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Page 1: Pulmonology Review

PULMONARY REVIEW

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PHYSIOLOGY

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Mechanics of Breathing

• Pressure difference is the driving force for air flow, Q = ΔP / R

• Between breaths, alveolar pressure = atmospheric pressure

• Inspiration: Diaphragm contracts → lung volume increases → alveolar pressure decreases → air flows into the lungs until alveolar pressure = atmospheric pressure again

• Tidal volume (VT) = volume inspired in one normal breath (500mL)

• Volume in lungs after inspiration = FRC + VT

• Functional residual capacity: the volume in the lungs at the end-expiratory position

• Expiration: diaphragm relaxes → lung volume decreases → alveolar pressure increases → air flows out of the lungs

• Forced expiration: contraction of expiratory muscles further increases alveolar pressure to force air out. Intrapleural pressure increases too, but as long as the transmural pressure is still positive, the lungs will not collapse. Expiration will be rapid and forceful.

• COPD: Lung elasticity is decreased, so during forced expiration, intrapleural pressures increase to normal values but alveolar pressures are lower because of their increased compliance. The gradient becomes negative & airways collapse.

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Lung Volumes and Capacities

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Pressure Changes during Breathing

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Forced Expiration and COPD

In a person with COPD forced expiration may cause the airways to collapse.

In COPD, lung compliance increases because of loss of elastic fibers. During forced expiration,

intrapleural pressure is raised to the same value as in the normal person. However, because the

structures have diminished elastic recoil, alveolar pressure and airway pressure are lower than in a

normal person. The large airways collapse because the transmural pressure gradient across them

reverses, becoming a negative (collapsing) transmural pressure. Obviously, if the large airways

collapse, resistance to airflow increases and expiration is more difficult.

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Transmural Pressures

• Transmural pressure:

• Pressure difference across a structure

• Transpulmonary pressure:

• Difference between intra-alveolar pressure & intrapleural pressure

• Calculated as alveolar pressure minus intrapleural pressure

• Transthoracic pressure:

• Difference between intrapleural pressure & pressure outside the chest wall (outside

the body)

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Pulmonary Compliance

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Hysteresis

• Hysteresis: the phenomenon that the compliance curves for inspiration and expiration are different.

• For a given pressure, lung volume is higher during expiration than during inspiration, therefore compliance is greater during expiration.

• Inspiration –• Low volume; liquid molecules are closely packed; intermolecular forces are high

• Surfactant is released to break the forces (Surfactant = a phospholipid produced by type II alveolar cells that acts as a detergent to reduce surface tension & increase lung compliance)

• Lung volume increases faster than surfactant can be added → curve starts off flat & gradually steepens as more surfactant is added.

• Expiration –• Starts at high volume; intermolecular forces are low

• Surface area decreases faster than surfactant can be removed → increasing density of surfactant per surface area decreases surface tension & increases compliance → curve starts off flat

• As expiration proceeds – surfactant is removed at a similar rate as volume decreases, so the compliance curve has a fairly constant slope

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Compliance and Elastance

• Compliance: Describes distensibility of system. ΔV/ΔP

• “How easily an object stretches”

• Elastance: inversely correlated with compliance. ΔP/ΔV "Snap back"

or elastic recoil force.

• “Ability of an object to return to its original position or shape”

• Emphysema increased compliance, decreased elastance

• Fibrosis decreased compliance, increased elastance

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Compliance of Lung and Chest Wall

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Pneumothorax

• Normally, the intrapleural space has a negative pressure

• This negative intrapleural pressure is created by two opposing elastic

forces pulling on the intrapleural space

• When a sharp object punctures the intrapleural space, air is

introduced (pneumothorax), and intrapleural pressure suddenly

becomes equal to atm pressure; thus, instead of its normal negative

value, intrapleural pressure becomes ZERO

• Two main consequences of pneumothorax

• Without negative intrapleural pressure to hold lung open, lung collapses

• Without negative intrapleural pressures to keep the chest wall from expanding, the

chest wall springs out

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Compliance and Elastance Pathology

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Emphysema and Compliance

• Emphysema is associated with loss of elastic fibers in the lungs increased compliance increased (steeper) slope of the volume-versus-pressure curve at a given volume, the collapsing (elastic recoil) force is decreased.

• At the original value for FRC, chest wall expansion outweighs lung’s collapsing force. In order for the opposing forces to be balanced, volume must be added to the lungs to increase their collapsing force.

• Thus, the combined lung and chest-wall system seeks a new higher FRC, where the two opposing forces can be balanced; the new intersection point, where airway pressure is zero, is increased.

• A patient with emphysema is said to breathe at higher lung volumes (in recognition of the higher FRC) and will have a barrel-shaped chest.

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Fibrosis and Compliance

• Fibrosis (decreased lung compliance). Fibrosis, a so-called

restrictive disease, is associated with stiffening of lung tissues

and decreased compliance.

• A decrease in lung compliance is associated with a decreased

slope of the volume-versus-pressure curve for the lung.

• At the original FRC, the tendency of the lungs to collapse is

greater than the tendency of the chest wall to expand, and the

opposing forces will no longer be balanced. To reestablish

balance, the lung and chest-wall system will seek a new lower

FRC; the new intersection point, where airway pressure is zero,

is decreased.

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FRC

• Functional Residual Capacity (FRC) is the volume of air present in the

lungs at the end of passive expiration.

• At FRC, the elastic recoil forces of the lungs and chest wall are equal

but opposite. There is no exertion at this point by any of the

respiratory muscles.

• FRC is the sum of Expiratory Reserve Volume (ERV) and Residual

Volume (RV) and since it includes the residual volume, it cannot be

measured by spirometry.

• RV can be measured by helium dilution or body pleythysmography.

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Air Flow and Resistance

The medium-sized bronchi are the sites of highest airway resistance.

It would seem that the smallest airways would provide the highest resistance to

airflow, based on the inverse fourth power relationship between resistance and

radius.

However, because of their parallel arrangement, the smallest airways do not

have the highest resistance.

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Pulmonary vascular resistance is about

1/10 of systemic vascular resistance

It has a minimum value at intermediate

lung volumes

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Blood Gas Pressures

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Respiratory Volumes

TLC Total Lung

capacity

6.0L

FRC Functional

Residual Capacity

2.4L

VC Vital Capacity 4.7L

VT Tidal Volume 0.5L

FVC Forced Vital

Capacity

4.7L

VA Alveolar

Ventilation

N/A

FEV1 Volume of FVC in

1 second

N/A

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Constants

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• Anatomic dead space (~ 150 mL) = the volume of the conducting airways (nose/mouth, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles)

• Alveolar ventilation = total rate of air movement into and out of the alveoli, expressed in mL/min. (500 mL/breath - 150 mL/breath) x 15 breaths/min = 5250 mL/min

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Alveolar Ventilation

• VT = tidal volume

• RR = respiratory rate

• VD = dead space

• Total ventilation (aka minute ventilation) = VT x RR

• Normal: 500 mL/breath x 15 breaths/min = 7500 mL/min

• Alveolar ventilation (VA) = (VT - VD) x RR

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Alveolar Ventilation Equation• Fundamental Equation of Physiology: Interdependence of CO2 and Ventilation

• Increasing VA decreases PACO2 and PaCO2 and increases pH : ALKALOSIS

• Decreasing VA increases PACO2 and PaCO2 and decreases pH : ACIDOSIS

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Alveolar Gas Equation

• Predicts PAO2 based on alveolar PACO2

• PIO2 = (760-47) mmHg * 0.21 = 150mmHg

• PAO2 = 150 – (40mmHg/0.8) = 100mmHg

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A-a Gradient

• PAO2 – PaO2

• In a normal person, the A-a difference is close to zero (but not zero), because while O2 will equilibrate in the alveoli, there is a small amount of blood (~2%) that bypasses the alveoli (aka the "physiological shunt"), and PaO2 (obtained via a blood sample) is a mixture of all blood, including shunted blood.

• To calculate the estimated normal A-a gradient : [Person’s Age/4] + 4

• Three scenarios that result in an increased gradient:• Diffusion defects (e.g. fibrosis, pulmonary edema)

• V/Q defects

• Right-to-left shunts (cardiac, intrapulmonary)

• NOT Hypoventilation and High altitude

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Dead Space

• Anatomic dead space: Volume of conducting airways

• (nose/mouth, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles)

• Physiologic dead space: Total volume of the lungs that does not

participate in gas exchange = “anatomic dead space” plus any

functional dead space in the structures that contain alveoli

• Dead space ventilation is usually approximately 2ml/kg (ideal body

weight)

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If you increase your RR and your VT by

20% respectively, you will see a

GREATER increase in alveolar ventilation

with an increase in VT

BIGGER DEEPER BREATHS WORK

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Diffusion of Gases

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Diffusion Changes

• In emphysema, DL decreases because destruction of alveoli results in

a decreased SA for gas exchange.

• In fibrosis or pulmonary edema, DL decreases because the diffusion

distance (membrane thickness or interstitial volume) increases.

• In anemia, DL decreases because the amount of hemoglobin in red

blood cells is reduced (recall that DL includes the protein-binding

component of O2 exchange).

• During exercise, DL increases because additional capillaries are

perfused with blood, which increases the SA for gas exchange.

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Diffusion Limited vs. Perfusion Limited

• Gas exchange across the alveolar/pulmonary capillary barrier is either

diffusion-limited or perfusion-limited

• CO is a diffusion-limited gas meaning that as long as the partial

pressure gradient is maintained, diffusion will continue across the

length of the capillary, so it can be used to measure the diffusing

capacity.

• Partial pressure gradient maintained because CO is bound to

hemoglobin in capillary blood so CO does not equilibrate by the end

of the capillary

• Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a perfusion limited gas so it can be used to

measure perfusion capacity

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The slower equilibration of O2 at

high altitude is exaggerated in a person

with fibrosis. Pulmonary capillary blood

does not equilibrate by the end of the

capillary, resulting in values for PaO2 as

low as 30 mm Hg, which will seriously

impair O2 delivery to the tissues.

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Hypoxemia and Hypercapnia

• Hypoxemia: a decrease in arterial Po2

• Causes of hypoxemia: high altitude, hypoventilation, diffusion

defect, V/Q defect, right-to-left shunt

• Hypercapnia: abnormally elevated levels of CO2 in the

blood

• Causes of hypercapnia: hypoventilation, lung disease, respiratory

acidosis

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CO2 moves from alveolar gas to

pulmonary capillary blood 20 times faster

than O2 due to a 20 times higher CO2

diffusion coefficient

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Blood Flow is Highest in Zone 3 of the

lung due to pressure. It is 20X higher.

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Ventilation Rates are highest in Zone 3 of

the lung due to gravity

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V/Q

• V/Q ratio is the ratio of alveolar ventilation to pulmonary blood flow

(ventilation/perfusion ratio, measured in L/min over L/min).

• The normal value is 0.8.

• If V/Q ratio is normal, then PaO2 will be at its normal value (100 mm

Hg), as is PaCO2 (40 mm Hg).

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V/Q and Gas Exchange

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V/Q Defects

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Physiological vs. Pathological Shunt

• Physiologic shunt -A small fraction of the pulmonary blood flow (about 2%) bypasses the alveoli

• Result is that PaO2 will always be slightly less than PAO2

• Made up of 2 components• Bronchial blood flow, which serves metabolic functions of bronchi

• Coronary blood flow that drains directly into the left ventricle via the thebesian veins

• Pathologic Shunts-

• Right-to-left-Blood can pass from the right to left heart if there is a defect in the wall between the ventricles• Hypoxemia ALWAYS occurs because significant fraction of output is never delivered

to the lungs for oxygenation

• Hypoxemia CANNOT be corrected by having the person breathe a high O2 gas

• Usually only minimal increase in PaCO2 (systemic arterial blood PCO2)

• Left-to-right-More common and does not cause hypoxemia• Can be from patent ductus arteriosus or traumatic injury

• Elevated PO2 in the right side of the heart

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2% of blood bypasses pulmonary

circulation in physiological shunt of

healthy people

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O2 CO2 TRANSPORT

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Dissolved O2 is free in solution and

accounts for approximately 2% of the total

O2 content of blood.

