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dyspnea
evaluatoion of disease progression and treatment response
preoperative evaluation
establishment of disability
early detection of lung disease in smokers |
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Definition
spirometry
static function (lung volume)
expiraotry flow
diffusing capacity
arterial blood gases |
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Definition
| used for patients with neuromuscular disease |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
not airflow obstruction
parenchymal-lung
or extraparenchymal-chest wall diagphragm |
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| phsyiology of obstruction |
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Definition
asthma and chronic bronchitis airway inflmattion, mucous hypersecretion, smooth muscle spasm
emphysema-dynamic collapse loss of tethering
loss of elastic recoil |
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| physiology of restriction |
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Definition
scarring affects volume
increased elastic recoil
shrunken down size
impaired gas exchange |
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| neuromuscular defects, chest wall stiffness, obesity |
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Definition
extraparenhymal
cause restriction and smaller volume |
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Definition
helium diluation
nitrogen washout
body plthysmogprahy
RV and TLC not measured but calculated |
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Definition
| measurement of gas transfer from atmosphere to alveolar capillary hemoglobin |
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Definition
| diffusing capacity measurement of gas transfer from atmospher to alveolar capillary hemoglobin |
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| what does diffusing cpacity reflect? |
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Definition
on the capillary side it reflects red blood cell mass
on teh alveolar side it reflects diffusing cpacity and surface |
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Definition
alveolar side: emphysema, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary edema
capillary side: anemia, pulmonary vascular disease |
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Definition
| cpailarry side: polycythemia early heart failure, hemorrhage |
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Definition
FEV1 low
decreased ration of FEV1/FVC
TLC normal or increased
diffusion: normal or decreased
examples, chronic bronmchitis, emphysema, asthma |
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Definition
tlc reduced
proportionally decreased expiraotrry flowfev1/fvc is normal to increased
fibrosis
neuromuscular
chest wall diaphragm issues |
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