PHTY205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hemoptysis, Flail Chest, Shortness Of Breath
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Symptoms of a respiratory disorder: pain, dyspnoea, chest tightness/wheezing, cough +/- sputum, haemoptysis, constitutional systems (nausea, fever, fatigue, etc. ) Limb examination: skin changes, oedema, clubbing, reduced functional/exercise tolerance, reduced health related qol, abnormal respiratory investigations, abgs, radiology, spirometry. Definition and aetiology: an acute inflammatory condition of the lung parenchyma. Infective disorder: classified by site, source or cause, bacteria, fungal or viral. Infection only occurs when orga nisms overcome the normally ef fective lung defence mechanisms - as a result of either lungs" defences being defective or overwhelmed by the virulence or quantity of organisms. Bronchiectasis: abnormal dilation of a bronchus, permanent dilation of the or bronchi. Loss of cilia, squamous cell metaplasia: mucous gland hyperplasia, can be focal or diffuse. Increased goblet cells: destruction of airway walls, mutation and dysfunction of the. Cftr on chromosome 7: nacl transport dysfunction (bronchiectasis, cyst formation causing an increase in mucous viscosity, impaired mcc and exocrine dysfunction.