The remaining 98% of the total O2

content of blood is reversibly bound to

hemoglobin inside the red blood cells.

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O2 Content

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O2 Delivery

• Cardiac Output x O2 Content

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Henry’s Law

Henry’s law deals with gases dissolved in solution (e.g., in blood). To calculate

a gas concentration in the liquid phase, the partial pressure in the gas phase

first is converted to the partial pressure in the liquid phase; then, the partial

pressure in liquid is converted to the concentration in liquid.

ONLY APPLIES TO DISSOLVED (NOT BOUND) GAS

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O2 Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve

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The percent saturation of heme sites does

not increase linearly as PO2 increases.

Rather, percent saturation increases

steeply (change in affinity) as PO2

increases from zero to approximately 40

mm Hg, and it then levels off between 50

mm Hg and 100 mm Hg.

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Unloading

• This sigmoidal shape explains the mechanism of oxygen

unloading in the capillaries. In regions of low PO2 such as

40 mmHg in mixed venous blood, the affinity between

hemoglobin and oxygen is decreased and oxygen

dissociates and enters tissues. The opposite is true in

regions of high PO2 such as in the alveoli (100 mmHg).

• Also related to concentrations of CO2 (Bohr and Haldane

Effect)

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P50

• A change in the value of P50 is used as an indicator for a

change in affinity of hemoglobin for O2.

• An increase in P50 reflects a decrease in affinity – RIGHT SHIFT

• A decrease in P50 reflects an increase in affinity – LEFT SHIFT

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Shifts in O2 Hemoglobin curve

• Right Shifts• P50 is higher: DECREASED AFFINITY

• Increased PCO2 (Bohr Effect)

• Decreased pH

• Increased Temperature

• Increased 2,3,-DPG

• Left Shifts• P50 is lower: INCREASED AFFINITY

• Decreased PCO2

• Increased pH

• Decreased Temperature

• Decreased 2,3-DPG

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2,3-DPG

• 2,3-DPG is a byproduct of glycolysis in red blood cells.

• 2,3-DPG binds to the b chains of deoxyhemoglobin and reduces their affinity for O2.

• This decrease in affinity causes the O2-hemoglobin dissociation curve to shift to the right and facilitates unloading of O2 in the tissues.

• 2,3-DPG production increases under hypoxic conditions. For example, living at high altitude causes hypoxemia, which stimulates the production of 2,3-DPG in red blood cells.

• In turn, increased levels of 2,3-DPG facilitate the delivery of O2 to the tissues as an adaptive mechanism.

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The Effect of CO

• Decreases O2 bound to hemoglobin and also causes a

left shift of the O2-hemoglobin dissociation curve

• Decreases O2 content of hemoglobin AND decreases unloading in

the tissues

• BAD.

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The Effect of Anemia

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CO2 Transport

• Dissolved CO2 (5%), straight up in the blood

• Carbaminohemoglobin (3%), bound to hemoglobin, albumin or other

proteins

• HCO3- (>90%), chemically modified by carbonic anhydrase

• Exact percentages vary, but the vast majority is in HCO3-

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Chloride Shift and CO2 Transport

• Carbonic Anhydrase in RBCs catalyzes the combination of CO2 and

H2O to form H2CO3

• H2CO3 dissociates into H+ and HCO3-

• H+ remains in the RBC and HCO3- is filtered into plasma in exchange

for Cl-

• H+ is buffered in RBCs by deoxyhemoglobin

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Haldane vs. Bohr Effect

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PFTS

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Spirogram

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Important Values

• VT = 500mL

• IRV = 3000 mL

• ERV = 1200mL

• RV = 1200mL

• VC = 4700 mL

• FRC = 1200mL

• TLC = 5900mL

• Dead Space = 150mL

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4 Volumes, 4 Capacities

• 4 Volumes

• Tidal volume

• Inspiratory reserve volume

• Expiratory reserve volume

• Residual volume

• Four Capacities:

• Inspiratory Capacity IRV + TV

• Functional residual capacity ERV + RV

• Vital Capacity TV + IRV + ERV

• Total Lung Capacity IRV +TV + ERV + RV

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Residual Volume cannot be measured by

Spirometry

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Flow Volume Curve

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Diffusion, DLCO

• DLCO : lung diffusing capacity

• DL can be measured using carbon monoxide.

• The test involves breathing in air with low concentrations of

CO, and the rate of disappearance of CO from the gas mixture

is proportional to the DL.

• In certain pathological processes the DL changes predictably.

• Emphysema, the DL goes down because destruction of alveoli

decrease surface area for gas exchange.

• Pulmonary fibrosis or edema, DL decreases because the diffusion

distance increases.

• Exercise, the DL increases because more capillaries are perfused with

blood, thus increasing the surface area for exchange.

• Anemia, the DL decreases because the amount of hemoglobin in

RBCs decreases.

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3 Categories of Lung Disease

• Obstructive

• Restrictive

• Interstitial

• Primary neurologic

• Primary muscular

• Primary skeletal

• Vascular

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Localizing Disease

• Airway• Asthma

• COPD (chronic bronchitis & emphysema)

• Interstitium and Alveoli• ILD

• Emphysema

• Alveolar Filling (WBC, RBC, Water, Protein)

• Blood Vessels• PE

• PAH

• Pulm Ven HTN

• Neuromuscular and Chest Wall• Pleural disease

• Neurologic deficiency

• Muscular weakness

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Algorithm

FEV1/FVC

Low

Obstructed

Reversible

Yes: Asthma No: COPD

DLCO

Low: Emphysema

Normal: Bronchitis

Normal

FVC/ TLC

Low: Restrictive

DLCO

Low: ILDNormal:

Neuromuscular

Normal

DLCO

Low: Vascular Normal: Normal

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Normal Values

• FEV1/FVC: 80 to 120% of predicted for most PFTs

• Exceptions - FEV1/FVC: > 70%

• Use actual value not % predicted

• Change with bronchodilator

• > 12% in FEV1 or FVC and 200 cc’s

• TLC: 80 to 120% of predicted for most PFTs

• TLC : Low (Restricted), High (Hyper-inflated)

• DLCO : < 80% is considered abnormal

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ACUTE RESPIRATORY

FAILURE

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Types of ARF

• Typical (normal) ABG values: >60 mmHg for PaO2 and <50 mmHg for PaCO2

• There are two types of acute respiratory failures: in both types there will be decreased PaO2 (<60 mmHg). Thus in order to distinguish between the two types, we evaluate the PaCO2.

• 1. Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: PaCO2 ≤ 40 mmHg• Hypoxemia without hypercapnia

• Inability to properly take up oxygen

• There is insufficient oxygen in the blood but near normal CO2

• 2. Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: PaCO2 > 40 mmHg• Hypoxemia with hypercapnia

• Inability to eliminate carbon dioxide

• There is too much carbon dioxide in the blood

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A-a Gradient

• In a patient w/ hypoxemia and PaCO2 ≤ 40 mmHg:

• Increased A-a gradient → intrapulmonary issue

• Normal A-a gradient → extrapulmonary issue

• An increase in the A-a gradient suggests an inability to extract enough

oxygen (e.g., defects in diffusion, V/Q mismatch, or right-to-left

shunting).

• If the patient is hypoxic and has a normal A-a gradient, it suggests

the problem is not in extracting O2 from the blood pointing to other

etiologies like being at a higher elevation.

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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure with

Increased A-a Gradient

• 1. Pulmonary embolism

• 2. Atelectasis

• 3. Pneumonia

• 4. Interstitial lung disease

• 5. Infection

• 6. ARDS

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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure with

Normal A-a Gradient

• High Altitude

• Decreased FIO2 (asphyxia, drowning)

• Airway Obstruction

• Foreign body

• Laryngeal spasm

• Obesity and external compression of larynx

• Obstructive sleep apnea

• Obstruction of airway apparatus – kinking / obstruction of endotracheal tube

• Asthma

• Tumor

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Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

• Depression of the neurologic system

• Narcotics

• Overdose

• Coma

• Disease of the chest wall or neuromuscular apparatus

• Myesthenia Gravis

• Guillian Barre Syndrome

• COPD or other lung diseases

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Clinical Signs and Sx

• Breathing rate

• Tidal volumes

• Labored respiration/Paradoxical breathing

• Asynchronous ventilatory patterns

• Prolonged inspiratory phase: Stridor and upper airway obstruction

• Prolonged expiratory phase: Asthma/COPD

• Patient posture (cannot lay flat)

• Ability to converse

• Tachycardia with increased work of breathing

• Patient tell you they are exhausted

• Pulse ox <90%

• PaO2 < 60 mmHg

• PaCO2 > 50 mmHg

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Clinical Utility of Venous Blood Gas

• Venous blood gas is sometimes used when arterial blood cannot be obtained due to diminished pulses or patient movement.

• Venous blood gas gives a picture of how critical the patient is. If the venous O2 is really low, then the body is extracting the majority of O2 from blood and the patient is very critical. Normal mixed venous O2 saturation is 65-70%.

• Central venous blood is preferred over peripheral venous blood because of their better correlation to arterial blood gases.

• Central venous pH is usually 0.03-0.05 pH units lower than arterial pH. PCO2 is usually 4 to 5 mmHg higher than arterial PCO2.

• Peripheral venous pH is usually 0.02-0.04pH units lower than arterial pH. The venous PCO2 is about 3-5mmHg higher than arterial PCO2.

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Identify the patient who may require

intubation and mechanical ventilation.

• Patients with severe dyspnea

• Respiratory rate 35bpm

• Unable to gasp more than 3 words

• Very abnormal breathing pattern

• Tachycardia/arrhythmias

• Hyper/hypotension

• Sweating

• Abnormal arterial blood gases-60/50 club

• Arterial PCO2 has risen to cause• Lowered pH (below 7.25-7.30)

• Impaired mental status

• PO2 over 60 mmHg cannot be achieved with inspired O2 concentration less than 40% - 60%

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NEURAL CONTROL OF

BREATHING

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Lung Volume and Airway Patency

• 2 types of striated muscles regulate the flow of air in and out of lungs:• Pump and Airway muscles

• Pump muscles: Define volume of chest cavity: motor neurons in the spinal cord • Inspiratory: diaphragm and external intercostals

• Expiratory: internal intercostals and abdominal (passive process at rest)

• Airway muscles: regulate the flow of air through the airway: motor neurons located in the lower brainstem

• Two aspects of ventilatory control: • (1) degree of inspiratory drive or central inspiratory activity

• (2) the timing mechanism (which controls the termination of inspiration).

• Determining factors act in concert to set the respiratory rate and tidal volume and thus the minute ventilation and specific pattern of breathing.”

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3 Phases of Breathing

• Inspiration: The diaphragm is recruited in an incremental fashion during inspiration: Innervated by phrenic nerve

• Passive Expiration (E1): Air is forced out of the lungs due to the recoil of the elastic fibers in the lungs. • During this phase the phrenic nerve is still active but at lower level than it was

in inspiration.

• The expiratory branch of the recurrent laryngeal nerve activates the laryngeal constrictors, which oppose lung recoil.

• The activity of these two nerves produces a smoother expiratory flow and results in better gas exchange in the lungs.

• Active expiration (E2): only occurs if chemoreceptors are stimulated by hypoxia or hypercapnia or during exercise. • Expiratory muscles activity is essential to speed up breathing frequency.

Inspiratory duration is virtually invariant in a healthy individual. The breathing rate increases almost entirely via shortening of expiratory phase. L

• Lumbar nerve innervates muscles of phase 2

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Rhythm vs. Pattern Generation

• Pattern: the orderly recruitment of pump and airway muscles during

the respiratory cycle:

• pontomedullary network of neurons

• pattern generator is regulated by

• cortex (volitional control)

• limbic system (emotions)

• state of vigilance (sleep vs awake)

• blood gases (chemoreception)

• feedbacks from lung and chest sensory afferents

• Rhythm: generates the respiratory rate

• PreBotzinger complex: controls timing of inspiration

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Neural Breathing Centers

• Ventral respiratory column refers to a bilateral stretch of reticular formation that contains rhythm generating and pattern-generating respiratory neurons • The preBötzinger Complex is a small segment of the VRC where the eupneic

breathing rhythm is generated.

