process:
inflammatory cascade leads to infiltration of the airway mucosa with eosinophils, neutrophils, mast cells, T cells, B cells, and leukotrienes.
Results in airway edema (esp. in the bronchi) and airway remodeling causing thickening to basement membrane and smooth muscle mass.
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Asthma
3 main inflammatory mediators implicated in asthma?
- histamine
- prostaglandin D2
- leukotrienes
Release of these are caused by:
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Asthma
Symptoms of exacerbations?
- expiratory wheezing
- productive or nonproductive cough
- dyspnea
- chest tightness that may lead to air hunger
- eosinophilia
most attacks are short lived (minutes to hours) and m
Asthma
What is status asthmaticus?
dangerous, life threatening cronchospasm that persists despite treatment
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Asthma
What should pre-op history questions be focused on?
- previous intubations
- ICU admissions
- 2+ hospitalizations for asthma within the past year
- presence of coexisting disease
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Asthma
What symptoms lead to a **diagnosis **of asthma?
- wheezing
- chest tightness
- SOB
**AND ** a demonstrated airflow obstruction on PFT that is at least partially reversible with bronchodilators
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Asthma
Table of most clinically useful Spirometric Tests of lung function:
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Asthma
What is the FEV1 of the typical asthmatic patient that comes to the hospital?
< 35%
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Asthma
Which three PFTs are direct measurements of the severity of expiratory obstruction?
FEV1, FEF, and midexpiratory phase flow
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Asthma
What changes to FRC and TLC might we see during moderate or severe asthma attacks?
FRC: increase substantially
TLC: usually remains normal
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Asthma
What causes tachypnea and hyperventilation during asthma attacks?
neural reflexes
NOT hypoxemia
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Asthma
What are the two most common findings of asthma on an ABG?
hypocarbia
respiratory alkalosis
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