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| 2 main functions of respiratory system |
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| gas exchange (O2<->CO2), acid/base homeostasis |
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| pressure of single gas (outside/inside) |
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| 3 superior generations of air transport to lungs |
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| trachea, bronchi, bronchioles |
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| pneumonia, bacterial, fungal, viral, protozoa, ricketsiae, usually pneumococcus & influenza, also chemicals, dust, inactivity, aspiration |
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| productive cough, chills, fever, dyspnea, incr. WBC |
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| inflammation of bronchial mucous membranes |
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| bacterial infection, primarily in lungs but can be anywhere, airborne trans. |
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| spasmotic constriction of smooth muscles of bronchiole tree, difficulty w/inspiration |
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| exposure to dust causes resp. disease, asbestosis, antracosis (black lung), etc. |
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| dilation of lung spaces, smoke & air pollution, barrel chest, difficulty w/expiration |
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| pulmonary function can't be restored, DOE |
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| air in plural cavity, lung develops blebs or 2* to disease or trauma |
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| incomplete expansion or collapsing of lung, hypoxia |
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| inflammation of visceral & parietal pleural membranes, bacterial, viral, PNA, TB, infarct, neoplasm, SLE, chest trauma |
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| excess fluid in plural space bet. membranes, CHF, TB, RA, etc. |
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| fluid in pulmonary spaces & air spaces |
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| movable mass lodges in pulmonary artery or branches |
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| hypertrophy & failure of R ventricle, pulmonary HTN, few yrs. survival |
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| amount of air expired after large inhalation |
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| arterial blood gases: O2 level, ventilatory & acid/base levels, before entering body |
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| scope, biopsy, radiactive dye |
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