• Located in the ventrolateral medulla

• Pneumotaxic center in dorsal pons

• The nucleus solitary tract (NTS) receives sensory afferents including afferents from the lungs and carotid bodies. • The region is also sometimes called dorsal respiratory group and, in some

species, contains phrenic premotor neurons.

• Inspiratory motoneurons including phrenic motor neurons receive most of their input from the brainstem

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Mechanoreceptors vs. Chemoreceptors

• Central Chemoreceptors: detect PCO2 and acid • Hypoxia in the CNS suppresses breathing

• Peripheral Chemoreceptors (the carotid and aortic) detect artery hypoxia and arterial PCO2 • Respond more quickly to a change in arterial PCO2 than central chemoreceptors

• Irritant receptors: (rapidly adapting) chemosensitive C fibers• Respond to cold, airflow, pollutants, irritants and inflammation

• Mechanoreceptors (slowly adapting)• Lung inflation stretches the terminal endings of mechanosensitive sensory afferents

located in the trachea and bronchi.

• Activation of these afferents is sustained when the stretch is maintained

• Initiate Hering Breuer reflex (see LO6)

• Mechanoreceptors (rapidly adapting)• Encode rate of change of tension

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Chemoreceptors

• Peripheral chemoreceptors are located in the carotid bodies and in the aortic body, located between the pulmonary artery and aortic arch.

• Detect CO2 and O2

• REACT FASTER THAN CENTRAL CHEMORECEPTORS

• Central respiratory chemoreceptors reside at the ventral surface of the medulla oblongata.

• Detect only CO2• Retrotrapezoid nucleus

• Fissura pontomedullaris

• Inferior olive

• Precerebellar structure.

• CNS Hypoxia depresses breathing

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MOA Peripheral Chemoreception

• Hypoxia depolarizes type I cells (glomus cells) by turning off

potassium conductances.

• The depolarization causes Ca to enter and produces the exocytosis of

transmitters (most important: ACh, ATP).

• ACh and ATP depolarize the peripheral end of sensory afferents.

• Carotid body afferents project to the nucleus solitary tract via the

glossopharyngeal nerve where the information is relayed to the

central pattern generator to cause an increase in breathing rate and

amplitude.

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MOA Central Chemoreception

• RTN neurons (bright green) are glutamatergic. They innervate only

the regions involved in respiratory rhythm and pattern generation

• RTN neurons are activated by acidification

• A mutation of transcription factor Phox2b in man prevents the

development of RTN neurons. The result is Congenital Central

Hypoventilation Syndrome (Ondine’s curse), a disease in which

breathing is no longer stimulated by CO2 and breathing stops during

sleep (breathing while awake is Ok although PCO2 is less tigthly

regulated).

• These patients are ventilator-dependant throughout their life.

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Hering Breur Reflex• Reflex triggered to prevent overinflation of the lung mediated by slowly adapting

mechanoreceptors.

• Initiated by lung inflation, which stretches the terminal endings of slowly adapting mechanosensitive sensory afferents located in the trachea and bronchi influx of sodium depolarization and action potential generation

• The axons travel in thoracic branches of the vagus nerve, and the cell bodies are found in the nodose ganglion.

• Via the NTS, the information is relayed to the pons and the ventral respiratory column, resulting in decreased activity of inspiratory motoneurons, which helps terminate inspiration.

• They are termed “slowly adapting” because their activation is sustained when the stretch is maintained.

• This reflex is weaker in the adult and stronger in the neonate and is of minor medical importance.

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Rapid Mechanoreceptors

• Respond only briefly to a stretch. They encode the rate of change of

the tension as opposed to its absolute level. Rapidly adapting

mechanoreceptors also exist in the lung but they are not involved in

the H-B reflex.

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Chemosensitive C Fiber Afferents

• Present throughout the trachea and bronchi and can produce a

variety of skeletomotor and autonomic reflexes.

• Exposure to pollutants and irritants triggers activation of both rapidly

adapting receptors and C-fiber afferents, which then mediate mucus

production, glottal closure and apnea, bronchoconstriction, and

cough.

• Glottis closure prevents further inhalation of particulate matter,

irritants or toxins, and cough is a powerful expiratory effort against a

closed glottis.

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Sighs

• Sighs are periodic unusually large inspirations.

• Their frequency is increased by (1) being awake as opposed to sleep,

and (2) by hypoxia, probably by stimulation of the carotid bodies.

• Most likely serve to prevent atelectasis

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Automaticity and Voluntary Control

• In general, the process of breathing is a normal rhythmic activity that

occurs without conscious effort. It is controlled by the central

respiratory generator located in the medulla, which sends signals to

the respiratory muscles. Input from the pons to the generator is

necessary for a normal, coordinated breathing pattern.

• The cerebral cortex exerts a conscious or voluntary control over

ventilation. This cortical override of automatic control can be seen

with either voluntary breath holding or hyperventilation.

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CO2 is the variable most tightly regulated

by breathing

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Waking vs. Sleeping Drives

• Breathing automaticity is maintained by several classes of mechanisms. The chemical drive is the excitatory influence of chemoreceptors (both central and peripheral) on the central respiratory pattern generator (CPG).

• When one is awake, the CPG also receives excitatory inputs from “waking drives” including neural feedback that gauges the metabolic activity of skeletal muscles and the reticular activating system.

• When one is asleep (non-REM sleep), however, the waking drive is greatly reduced or absent, and the chemical drive becomes the dominant influence.

• Clinical significance: During sleep, breathing is more shallow, less stable (more prone to stop → apnea), and depends highly on the chemoreceptor drive.

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CNS hypercapnia will produce sleep

disturbance and promote awakening, like

in sleep apnea. The increases in CO2

leads to a sudden urge and stimulation to

breathe.

CNS hypoxia has a depressant effect

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Morphine and Breathing

• Morphine depresses the brainstem respiratory pattern generator

(including the central chemoreflex). The resulting slow and shallow

breathing causes hypoxia and hypercarbia.

• Carotid body stimulation by hypoxia/CO2 maintains a modicum of

breathing but only up to a point.

• If morphine exceeds a certain brain concentration, its direct CNS

depressant effect combined with the depressant effects of brain

hypoxia cannot be overcome by carotid body stimulation and

breathing stops, leading to cardiovascular collapse and death.

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SIDS

• Rare but responsible for a significant % of early infant deaths

• Potential causes and contributing factors

• Defect in arousal elicited by hypercapnia or hypoxia.

• Overactive / abnormal airway protective reflexes (cough, laryngeal reflexes).

• Developmental problems (abnormality of lower brainstem serotonergic

neurons, possibly)

• Environmental factors (air pollution, tobacco smoke, nicotine).

• Treatment:

• Preventative (eliminate presumed contributing factors).

• Supine sleeping position (most effective; reduction of mortality estimated at >

50% in the US).

• Alarm to detect loss of breathing

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SIDS Mechanism

• During prone sleeping re-breathing exhaled air can increase CO2 and

decrease O2 levels

• Initiates the arousal response that begins with sigh.

• Successful arousal results in head lifting and repositioning

• If arousal fails, a more severe hypoxic state is reached and eupneic

breathing will transition to gasping

• This transition is mediated by respiratory network reconfiguration of

the preBötC.

• Should an infant fail to both arouse and autoresuscitate, the

irreversible hypoxic insult leads to asphyxiation and the occurrence of

SIDS

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Hypercapnia

• When is hypercapnia really bad for you?

• Acutely, when PaCO2 is greater than 8.0 to 9.3 kPa (60 to 70 mmHg)

• Patients with chronic hypercapnia may not develop symptoms until

the PaCO2 rises acutely to greater than 90 mmHg because they have

a compensatory increase in the plasma bicarbonate concentration;

• As a result, a larger elevation in PaCO2 is required to produce the same reduction

in pH.

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O2 and COPD Patients• Oxygen given to COPD patients may cause secondary hypercapnia

• 1. Ventilation perfusion mismatching (MOST IMPORTANT):

• Your lungs have a finite supply of blood flow. In COPD, you have alveoli that are well ventilated, and alveoli that are poorly ventilated. Under normal conditions, there is proper matching between perfusion and ventilation. Less oxygen in certain alveoli → less blood flow to those alveoli. This frees blood flow to the well ventilated ones so you can effectively remove CO2. If pure O2 is given, the trickle of pure O2 is sufficient to cause perfusion of poorly ventilated alveoli, reducing blood flow to well ventilated ones. Less blood flow to well ventilated alveoli → less CO2 removal and hypercapnia

• 2. The affinity of CO2 for hemoglobin decreases (Haldane effect).

• -The Haldane effect refers to the rightward displacement of the CO2-hemoglobin dissociation curve in the presence of increased oxygen saturation

• 3. Minute ventilation decreases because the hypoxic activation of the carotid chemoreceptors is removed (very small impact on hypercapnia)

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Altitude Effects

• Short term:

• If PO2 < 60mmHg, hypoxemia is severe enough to stimulate

peripheral chemoreceptors (carotid and aortic bodies) → increased

ventilation

• Increased ventilation means that extra CO2 will be expired and arterial

PCO2 will decrease causing a respiratory alkalosis (pH increase)

• pH increase will inhibit central and peripheral chemoreceptors and

offset the increase in ventilation rate

• Long term:

• 1) Body increases production of 2,3 DPG to shift heme dissociation

curve to the right and unload more O2 into tissues

• 2) Within several days, HCO3- excretion increases (renal

compensation for respiratory alkalosis). This takes away the

chemoreceptor inhibition, allowing for a higher ventilation rate

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Diving Reflex

• Exposure of the face, nostrils and upper airway to water triggers

diving reflex.

• Triggered by activation of facial and ethmoid nerve sensory afferents.

• First component: Airway protection.

• Breathing is instantaneously stopped.

• Second component: O2 saving strategy.

• Reduced O2 consumption is caused by sympathetically mediated

vasoconstriction in muscles and GI.

• Parasympathetically-mediated bradycardia. Cardiac O2 consumption and

cardiac output are reduced

• Brain perfusion is maintained at a normal level

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Shallow Water Black Out

• Forced and prolonged hyperventilation before a dive is practiced to

stay under water longer. This is done under the mistaken assumption

that hyperventilation increases stores of blood PO2.

• This is not the case since Hb is saturated with O2 even with normal

ventilation. What hyperventilation does is to lower PaCO2

(respiratory alkalosis) which allows the diver to stay submerged a little

longer because it delays the urge to breathe which is largely driven by

CO2 accumulation.

• The practice of excessive hyperventilation before a dive is dangerous

because a prolonged dive may cause sufficient CNS hypoxia to

produce loss of consciousness and drowning.

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Exercise and Breathing

• During exercise, ventilation first arises in a stepwise fashion and then

exponentially before leveling out. When exercise is stopped, there is

an initial stepwise fall followed by a steady decline back to baseline

ventilation.

• Central command (top down control of breathing during exercise) and

reflexes from muscles and joint mechanoreceptors cause the initial

rise in ventilation at the onset and the rapid fall at the end of dynamic

exercise

• Humoral factors and reflexes from metabotropic receptors probably

accounts for the delayed increase in ventilation at the onset of

exercise and the slow recovery at the end of dynamic exercise

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Exercise and Blood Gas Values

• During light to moderate exercise, the lungs are able to compensate

for muscles using more oxygen and producing more carbon dioxide.

Thus, the arterial gases should not change unless the exercise

becomes severe.

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SLEEP APNEA

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Prevalence of Sleep Apnea

• 20% in patients over 60 years old!

• 9% in Women

• 24% in Men

• Prevalence increases with age until midlife but is constant after age

60ish.

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Types of Apnea• Apnea:

• >10 second cessation of breathing, especially during sleep

• Hypopnea: • Abnormally slow or shallow breathing

• Reduction of airflow by 30% or more with 4% drop in SaO2 OR

• Reduction of airflow by 50% or more with 3% drop in SaO2 + arousal

• according to class, also lasts at least 10 seconds

• Respiratory-event related arousal: • Arousals from sleep that do not meet the definition of apnea or hypopnea, but DO disturb sleep.

• Obstructive sleep apnea: • Disruption of airflow while asleep due to narrowed, blocked, or floppy airway.

• Central sleep apnea: • Absent respiratory effort. Breathing stops and starts due to lack of proper neuromuscular function.

