10 Obstructive



Chronic Bronchitis

- completely arbitrary clinical definition

- a lot of mucous and glands
- normally: mucous layer 0.4 of total bronchiole wall. > 0.5 = severe bronchitis

- cough from inflammation
- wheezing from obstruction
- crackles from mucous

- left filled with mucous
- left become hypoxemic
- 100% O2 will not help

Emphysema

- think smoke rising up to upper lobe

- acinus: "berry"
- smoker: branch portion, centriacinar or centrilobular
- deficiency: everything


- bronchus collapse during exhalation

- big white space, thin septa (tissue dividing space)
- left lower: black spots, evidence of centrilobular damage

- hyperventilation: to get remaining functioning alveoli to do more work
- hyperventilating = more work = weight loss

- emphysema: blue line shift to left, less elastic recoil
- FRC shift up, higher volume at end of quiet breath, barrel chest

AAT



COPD

- usually just include chronic bronchitis and emphysema; asthma has its own treatment
Asthma

- reversible: go back after acute episode
- overreact to stimulus and bronchorestrict



- triggered by taking aspirin
- triad: asthma, rhinosinusitis, nasal polyposis

- Swollen ASA umpire: aspirin “pseudo-allergy” due to excess leukotriene synthesis (use clopidogrel instead)

- ASA umpire grabbing Coach Cox: inhibition of COX shifts the AA metabolism to the LOX leukotriene pathway (exaggerated in aspirin-induced asthma)

- normal I/E: 1 to 2
- asthma: expiratory phase prolonged, longer for air to get out. 1/4 or 1/5
- reduced peak flow (image). Highest velocity of air flow
- status asthmaticus: severe, hypoxia


- in mucous plugs in sputum: epithelial cells that shed and form whirls
- eosinophils and eosinophil membrane proteins making crystals

- drop in systolic blood pressure with inspiration, usually by pericardial effusion and tamponade
Bronchiectasis

- chronic inflammation causing permanently dilated airways
- obstruction: small airways thickened


- infection both cause and consequence
- rare cause of amyloidosis: anything causes chronic inflammation can lead to secondary amyloidosis

- tumor: can't clear mucous, backs up
- smoking: either direct or by infection
- CF: recurrent infection

Ciliary Dyskinesia


- either dynein absent or abnormal

- chronic sinusitis: poor ciliary function
- infertility: abnormal sperm ciliary


ABPA

- only immunocompromised (asthma, CF)
- eosinophilia: important

- important: symptoms + blood IgE and eosinophils
- steroids: treat inflammation/allergic reaction

- plane with letters. Farmer running/migrating, sweating, inhaler in hand: ABPA (allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) is a type I HSR that causes wheezing, fever and migratory pulmonary infiltrates. Also association with CF patients
- IgE on inhaler: ABPA is associated with asthma and may show increased IgE levels in the serum

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