NURS372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin, Spasm, Respiratory Tract Infection
20 Feb 2019
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Dyspnea - progressive, persistent, and characteristically worse with exercise; some people may be able to cope with the disease when they"re younger, but may exacerbate as they get older. Chronic cough - may be intermittent and may be unproductive. Chronic sputum production - copd patients commonly cough up sputum. Cat test - this is a short questionnaire focused on common symptoms of copd give to patient to help with dx. I usually just read the questions to students and click briefly on questionnaire. There are other questionnaires available this is one example. Emphysema near normal, mild hypoxemia normal or low pco2. Emphysema hyperinflation, flat diaphragm, attenuated peripheral vessels, normal heart, widened intercostal margins. Take deep breath in and then blow out as much as they can. Normally can get rid of all volume in yoru chest within 3 seconds: fev - forced expired volume in one second.