• Mixed sleep apnea: • Apnea due to a combination of Central Sleep Apnea and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Typically begins as central (without ventilatory effort) and presents with airway obstruction when ventilatory effort resumes (OSA)

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Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI):

• Number of apneic and hypopneic episodes per hour

• Normal <5

• Mild 5-15

• Moderate 15-30

• Severe >30

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Pathogenesis of Sleep Apnea

• Upper airway size naturally decreases during sleep due to decreased

neural stimulation of the upper airway dilator muscles. This itself does

not cause apnea. OSA occurs in individuals with naturally smaller

airways and increased airway collapsibility.

• Upper airway size: smaller in OSA

• Craniofacial disorders

• Enlarged tonsils and adenoids: major risk factor in children between ages 3-5

• Increased tongue size (Down’s Syndrome patients)

• Increased Airway Collapsibility

• In obesity, soft tissues of neck can push down and constrict airway.

• OSA is more common in patients with nasal obstruction (mouth breathing leads

to negative pressure that collapses the pharynx)

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Risk Factors

• Obesity• Single most important risk factor for OSA in middle-age adults”

• Enlarged tonsils, Enlarged Adenoids • Surgery in children, not adults

• Enlarged Tongue (as seen in Down’s Syndrome)

• Craniofacial/ Airway abnormalities

• Mallampati Classification 3 or 4

• Neck size >17 inches

• For women: Post-menopause

• Age• Prevalence of OSA increases with age until age 60

• Endocrine changes:• Hypothyroidism => thick and beefy tongue

• Acromegaly

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Clinical Presentation OS

• Snoring (majority of pts - 50% of pts partners report sleeping in a

separate bedroom)

• Apneic episodes

• Unrefreshing or restless sleep

• Excessive daytime somnolence or fatigue

• Drowsiness while driving

• Decreased libido

• Declines in cognition

• Weight gain

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Clinical Presentation OS in Children

• Overweight

• Craniofacial Abnormalities

• Large tonsils

• Nightmares

• Daytime somnolence

• Daytime mouth breathing

• Use Polysomnography to confirm

• First line treatment: tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy

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Differential Diagnosis

• Restless Leg Syndrome

• Narcolepsy

• Delayed sleep-phase syndrome

• Insufficient Sleep Syndrome

• Sleepiness due to meds

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Diagnosis

• The “gold standard” for the diagnosis of OSA is full overnight polysomnography, performed in an attended laboratory setting. This includes monitoring of sleep with electroencephalography (EEG), chin and anterior tibialis electromyography (EMG), monitoring of breathing with oronasal airflow and snoring, thoracic and abdominal effort and pulse oximetry, electrocardiography (ECG), and body position.

• Scoring of sleep stages and arousals from sleep is performed from the EEG and EMG data.

• Apneas and hypopneas are scored according to the combination of oronasal airflow data, thoracoabdominal effort, and oxyhemoglobinsaturation

• Unattended sleep studies can be used in patients with very severe disease. NOT RECOMMENDED IN CENTRAL APNEA.

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Obstructive vs. Central Apneas

Obstructive

Central

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Sequelae of OS

• Pathophysiologic mechanisms

• 1. Apneic events lead to sleep fragmentation - disturbs sleep and patient

stuck in lighter stages of sleep

• OSA can lead to sexual dysfunction

• Increased risk of depression

• Significantly increased risk for motor vehicle accidents (2x more)

• 2. Deoxygenation/reoxygenation causes oxidative stress similar to

ischemia/reperfusion events increase in proinflammatory molecules

• Refractory Hypertension

• Arrhythmias

• Cardiovascular Events

• Stroke

• Atherosclerosis

• Insulin resistance

• INCREASED MORTALITY

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Treatment of OS• CPAP

• Delivers constant pressurized air during both inspiration and expiration

• Bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP)• Delivers high fixed level of pressure during inspiration and lower fixed pressure during expiration

• Easier to tolerate for severe patients

• Weight loss

• Positional therapy

• Oral appliance therapy• Patients with mild - moderate OSA

• Those who are unable or unwilling to use PAP

• Surgical Treatment• Optimal for children

• Unpredictable and less effective in adults

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Causes of Central Apnea

• Hypocapnic:

• Alteration of CO2 apnea threshold during sleep

• Periodic breathing at high altitude

• Cheynes Stokes

• Instability of Respiratory Control System

• Hypercapnic

• Neuromuscular Diseases

• Sleep-Related Hypoventilation

• Brain stem lesions (syringomyelia specifically mentioned)

• Spinal cord disorders

• Stroke

• Muscle disorders (muscular dystrophy)

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Cheyne Stokes Breathing

Cycles of 60-120 seconds

Waxing and waning pattern w/ lack of rib cage or abdomen movement

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Causes of Cheyne-Stokes Apneas

• Systolic heart failure

• Stroke

• Encephalopathies

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Some things to know from quiz…• A.

• The airway in obesity is decreased in size primarily in the lateral dimension.

• B.

• The upper airway has properties of a Starling resistor and demonstrates a critical pressure at which the airway collapses. In normal individuals, this is a negative pressure, but in those with many obstructive apneas, this pressure is positive

• C.

• Following sleep onset, the neural input to the upper airway dilator muscles decreases significantly, much more so than to the phrenic nerves.

• D.

• Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea develop what has been called the pharyngeal myopathy of OSA. It is hypothesized that vibrations from snoring initiate an inflammatory response within the muscles.

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Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

• BMI > 30

• Awake alveolar hypoventilation

• Sleep-disordered breathing

• Daytime hypoxemia

• Dyspnea on exertion

• Serum Bicarbonate Level > 27 mEq/L (elevated bicarb)

• indicates increased paCO2

• Diagnosis with ABGs

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Treatment of Obesity Hypoventilation

• CPAP

• 50% of patients need CPAP + Supplemental Oxygen

• Non-invasive ventilation BPAP + Backup Rate

• For use if CPAP + Oxygen is ineffective

• Weight Loss

• Bariatric surgery in some patients, but patients with obesity

hypoventilation syndrome are not recommended for bariatric surgery.

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ASTHMA

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Cytokines and TH2 Response

• IL-4, IL-5, IL-9, IL-13

• Lymphocytes of TH2 phenotype (CD4+) are thought to be a prominent

component of the inflammatory response in asthma.

• IL-5 has a chemoattractant effect for eosinophils, stimulates growth, stimulates

activation, and stimulates eosinophilic degranulation.

• IL-4 is inflammatory by activating B lymphocytes, enhancing synthesis of IgE,

and promoting TH2 differentiation.

• IL-13 also induces IgE synthesis, as well as mediating many various effects of

cells involved with the inflammation of asthma.

• IL-9 promotes growth of TH2 cells, B cells and Mast cells, IgE production and

production of cytokines by smooth muscle cells

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IL-4 and IgE

• IL-4 promotes release of IgE antibodies from B cells

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3 Functions of IL-4

• 1. B cell activation

• 2. IgE synthesis

• 3. Differentiation of Th2 cells

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IL-4 vs. IL-13

• Similarity: Both play a role in making Th2 cells. IL-4 induces the

differentiation while IL-13 induces the production of Th2 cells. Both

make lung endothelium produce VCAM, making it “sticky” for

eosinophils. Both induce IgE production

• Differences: IL-13 has broader effects on epithelium and smooth

muscle cells

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IL-5

• IL-5 is the only known eosinophil hematopoietin aka it causes

production of eosinophils from bone marrow stem cells

• IL-5 is an important survival factor for eosinophils

• IL-5 is chemotactic for mature eosinophils and a priming factor for

enhanced functional activities

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Clinical Asthma and Allergen Removal

• Removal from environment improves but does not eliminate asthma

• Studies show improvement in lung function, quality of life, allergic

mediator release, and rescue medication use

• However, bronchial hyperreactivity (“twitchy” airways) and airway

inflammation persist FOREVER

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Innate vs. Adaptive Immunity in Asthma

• If asthma were a disease of the adaptive immune system, then therapies targeting adaptive immune responses would be curative:• Anti-IgE

• Anti-Thelper/Thelper cytokines

• Immunotherapy

• Allergen/antigen avoidance

• With an authentic allergic, T cell-mediated disease (i.e. seasonal allergic rhinitis), exposure actually correlates with symptoms, and the disease resolves in the absence of exposure

• New Theory:• Epigenetic programming of epithelial cells promotes release of cytokines IL-25, IL-

33 and TSLP even in absence of T cells driving eosinophilia and day-to-day symptoms

• Adaptive immune responses via T/B cell responses primarily drive exacerbations and are well treated by targeted immune therapies

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Remodeling-prone Asthma

• Airway remodeling likely results from chronic inflammation and the associated production and release of mediators like growth factors

• Remodeling epithelial damage, airway fibrosis (collagen), and smooth muscle hyperplasia

• Increase in SMCs hyperresponsiveness of the airway to stimuli Persistent airflow obstruction

• Overdistention of the lungs and airway occlusion by thick mucous plugs

• Histology:• Edema and cellular infiltrates within the bronchial wall

• “Fragile” appearance of the epithelium and detachment of epithelial cells

• Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the smooth muscle layer

• Increased deposition of collagen (basement membrane thickening) = fibrosis.

• Hypertrophy of mucous glands

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Steroid Resistance

• Inhaled corticosteroids are the recommended standard medication for persistent asthma• Start at low dose in mild disease and move to higher doses

• Most of the clinical efficacy of ICS’s is obtained at lower doses

• Steroid-resistant asthma is defined by the failure to improve FEV1 by 15% after treatment with high oral corticosteroid doses for 2 weeks• Characterized by persistent eosinophilia despite a high dose of inhaled

corticosteroid

• Largely a T lymphocyte problem (continued production of cytokines IL4, IL5, and IL13) despite corticosteroid presence.

• Steroid resistance does NOT affect the side effect profile (i.e. osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, HBP, DM, obesity, myopathy, glaucoma/cataracts, etc.)

• Corticosteroids are ineffective in resistant asthma,

• DON’T prescribe them

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Eosinophilic vs. Non-eosinophilic Asthma

• Eosinophilic asthma = steroid sensitive (except in steroid-resistant)

• Non-eosinophilic asthma = steroid resistant

• May exacerbate symptoms by inhibiting apoptosis of PMNs

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Omalizumab

• Allergen-exacerbated asthma is diagnosed by:• 1) evidence of a specific IgE (via skin prick or IgE immunoassay)

• 2) evidence of allergen-exacerbation of symptoms (allergic rhinitis, asthma)

• Omalizumab binds free IgE in the serum at the same site that the high-affinity IgE receptor (on mast cells) binds. Thus, IgE cannot bind to its receptor on mast cells. Eventually, the number of IgE receptors on mast cells decreases over time.

• Omalizumab seems to significantly improve the number of asthma exacerbations, but it does NOT eliminate asthma

• It has a minimal influence on lung function, symptoms, or severity

• This is likely because allergens exacerbate asthma but have little to do with day-to-day asthma symptoms or severity

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Aspirin Sensitive Asthma

• Some people have asthma exacerbation after taking ASA or NSAIDs

b/c the inhibition of COX results in a shifting of arachidonic acid

pathways toward the production of bronchoconstrictor leukotrienes.

• AERD is characterized by pathognomonic elevation of LTC4 synthase

expression with profoundly increased, constitutive, and aspirin-

induced leukotriene production. It also has a pathognomonic

elevation of leukotriene receptor expression.

• Leukotriene Modifiers significantly improve sx in these patients

• Leukotriene receptor antagonists (Montelukast, Zafirlukast) improve lung

function, decrease bronchodilator use, reduce symptoms, and improve quality

of life

• Zileuton - may be effective in reducing upper airway symptoms (loss of smell,

rhinorrhea, congestion)

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ASTHMA

MANAGEMENT

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Asthma Predictive Index

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Exacerbating Factors

• Viral Infections

• Most common cause of asthma symptoms in the 0-4 age group.

• Allergies

• GERD

• Chronic sinusitis

• Obstructive sleep apnea

• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

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PHARMACOLOGY

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Beta Agonists

• MOA:• Stimulation of B2 receptors in SMCs activates Gs adenylyl cyclase

increased cAMP increased conductance of Ca++-sensitive K+ channels Hyperpolarization• Airway smooth muscle relaxation and bronchodilation

• cAMP also inhibits histamine release from mast cells and TNF release from monocytes

• Clinical Use: Primary therapy for Asthma and COPD• Short acting: albuterol, levalbuterol

• Long acting: Salemterol, Fomoterol

• Side Effects• Tachyarrhythmia

• Tremulousness (trembling)

• Muscle cramps

• Nervousness

• Hypokalemia

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Anticholinergics

• MOA: • Competitive inhibition of ACh at muscarinic receptors relaxes bronchial constriction

normally caused by parasympathetic (ACh) stimulation of M3 receptors

• Parasympathetic stimulation of M1 and M3 receptors causes mucus secretion as well, so anticholinergics decrease mucus secretion

• Clinical Use: First line for COPD also used in asthma• Short acting: Ipratropium

• Long acting: Tiotropium

• Side Effects• Constipation

• Xerostomia (dry mouth)

• Pharyngitis

• Urinary retention

• Sinusitis

• Upper respiratory infection

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Methylxanthines

• Theophylline (1,3 dimethylxanthine)• rarely used today

• MOA:• Nonselective PDE inhibitor (increases cAMP) and an adenosine receptor antagonist

→ relaxes smooth muscle through blocking adenosine receptors on mast cells

• Also inhibits synthesis and secretion of inflammatory mediators from numerous cell types, including mast cells and basophils

• Clinical Use: Rare, Acute and chronic asthma

• Side Effects: • NARROW THERAPEUTIC WINDOW

• Nausea & vomiting

• tremors

• irritability

• restlessness

• tachyarrhythmias (Afib)

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Corticosteroids• MOA: Suppression of inflammatory responses by interference with multiple signal

transduction and gene expression pathways.• Decrease cytokine formation

• Decrease PAF production

• Inhibit cysteinyl leukotrienes

• Clinical Use:• FIRST LINE THERAPY (inhaled not systemic)

• Risk of adverse effects increases with dose

• Side Effects:• HPA Suppresion

• Hypertension

• Immunosuppression

• Osteoporosis

• Myopathy

• Cataracts

• Growth arrest

• Fat redistribution

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Leukotriene Modifiers

• MOA: • LTD4 receptor antagonists (zafirlukast, montelukast)

• Reversible inhibitor of cysteinyl leukotriene-1 receptor

• 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors (zileuton)• Prevents conversion of arachidonic acid to leukotriene A4

• LB4 is also decreased

• Clinical Use: • Preventative treatment of asthma, especially AERD

• Anti-leukotriene agents can be effective as monotherapy in the treatment of mild to moderate persistent asthma.

• Not as effective as ICGCs.

• Side Effects• Abnormal LFTs

• Headache

• Eosinophilic Vasculitis.

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Omalizumab

• MOA: • DNA-derived humanized monoclonal Ab

• At recommended doses, omalizumab reduces free IgE by more than 95%, thereby limiting the amount of IgE bound to Fc R1-bearing cells

• Also decreases amount of FcRI receptor expressed on these cells

• Clinical Use• Allergic Asthma

• Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

• Side Effects:• Thrombocytopenia,

• Anaphylaxis,

• Dermatologic

• Costly

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PDE Inhibitors

• PDE4 Inhibitor: increases intracellular cAMP and reduces neutrophil

and eosinophil infiltration

• PDE4 is a major enzyme that hydrolyzes and inactivates cAMP

• Romflumilast

• Clinical Use: Prevention of COPD Exacerbations

• Side Effects:

• Diarrhea, nausea

• Headache

• Decreased appetite

• Weight loss

• Suicidal thoughts

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Mucolytics• 1) Hypertonic Agents

• Ex: Inhaled hypertonic saline or mannitol

• MOA: Hypertonic agents draw water into the airway to lower mucus viscosity.

• Side Effects: Can cause bronchospasm therefore used following a bronchodilator

• General: cheap with good results (disadvantage: time consuming)

• 2) N-acetyl cysteine (NAC): CF and Bronchiectasis• MOA: Lowers mucus viscosity by cleaving disulfide bonds via its free sulfhydryl group.

• Side Effects: bronchospasms (use 15 min. after bronchodilator), smells, expensive

• 3) Inhaled DNAse: CF• MOA: Breaks down purulent sputum by cleaving DNA strands.

• Side Effects: laryngitis, pharyngitis, chest pain, conjunctivitis, dyspnea, expensive, change in voice

• 4) Ivacaftor: CF• MOA: CFTR protein potentiator for G551D mutation of CF. Decreases [Cl-] in sweat.

• Side Effects: Increased LFTs, rash, abdominal pain, HA, nausea, dizziness, nasal congestion, nasopharyngitis, upper resp infxn.

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Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension

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Prostanoids

• MOA: • Prostacyclin stimulates adenylate cyclase to convert ATP to cAMP

decrease in intracellular Ca SMC relaxation

• Prostacyclin also inhibit platelet aggregation

• Clinical Use:• Pulmonary Hypertension

• Side Effects:• Hypotension

• Flushing

• Jaw pain

• Headache

• Nausea/vomiting,

• Hypersplenism,

• Line infection

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Guaifenesin

• MOA: Irritant of vagal receptors in the gastrum activating

parasympathetic reflexes which result in secretion of a less viscous

mucous.

• Clinical Use: Expectorant used to help with clearing of phlegm in

setting of acute respiratory infections

• Does not suppress cough reflex

• Use Dextromethorphan

• Side Effects:

• Minimal Side Effects

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COMMON COLD

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Seasonal Patterns of Viruses

• Rhinovirus

• Sharp increase in September

• Parainfluenza

• October/November peak

• Coronavirus/RSV

• Winter months

• Influenza

• Mid to late winter

• Adenovirus

• Year round

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Frequency of Infection

• 1 to 5 year olds (preschool children): 8+ colds per year

• 6 to 12 year olds (school children): 5 to 6+ colds per year

• Adolescents: 4 to 5 colds per year

• Adults: 2 to 3 colds per year

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Modes of Transmission

• 3 Modes

• “Hand contact: Self-inoculation of one’s own conjunctivae or nasal mucosa after

touching a person or object contaminated with cold virus -most efficient transmission

• MOST COMMON

• Inhalation of small particle droplets that become airborne from coughing (droplet

transmission) -more so with influenza

• Deposition of large particle droplets that are expelled during sneezing and land on

nasal or conjunctival mucosa

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Pathogenesis

• Deposition on nasal mucosa

• Mucociliary transport to nasopharynx

• Virus enters epithelial cell after receptor binding

• Replication begins within 8 to 10 hrs of inoculation

• Influx of PMN’s in nasal submucosa and epithelium

• Increase albumin and inflammatory mediators in nasal secretions

• Nasal mucosa remains intact

• Symptoms begin in 1 to 2 days

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Natural History

• Day 1 to 2: Sore or scratchy throat, congestion

• Day 2 to 3: Nasal obstruction, sneeze and rhinorrhea

• Day 4 to 5: Cough

• Day 7: Resolved

• May last up to 2 weeks in 25% of adults

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Differential Diagnosis

• Common cold

• Allergic or seasonal rhinitis

• Bacterial pharyngitis

• Sinusitis

• Influenza

• Pertussis

• Nasal foreign body

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Allergic Rhinitis Itchy, watery eyes, nasal congestion,

sneezing, scratchy throat, fever uncommon

“Allergic Shiners”

Bacterial Pharyngitis Prominent sore throat, Absent nasal

congestion/cough, fever common, purulent

exudate, swollen tonsils, erythema of pharynx

Sinusitis Presents after a cold begins to improve, facial

or tooth pain, purulent nasal/post-nasal

drainage, don’t respond to decongestants,

fever, malaise

Influenza Abrupt onset, fever, myalgias, headache,

malaise, nasal congestion, cough, sore throat

Pertussis Catarrhal phase: 1 week, low-grade fever,

rhinorrhea, malaise, sneeze, mild cough

Paroxysmal phase: 1-6 weeks, bursts of

rapid coughs, gasp, whoop, apnea, emesis

Nasal Foreign Body Nasal congestion, purulent nasal

discharge(usually uniteral), sneeze, halitosis,

young child

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Children < 6

◦ Fever

◦ Nasal congestion

◦ Rhinorrhea

Clear to green

◦ Sneeze

◦ Cough

◦ Irritability

◦ Swollen glands

◦ 7 to 14 days

Older children and adults

◦ Nasal congestion

◦ Rhinorrhea

Clear to green

◦ Sore, scratchy throat

◦ Malaise

◦ Sinus fullness

◦ Hoarseness

◦ Sneeze, cough

◦ 5 to 7 days

Symptoms and Signs

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Prophylaxis

• Frequent handwashing with non-antibacterial soap and water

• Hand sanitizers may be less effective

• Virucidal tissues may decrease secondary transmission of respiratory

infection within the household or other close-contact settings

• Physical barriers: gloves, masks, gowns, etc.

Likely beneficial Maybe beneficial Unclear benefit No benefit

Zinc Probiotics Gargling Vitamin C

Ginseng Vitamin D

Exercise Echinacea

Garlic

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Symptomatic Treatment for Adults

• Nasal symptoms

• Single dose of nasal decongestant in adults

• Antihistamine/decongestant combinations

• Newer non-sedating antihistamines not effective

• Guaifenesin

• Cough

• Dextromethorphan

• Inhaled ipratropium bromide

• Fever, achiness

• Acetaminophen

• NSAID’s

• ANTIBIOTICS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE

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Symptomatic Treatment for Children

• Very few effective treatments!!!

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Complications

• Secondary effects of localized inflammation - Bacterial superinfection

• Inflammatory response in susceptible host- Asthma

• More extensive viral infection in susceptible host

• Viral-induced wheezing:

• Bronchiolitis

• Pneumonia : rhinovirus and RSV may cause severe lower respiratory tract infection in infants and children

• Bacterial acute otitis media : may complicate 30% to 50% of URIs in young children

• Paranasal sinus abnormalities

• Bacterial sinusitis : may complicate 8% to 10% of URIs in children

• Pre-orbital cellulitis

• Orbital cellulitis

• Orbital abscess

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ALLERGIC RHINITIS

AND SINUSITIS

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List three functions of the sinuses.

• Insulate brain

• Crumple zone to protect brain from injury

• Decrease weight of skull

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Sinusitis

• Inflammation of mucous membranes lining paranasal sinuses

• In adults sinusitis most often occurs in maxillary sinus, whereas in

children it is most common in ethmoid sinus

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You are born with 4 sinuses

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Anatomic landmarks of the nasal cavity

and paranasal sinuses.

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Key clinical features of Migraine

• Unilateral throbbing pain

• Phonophobia / photophobia

• Nausea / Vomiting

• Lasting hours to days (but probably less than a week)

• Triggers can include: allergies (histamine release), sinusitis, sinonasal

contact points

• Can trigger vasomotor symptoms including: rhinorrhea/nasal

congestion, ocular tearing

• Migraine triggers the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve, and the nerve winds

up also triggering ocular tearing, rhinorrhea, symptoms of nasal congestion. =

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Allergic vs. Nonallergic Rhinitis

• Rhinitis: irritation and inflammation of mucous membrane in nose

• Rhinorrhea: nasal cavity is filled with a significant amount of mucus

• Allergic Rhinitis• Paroxysmal sneezing with seasonal variation

• Pruritus

• Anterior/Clear rhinorrhea

• Allergic conjunctivitis

• Positive Family history

• + skin allergy test

• Non-allergic Rhinitis• Less sneezing

• No pruritis

• Posterior drainage

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Pathognomonic Signs of Allergic Rhinitis

• Allergic shiners; periocular edema

• Dennie’s Morgan’s lines – wrinkles from long term edena

• Supratip nasal creases

• Large bluish turbinate – venous blood due to congestion

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Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis

• First Line: Nasal Corticosteroids

• Environmental Control

• Saline Irrigation

• Antihistamines• Reduce production of clear secretions

• Reduces pruritus and sneezing

• Clinically much less effective than nasal steroids

• Decongestants• Ephedrine, Phenylephrine, Dextromorphan

• Vasoconstriction by alpha-agonists (epinephrine, NE) will decrease the blood flow and therefore decrease inflammation and mucus formation at the site of application.

• Leukotriene modifiers• Montelukast/Zafirlukast

• Zileuton

• Nasal cromolyn

• Allergen immunotherapy

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Immunotherapy in Allergic Rhinitis

• Clinical Indications:

• Poor response to pharmacotherapy/allergen avoidance

• Unacceptable adverse effects of medications

• Desire to avoid long-term pharmacotherapy and reduce costs

• Possible prevention of asthma in children

• 85-90% of patients who receive high-dose maintenance IT report

significant efficacy:

• reduced symptoms

• reduction in medication requirements

• IT must be administered in a setting where prompt recognition and

treatment of anaphylaxis is assured

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Acute Infectious Rhinosinusitis

• Symptoms:

• Purulent nasal discharge

• Nasal obstruction

• Facial pain/pressure/fullness

• Almost always viral

• Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis (ABRS) vs. Viral Acute Rhinosinusitis

(Viral ARS)

• 0.5-2.0% of VRS progresses to ABRS

• Diagnosis based on duration and/or pattern

• More likely to be ABRS if symptomatic for >10 days or if the symptoms improve,

then worsen

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Antibiotic Therapy

• Antibiotics ONLY indicated in ABRS, ineffective for VRS

• First line therapy: Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid

• PCN allergy:

• Adults: Doxycyclin

• Children: Respiratory quinolone or Clindamycin + 3rd gen Cephalosporin

• NO ROLE for macrolides

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Treatment for Viral Sinusitis

• Supportive

• Saline Irrigations (no evidence)

• Topical vs. Systemic decongestants

• Oxymetazoline (Afrin)

• Phenylephrine (Neosynephrine, Sudafed PE)

• Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)

• Pain control

• Systemic steroids – no evidence

• Topical steroids – weak evidence

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Rhinitis/Sinusitis and Asthma

• Sinonasal pathology is the most common co-morbidity among

patients with asthma

• In patients with asthma, inflammation in the nose and sinuses share

features of disease in the lung

• Allergic rhinitis is a risk factor for asthma

• Childhood allergic rhinitis significantly associated with the presence of

asthma

• Asthmatics with sinusitis are more likely to have nasal polyps

complicating their sinus disease than non-asthmatics, and asthmatics

are more likely to have persistent disease over years that requires

multiple surgeries

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Chronic Rhinosinusitis w/ or w/out Polyps

• Diagnosis:

• 1. Twelve weeks or longer of two or more of the following:

• Mucopurulent drainage

• Nasal obstruction → congestion

• Facial pressure-fullness

• Decreased sense of smell

• 2. AND documentation of inflammation by one or more of the

following findings:

• Purulent mucus OR edema in the middle meatus or ethmoid region

• Polyps in nasal cavity OR middle meatus

• Radiographic imaging showing inflammation of the paranasal sinuses

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Nasal polyps are often associated with

Cystic Fibrosis

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Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis

• The characteristic presentation of CRS with NP is gradually

worsening nasal congestion/obstruction, sinus fullness and pressure,

fatigue, posterior nasal drainage, and hyposmia or anosmia.

• In contrast, fever and severe facial pain are uncommon.

• On physical examination, large polyps are often visible with anterior

rhinoscopy, while smaller polyps require nasal endoscopy or imaging.

Nasal polyps lack sensation.

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Eosinophilic Sinusitis

• More likely to have polyps and/or asthma

• 32% of asthmatics have polyps

• 20% of patients with polyps have asthma

• Less likely to have pain

• Th2-mediated process

• Mucous is laden with eosinophils, leukotrienes, IL-4 and IL-5

• Treatment: Corticosteroids

• Saline Irrigations

• Leukotriene or IgE Inhibitors

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Sinus Surgery

• Rhinosinusitis Sinus Surgery = Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

• Reserved for medical failures

• Improves quality of life in 72-76% of patients

• Average improvement of 16-22%

• Sinus Surgery Improves Asthma

• Reduces symptoms, lowers steroid dose & frequency of steroid use

• Improves lung function

• Decreases bronchial hyperreactivity

• NOT SUPERIOR TO MEDICAL THERAPY

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Nasal Polyps can develop from Rhinitis,

Cystic Fibrosis and Aspirin Intolerant

Asthma

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OTOLARYNGOLOGY

PATHOLOGY

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Differential Diagnosis of Hoarseness

Infectious Acute laryngitis: common cold, URI (virus) or voice strain

Neoplastic Squamous cell carcinoma

Idiopathic Papilloma

Iatrogenic Injury to recurrent laryngeal nerve (e.g. thyroid surgery)

Functional Laryngeal polyp/nodule (Singer’s nodule)

Smoking

GERD

LPRD (laryngopharyngeal reflux)

Parkinson’s or stroke

Allergies

Thyroid problems

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Define stridor and evaluate the child who

presents with stridor.

• High pitched inspiratory and expiratory sound that serves as a sign of

fixed upper airway obstruction

• Epiglottitis: H. Influenzae

• Croup: Parainfluenza

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Pleomorphic Adenoma• Most common salivary gland neoplasm

• Clinical features• Wide age distribution

• Most common in 4th decade

• Female > male

• Most common location: parotid gland

• Gross features• Overall well-circumscribed

• Often with small protrusions into adjacent normal tissue; may lead to local recurrences

• Microscopic features• Biphasic: Admixture of epithelial and stromal elements

• Epithelium: Glands or cords of small cuboidal cells

• Stroma: Fibromyxoid +/- cartilaginous differentiation

• Prognosis• Vast majority are benign, Recurrence rate is highly dependent on adequacy of original resection

• Malignant transformation: Occurs in ~5% of cases

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Warthrin Tumor

• Clinical features• Wide age distribution

• Most common in 6th and 7th decades

• Male >> female

• Most common location: parotid gland

• Bilateral in 10% of cases

• Gross features• Well-delineated, lobulated mass

• May be cystic or multicystic

• Microscopic features• Epithelium:

• Oncocytic - large, eosinophilic, granular cells

• Lymphoid tissue: • May form lymphoid follicles

• Prognois: Benign

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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma

• Clinical features• Most common in 5th decade

• Most common malignant salivary gland tumor in children

• Female > male

• Low-grade and high-grade types

• Gross features• Low-grade: Well-circumscribed mass with cystic areas

• High-grade: Solid, infiltrative pattern of growth

• Microscopic features• Three distinct cell types:

• Squamous

• Mucin-producing

• Intermediate

• Low-grade: well-differentiated

• High-grade: poorly-differentiated

• Prognosis• Highly dependent on grade

• Low-grade: 5 yr survival of 98%

• High-grade: 5 yr survival of 56%

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Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

• Clinical features• Most common malignant tumor of minor salivary glands

• Wide age distribution: 20 - 80 yo

• Median age = 50 yo

• Gross features• Solid infiltrative pattern of growth

• Can invade nerves and move to brain

• Microscopic features• Small, cuboidal, cytologically bland cells

• Arranged in cribriform patterns

• Some of the lumen-like spaces contain distinctive eosinophilic materia

• Prognosis: Poor, highly malignant, perineural invasion

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Laryngeal Polyp

• Distinctive non-inflammatory reactive change

• Etiology: Injury - “misuse” of voice

• S/sx: Hoarseness

• Gross: Polypoid mass on vocal cords

• Microscopic: Varies with stage of evolution of lesion

• Prognosis: benign

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Juvenile Laryngeal Papillomatosis

• Age: presents in children / adolescents

• Etiology: human papilloma virus (HPV)

• Gross:

• Multiple papillary growths on vocal cords

• May spread throughout larynx

• Microscopic features

• Papillary growths of well-differentiated squamous epithelium

• Prognosis

• Repeated recurrences

• Usually benign

• Vary rarely development of squamous cell carcinoma

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma• Clinical Features

• > 90% of laryngeal carcinomas are SCC

• Age - 5th decade or older

• Male > > > female

• Risk factors: • Cigarette smoking

• Heavy alcohol consumption

• Gross features• Mass protruding into airway, may be ulcerated

• Typically 1 - 4 cm

• Microscopic features• Cytologically malignant squamous epithelium

• Prognosis• Glottic tumors

• Arise from true vocal cords

• Tend to remain localized

• Transglottic tumors• Tumor crosses laryngeal ventricle

• High rate of lymph node metastases

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COPD AND

BRONCHIETETASIS

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Emphysema

• Pathophysiology: • Abnormal enlargement of air spaces distal to terminal bronchioles

• Destruction of alveolar walls resulting from elastase-antielastase imbalance

• Centriacinar (respiratory bronchioles) in upper lobes vs panacinar (alveolar ducts; associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency) in lower lobes

• Collapse of airways due to loss of alveolar compliance

• Gross Morphology:• Hyperinflated lungs, Air trapping, Dilated alveoili

• Bullae on surface of lungs (panacinar)

• Smoking upper lobe (Centriacinar)

• Hyperinflated lungs, flattened diaphragms, increased retrosternal clear space on CXR

Microscopic:• Inflammation, fibrosis and carbonaceous pigment common in adjacent alveolar

and bronchial walls

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Barrel Chest

Prolonged expiration with pursed lips,

forces walls open to allow expiration

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Chronic Bronchitis

• Pathophysiology:• Enlargement of the bronchial mucous glands and expansion of goblet cell

population. Hypersecretion of mucus mucous plugs.

• Gross Morphology:• Visible bronchi

• Principal sites of increased air resistance in COPD are the small distal airways

• Hyperinflated lungs, flattened diaphragms, increased retrosternal clear space on CXR

• Microscopic:• Brown-pigmented macrophages with sparse neutrophil and lymphocytes in

walls of terminal bronchioles

• Fibrosis, goblet cell and squamous cell metaplasia of epithelium, smooth muscle enlargement, scattered regions of mucous plugging

• Seromucinous gland hyperplasia

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Chronic Bronchitis is diagnosed clinically:

Chronic productive cough lasting 3

months over at least 2 years

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Asthma

• Pathophysiology• Bronchial asthma is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease with hyper-

reactive airways, leading to episodic, reversible bronchoconstriction owing to increased responsiveness of the tracheobroncheal tree to various stimuli.

• Gross Morphology• Lungs are greatly distended with air and show patchy atelectasis with

occlusion of airways by thick mucus plugs.

• Microscopic• Sub-basement membrane fibrosis

• Edema and inflammatory infiltrate in bronchial walls with eosinophils.

• Hypertrophy of bronchial wall musculature and submucosal glands.

• Whorls of shed epithelium forming mucous plugs (Curschmann’s spirals)

• Collection of crystaloid made up of debris of eosinophil membranes (Charcot-Leyden crystals)

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Asthma is most often associated with

allergic stimuli: Type 1 HSR

IL4 (IgE), 5 (Eos) , and 10 (TH2)

Also IL-13 and IL-9

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Bronchiectasis

• Abnormal permanent dilatation of the bronchi and bronchioles.

• Caused by repeated cycles of airway infection/inflammation

• Distal airways become thickened

• Mucosal surfaces develop edema and suppuration

• Neovascularization of the adjacent bronchial arterioles occurs.

• Hemoptysis, Sputum

• Bronchiectasis shares many clinical features with chronic obstructive

pulmonary disease (COPD)

• Inflamed and easily collapsible airways

• Obstruction to airflow

• Frequent office visits and hospitalizations.

• Dx: Chronic daily cough with viscid sputum production and presence

of bronchial wall thickening and luminal dilatation on HRCT.

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Bronchiectasis

• Presentation

• Cough

• Purulent sputum production

• Hemoptysis

• Recurrent infection

• Bronchial hyper-reactivity

• Obstructive lung disease

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Localizing Bronchiectasis

• Upper Lobe

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Lower Lobe

• Aspiration Syndromes

• Right Middle Lobe and Lingula

• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

• Central

• Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

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Treatment of Bronchiectasis

• 1. Antibiotics

• 2. Bronchopulmonary drainage

• 3. Bronchodilators

• Chest Physical Therapy

• Inhaled DNA-ase for CF patients

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Presence of P. Aeroginosa portends a

worse prognosis in bronchiectasis

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Pink Puffers and Blue Bloaters

• Pink Puffers - associated with severe emphysema

• Cachexia, unrelenting dyspnea, severe lung hyperinflation, normal

(or near normal) ABG at rest because the body compensates by

hyperventilating (hence the puffer). Low cardiac output muscle

wasting and weight loss. The pink can be from a number of things,

one of which is using neck and chest muscles to breathe.

• Blue Bloaters - associated with chronic bronchitis

• Stout body habitus, chronic cough and sputum, dyspnea, severe

hypoxia and hypercapnia (leading to polycythemia and signs of

right-sided heart failure)

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COPD vs. Asthma

• Factors that favor COPD over Asthma

• Older age

• current/past smoker

• Hx acute bronchitis

• chronic cough, sputum production or wheezing

• Factors that favor Asthma over COPD

• Young age

• No smoking history

• Atopy

• Variability of Sx over time

• Reversible obstruction

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Natural Progression of COPD

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by poorly reversible airflow obstruction and an abnormal inflammatory response in the lungs

• Innate and adaptive immune responses to long term exposure to noxious particles and gases, particularly cigarette smoke.

• This amplified response may result in mucous hypersecretion (chronic bronchitis), tissue destruction (emphysema), and disruption of normal repair and defence mechanisms causing small airway inflammation and fibrosis (bronchiolitis).

• 1. Inflammation

• 2. Imbalance of Proteases and Antiproteases

• 3. Oxidative Stress

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COPD Diagnosis

Airflow limitation measured by FEV1 % Predicted

All patients with FEV1/FVC reduced to < 0.70

GOLD 1 Mild >80%

GOLD 2 Moderate 50 – 80%

GOLD 3 Severe 30 – 50%

GOLD 4 Very Severe <30%

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COPD Classification

Patient

CategoryCharacteristics

GOLD

FEV1

Frequency

ExacerbationCAT MMRC

A Low Risk

Less Symptoms

GOLD 1-2

FEV1 > 50% ≤ 1 < 10 0-1

B Low Risk

More Symptoms

GOLD 1-2

FEV1 > 50% ≤ 1 ≥ 10 ≥ 2

C High Risk

Less Symptoms

GOLD 3-4

FEV1 < 50% ≥ 2 <10 0-1

D High Risk

More Symptoms

GOLD 3-4

FEV1 < 50% ≥ 2 ≥ 10 ≥ 2

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Patient

CategoryCharacteristics

GOLD

FEV1

Frequency

ExacerbationCAT MMRC

ALow Risk

Less Symptoms

GOLD 1-2

FEV1 > 50%≤ 1 < 10 0-1

Patient

Category1st Choice Tx 2nd Choice Tx 3rd Choice Tx

A

SAMA PRN

or

SABA PRN

LAMA or

LABA or

SAMA+SABA

PDE inh

(Theophylline)

Category A Therapy

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Patient

CategoryCharacteristics

GOLD

FEV1

Frequency

ExacerbationCAT MMRC

BLow Risk

More Symptoms

GOLD 1-2

FEV1 > 50%≤ 1 ≥ 10 ≥ 2

Patient

Category1st Choice Tx 2nd Choice Tx 3rd Choice Tx

BLAMA or

LABALAMA+LABA

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

Category B Therapy

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Patient

CategoryCharacteristics

GOLD

FEV1

Frequency

ExacerbationCAT MMRC

CHigh Risk

Less Symptoms

GOLD 3-4

FEV1 < 50%≥ 2 <10 0-1

Patient

Category1st Choice Tx 2nd Choice Tx 3rd Choice Tx

CICS and

LAMA or LABA

LAMA+LABA or

LAMA+PDE4I or

LABA+PDE4I

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

Category C Therapy

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Patient

CategoryCharacteristics

GOLD

FEV1

Frequency

ExacerbationCAT MMRC

DHigh Risk

More Symptoms

GOLD 3-4

FEV1 < 50%≥ 2 ≥ 10 ≥ 2

Patient

Category1st Choice Tx 2nd Choice Tx 3rd Choice Tx

D

ICS and

LAMA and/or

LABA

ICS+LAMA+LABA or

ICS+LAMA+PDE4I or

ICS+LABA+PDE4I

Mucolytics

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

Category D Therapy

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First Line: Tiotropium + SABA prn

Steroids for exacerbations (Advair)

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Pharmacotherapy

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Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

• α1-antitrypsin is a protease inhibitor and protects lung tissue against neutrophil elastase and other proteases.

• Encoded by the gene PI• M: Normal wild type

• Z: Most common mutant leading to deficiency

• ZZ homozygous: Severe Disease

• Symptoms• Lung

• COPD: Panacinar emphysema

• Possible bronchiectasis or asthma

• Suspected from uncontrolled destruction by neutrophil elastase in the lung

• Liver

• Childhood liver disease

• Adulthood cirrhosis of liver & hepatocellular carcinoma

• Suspected from abnormal deposition of dysfunctional AAT protein

• Skin

• Necrotizing panniculitis, vasculitis, urticaia, angioedema

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Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Diagnosis

• Emphysema in a young age (< 45 yo)

• Emphysema in non-smokers

• Basilar distribution of emphysema

• Concurrent liver or skin disease

• Serum levels of AAT: below 50 mg/dL

• Genotyping to look for S or Z alleles

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PFTS

Disease PFT Pattern

Asthma Obstructive and Reversible

Chronic Bronchitis Obstructive, Irreversible, Normal DLCO

Emphysema Obstructive, Irreversible, Low DLCO

Bronchiectasis Obstructive

Cystic Fibrosis Obstructive, FEV1 correlates with outcomes

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Cystic Fibrosis

• Autosomal Recessive defect in CFTR chloride channel

• CFTR dysfunction reduces chloride secretion from the epithelialial

cells into the airway lumen sodium absorption into the cell is

markedly increased thinning of the airway surface’s liquid lining

layer impaired mucociliary clearance.

• Chronic infection PMN-dominated inflammatory response.

• Neutrophil products (proteolytic enzymes and oxidants) mediate the

subsequent pathologic changes: bronchiectasis, bronchiolectasis, bronchial

stenosis, and fibrosis.

• Mucous plugging of airways

• 1. Production of thick, tenacious secretions from exocrine glands

• 2. Elevated concentrations of sodium, chloride, and potassium in

sweat

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Cystic Fibrosis

• Clinical Presentation

• Pancreatic insufficiency

• Recurrent episodes of tracheobronchial infection

• Bronchiectasis

• Intestinal obstruction

• Sterility in males

• Diagnosis:

• (1) Identification of mutations known to cause cystic fibrosis in both

CFTR genes

• (2) Characteristic abnormalities in measurements of nasal mucosal

electrical potential difference

• (3) Abnormal sweat electrolytes

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CF Work Up

• Cystic fibrosis causes obstructive lung disease, initially with

decreased flows at low lung volumes.

• Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is the best correlate of outcome and

starts to differ markedly from normal during adolescence.

• The rate of decline in FEV1 often predicts the clinical course.

• Early in the disease, the chest radiograph demonstrates hyperinflation

and peribronchial thickening. Computed tomography can demonstrate

bronchiectasis early in the course of the disease.

• Airway infection, which is the key clinical manifestation, can be

detected by sputum culture or bronchoalveolar lavage.

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INTERSTITIAL LUNG

DISEASE

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Overview

• Patients have dyspnea, tachypnea, end-inspiratory crackles, and eventual cyanosis, without wheezing or other evidence of airway obstruction.

• The classic functional abnormalities are reductions in diffusion capacity, lung volume, and lung compliance.

• Chest radiographs show bilateral lesions that take the form of small nodules, irregular lines, or ground-glass shadows, all corresponding to areas of interstitial fibrosis.

• Eventually, secondary pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure associated with cor pulmonale may result.

• Although the entities can often be distinguished in the early stages, the advanced forms are hard to differentiate because all result in scarring and gross destruction of the lung, often referred to as end-stage lung or honeycomb lung.

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Causes

• Idiopathic • Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

• Granulomatous

• Sarcoidosis

• Occupational and environmental : Pneumoconioses• Coal worker pneumoconiosis (CWP)

• Silicosis

• Asbestosis

• Berylliosis

• Drug induced • Amiodarone

• Bleomycin and busulfan

• Cyclophosphamide

• Methotrexate and methysergide

• Nitrosourea and nitrofurantoin

• Connective tissue disease • Systemic sclerosis

• SLE

• RA

• Collagen vascular disease

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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

• Non-specific interstitial pneumonia

• Respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease

• Desquamative interstitial pneumonia

• Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia

• Acute interstitial pneumonia

• Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia

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Clinical Features

• History: • Subacute or chronic

• Chronic• pulmonary hypertension

• right sided heart failure (cor pulmonale).

• Symptoms: • Progressive dyspnea

• Cough

• Late inspiratory crackles

• Respiratory alkalosis

• No wheezing

• Signs: • Restrictive PFTs (reduced FEV1 and FVC with normal ratio, decreased TLC)

• Reduced DLCO.

• Variable inflammation and fibrosis of the interstitial, alveolar, and vascular compartments of the lungs.

• Decreased PaO2

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IPF Clinical Course

• IPF begins insidiously with gradually increasing dyspnea on exertion

and dry cough.

• Most patients are 55 to 75 years old at presentation.

• Hypoxemia, cyanosis, and clubbing occur late in the course.

• Usually there is a gradual deterioration in pulmonary status despite

medical treatment with immunosuppressive drugs such as steroids,

cyclophosphamide, or azathioprine.

• The median survival is about 3 years after diagnosis.

• Lung transplantation is the only definitive therapy.

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IPF: Gross and Microscopic Morphology

• Gross Morphology

• Cobblestoned Pleura as a result of the retraction of scars along the interlobular septa.

• Fibrosis occurs preferentially in the lower lobes, the subpleuralregions, and along the interlobular septa.

• Spacial/Temporal Heterogeneity

• Microscopic

• 1) Patchy interstitial fibrosis

• 2) Fibroblastic foci

• 3) Honeycomb fibrosis

• The dense fibrosis causes the destruction of alveolar architecture and formation of cystic spaces lined by hyperplastic type II pneumocytes or bronchiolar epithelium

• Early: exuberant fibroblastic proliferation

• Late: areas become more collagenous and less cellular.

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Spacial/temporal heterogeneity Spacial/temporal homogeneity

UIP NSIP

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In order to diagnose ILD, you need to use

a combination of history, clinical findings,

histologic findings, and/or radiographic

findings.

You cannot rely on one modality alone

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PFTs

• Reduced FEV1

• Reduced FVC

• Normal FEV1/FVC ratio

• Decreased TLC

• Reduced DLCO

• PFTs At Rest: Diagnosis

• PFTs With Exercise• Monitor the effectiveness of treatments

• Monitor the course of the disease• The reductions in lung volumes become more pronounced with disease progression.

• 3 reasons to do physiologic testing• 1) Clues to diagnostic category

• 2) Assess the severity of impairment

• 3) Assess change objectively

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2 criteria for diagnosis of IPF:

1) Exclude other known causes of ILD

(ex: sarcoidosis, pneumoconiosis, etc)

2) Diagnose UIP either by HRCT or

surgical lung biopsy

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HRCT

• Interlobular septal thickening and reticulation

• Symmetrical, lower lobe, subpleural

• Macroscopic honeycombing

• Symmetrical, lower lobe, subpleural

• Traction bronchiectasis

• Bilateral infiltrative lesions in the form of small nodules, irregular lines,

or ground-glass shadows

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HRCT

Interlobular septal thickening Reticulation

Honeycombing

Traction bronchiectasis

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Mosaic Attenuation: Air Trapping

NormalExpiratory

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Bronchoscopy and Surgical Lung Biopsy

• Bronchoscopy is diagnostic for sarcoidosis in >90% of cases

• Perform bronchoscopy if:• Hemoptysis and radiographic ILD findings are present

• Acute onset of ILD

• Subacute or chronic presentation of ILD if sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pulmonary Langerhans histiocytosis, or infection are suspected

• Bronchoscopy is less helpful in patients with radiographic findings that suggest IPF

• No established role in assessment of progression or response to therapy

• Obtain a lung biopsy in patients with atypical or progressive symptoms and signs:• Age less than 50 years

• Fever

• Weight loss

• Hemoptysis

• Signs of vasculitis

• Atypical radiographic features

• Unexplained extrapulmonary manifestations

• Rapid clinical deterioration, or sudden change in radiographic appearance

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Treatment

• General Lung Disease• Stop smoking

• Supplemental oxygen if needed

• Immunization against S. pneumoniae and flu

• Pulmonary rehabilitation

• Consider lung transplantation

• Enrollment in clinical trials

• End-of-life planning

• Specific to ILD• No specific therapy works for IPF

• Quality of data for effectiveness of therapy is poor

• Immunosuppressive therapy may be effective in some but not others

• Immunosuppressive therapy side-effects are common and dangerous

• Duration and intensity of appropriate treatment differs markedly

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Anatomy: Pulmonary Interstitium

• Definition: Collection of support tissues within the lung that includes

the alveolar epithelium + pulmonary capillary endothelium +

basement membrane + perivascular and perilymphatic tissue

• Divided into 3 zones-

• Axial (surrounding bronchovascular tree)

• Parenchymal (surrounding pulmonary parenchyma)

• Peripheral (adjacent to the pleura)

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Anatomy: Secondary Pulmonary Lobule

• Smallest unit of lung structure marginated by connective tissue septa:

fundamental unit of lung structure

• Irregularly polyhedral, variable size (1-2.5 cm)

• Contains:

• Small bronchiole

• Pulmonary artery branch

• 12 or fewer acini usually

• Marginated by interlobular septa

• Contain pulmonary veins and lymphatics

• Septa allow for visualization

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Autoimmune Diseases such as SLE,

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, and

Dermatomyositis-Polymyositis can cause

ILD, but have a much better prognosis

and can be treated with

immunosuppresive therapy.

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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

• Spectrum of immunologically mediated, predominantly interstitial, lung disorders caused by intense, often prolonged exposure to inhaled organic antigens

• In contrast to Asthma, involves pathologic changes of ALVEOLAR WALLS

• A common and potentially treatable cause of ILD• Farmer’s lung (thermophilic actinomyces), Bird-fancier’s lung, Indoor mold

• Histology:• Centered on bronchioles

• (1) Interstitial pneumonitis, consisting primarily of lymphocytes, plasma cells, and macrophages (NOT EOSINOPHILS)

• (2) Noncaseating granulomas in 2/3 of patients

• (3) Interstitial fibrosis with fibroblastic foci, honeycombing, and obliterative bronchiolitis (late stages).

• Centrilobular nodules on HRCT

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HP Clinical Course

• Acute attacks, which follow inhalation of antigenic dust in sensitized patients, consist of recurring episodes of fever, dyspnea, cough, and leukocytosis.

• Micronodular interstitial infiltrates may appear in the chest radiograph

• Pulmonary function tests show an acute restrictive disorder.

• Symptoms usually appear 4 to 6 hours after exposure and may last for 12 hours to several days. They recur with reexposure.

• If exposure is continuous and protracted, a chronic form of the disease supervenes, leading to progressive respiratory failure, dyspnea, and cyanosis and a decrease in total lung capacity and compliance.

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Chronic Inflammatory Infiltrate centered

on small airways: bronchiolitis

Lymphocytic Bronchiolitis Noncaseating Granuloma

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IPF vs. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

• Timing

• IPF: Gradual onset, chronic non productive cough

• HP: Subacute, Symptoms within hours of exposure

• Prognosis

• IPF: Survival is less than 3 years

• HP: Good prognosis if diagnosed in subacute phase

• Treatment

• IPF: Only lung transplant

• HP: Immunosuppression and antigen avoidance

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Sarcoidosis

• Systemic disease characterized by non-caseating granulomas in multiple organs/systems

• African American Females, non-smokers, 20-39

• Diagnosis of exclusion: NEVER A SURE THING

• Gross Morphology:• Symmetric hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy +/- lung infiltrates

• Histology• Well-formed nonnecrotizing granulomas composed of aggregates of tightly

clustered epithelioid macrophages, often with giant cells.

• Granulomas fibrosis and hyalinization

• Stellate inclusions (‘asteroid bodies’) often seen within giant cells of granulomas

• Diagnosis w/ bronchoscopy in 90% of cases

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Granulomas

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Clinical Course

• Clinical manifestations:

• Lymph node enlargement

• Eye involvement (sicca syndrome,

iritis, or iridocyclitis)

• Skin lesions (erythema nodosum,

painless subcutaneous nodules)

• Visceral (liver, skin, marrow)

involvement.

• Lung involvement occurs in 90% of

cases, with formation of granulomas

and interstitial fibrosis.

Organ Involvement % of patients (n = 725)

Lungs & thoracic nodes 95.0

Skin 15.9

Extrathoracic nodes 15.2

Eye 11.8

Liver 11.5

E. nodosum 8.3

Neurologic 4.6

Parotid or salivary

glands

3.9

Hypercalcemia 3.0

Cardiac 2.3

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Staging and Therapy of Sarcoidosis

• Stages -- based on CXR:

• 0 normal

• I Bilateral hilar adenopathy (BHL)

• II Parenchymal disease and BHL

• III Parenchymal disease

• IV Fibrosis (perivascular)

• 75-90% go into spontaneous remission. The remainder need steroids

for treatment. We treat stages 3 and 4.

• 10-15% develop severe fibrosis leading to cor pulmonale and death.

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Take Home Point

• IPF is a terrible disease; don’t make this diagnosis unless you are

positive you are right.

• IPF accounts for about half of ILDs

• It is a disease of older adults

• Prognosis comparable to advanced cancers

• No specific treatment works

• Diagnosed based on UIP histology without identifiable cause

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PLEURAL EFFUSION

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Development of Pleural Cavities• After cranio-caudal and ventral folding, the coelom is a closed tube that extends

from neck to pelvis. The cranial end of the coelom expands and flexes ventrally, while the caudal end expands linearly. These two ends are in communication with one another by narrow, paired pericardialperitoneal canals. These canals will become pleural cavities.

• When the lung buds emerge, they expand into the right and left pleural cavities. The portion of the pleural cavity in contact with the lung is the visceral pleura; the portion of the pleura opposite the expanding viscera and in contact with the body wall is the parietal pleura.

• INNERVATIONS:

• Pleural visceral layer: in contact with expanding organ• Derived from splanchnic mesoderm innervated by autonomic neurons

• Visceral pain = dull and poorly localized

• Pleural parietal layer: in contact with body wall• Derived from somatic mesoderm and innervated by somatic neurons (C3-C5)

• Somatic pain = sharp and well localized

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Rib and Organ Relationships

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Vasculature and Innervation of Chest Wall

• Blood supply:

• Subclavian artery → internal thoracic (mammary) artery → Anterior intercostal

arteries in each intercostal space, enter the costal groove on the internal

surface of a rib.

• Descending (thoracic) aorta → posterior intercostal arteries in each intercostal

space, anastomose with anterior intercostal arteries

• Innervation: intercostal nerves (ventral rami of T1-T11 spinal nerves),

sympathetic trunk also runs down the vertebral column near the

costovertebral joints.

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Describe the course of the azygos vein in

the thorax and abdomen. Discuss the

significance of the azygos system.

• Azygos vein collects blood from right intercostal veins as well as from

hemiazygos vein (& sometimes accessory hemiazygos vein), which

collects blood from multiple posterior intercostal veins on left

azygos vein drains into superior vena cava immediately superior to

root of the right lung

• Azygos vein also connects with inferior vena cava in abdomen

providing alternate route of venous drainage from thorax, abdomen,

and back in case of obstruction of either superior or inferior vena

cava.

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Changes in Pleural Spance

• Pneumothorax: air introduced into pleural cavity and develops further as lungs begin to collapse due to their own elastic recoil

• Tension Pneumothorax : Air enters pleural cavity but cannot exit causing mediastinum to shift to opposite side of the chest

• CONTRALATERAL MEDIASTINAL SHIFT

• Open: occurs when parietal pleura is pierced and air enters and exits loss of negative intrapleural pressure collapsed lung

• IPSILATERAL MEDIASTINAL SHIFT

• Spontaneous: occurs when air enters pleural cavity usually due to ruptured bleb (bulla) of diseased lung

• Chylothorax: lymph accumulates in pleural cavity due to surgery or trauma that injures thoracic duct

• Hemothorax: blood enters the pleural cavity as a result of trauma or rupture of blood vessel

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1° vs 2° Spontaneous Pneumothorax

• Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Occurs without a precipitating

event in a person who does not have known lung disease

• Risk factors: Smoking, Family history, Marfan Syndrome, Homocystinuria, &

Thoracic endometriosis

• Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: Occurs as a complication of

underlying lung disease

• Risk factors: nearly every lung disease can be complicated by 2° spontaneous

pneumothorax

• COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Primary or Metastatic Malignancy, and Necrotizing

Pneumonia (bacterial or fungal)

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Management of Pneumothorax

• Observe and give 100% O2 if:• Asymptomatic

• Pneumothorax is < 20% of the hemithorax

• 100% O2 decreases partial pressure of nitrogen in capillary blood, which increases the rate of absorption of the pneumothorax.

• Treat with chest tube if:• Symptomatic, or

• Pneumothorax is >20% of the hemithorax

• Chest tubes and needles inserted to decompress a pneumothorax are inserted in the 2nd ICS at the midclavicularline or 4th/5th ICS in midaxillary line.

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Management of Tension Pneumothorax

• If there is hemodynamic compromise then the pressure must be

relieved immediately by inserting a needle into the pleural space to

decompress and then placing a chest tube (tube thoracostomy) to

prevent reaccumulation of air.

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Tube Thoracostomy

• Purpose: To decompress a tension pneumothorax or spontaneous

pneumothorax

• Placement: 2nd ICS in the midclavicular line or 4th or 5th ICS in

midaxillary line, with patient lying supine. Hook over top of ribs to

avoid vasculature and nerves.

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MCC Pleural Effusion

• CHF

• Pneumonia

• Cancer

• PE

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Pleural thickening is associated with

restrictive PFTs

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Pneumothorax vs. Pleural Effusion

• Exam findings pleural effusion

• Dullness to percussion

• Absence of fremitus

• Diminished or absent breath sounds

• Exam findings for pneumothorax:

• Hyperresonant sounds on percussion

• Diminished fremitus

• Diminished/absent breaths sounds

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Fluid attenuates sound waves; air

enhances them.

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Signs of Pleural Effusion

• Precordial Exam• S3 gallop CHF

• RV Heave PE, PAH, Left CHF

• Assess Abdomen• Hepatomegaly CHF, Cancer, Cirrhosis

• Splenomegaly

• Ascites

• Neck• JVD CHF

• Lymphadenopathy Cancer

• Extremities• Clubbing

• Cyanosis

• Thrombophlebitis Pneumonia

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Diagnostic Imaging

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Thoracentesis

• >10 mm of effusion

• Seen on US or Lateral Decubitus

>10 mm Effusion

Yes

CHF?

Yes

Asymmetric effusions, chest

pain, fever?

Yes: TAP No: OBSERVE

No: TAP

No: OBSERVE

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Guidelines for Thoracentesis

• A Chest X-Ray is NOT needed post diagnostic tap unless:

• Air is obtained during the procedure

• Patient develops coughing, chest pain, or dyspnea post-procedure

• Fremitus is lost over the superior part of the aspirated hemothorax

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Bloody vs. Turbid Taps

• Bloody pleural fluid

• PF-HCT <1%: Insignificant

• PF-HCT 1-20%: Cancer, PE, Trauma

• PF/S-HCT >50% : Hemothorax

• Turbid fluid: cloudy/opaque

• Infection/Empyema- WBCs in the 100,000s

• Chylous- Lymphatic blockage Check triglyceride level

• Occurs when lymph accumulates in the pleural cavity due to surgery or trauma

that injures the thoracic duct. Can also be caused by malignancy

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Light’s Criteria

SENSITIVITY: 98%

SPECIFICITY: 83%

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Transudate vs. Exudate

• Transudate: Clear, Protein Poor

• Exudate: Cloudy, Protein Rich

• Transudate effusion

• CHF, Nephrotic syndrome, or Hepatic cirrhosis

• Systemic conditions and hydrostatic pressures that allow leakage from

vasculature through an intact endothelium.

• Proteins stay inside the blood vessel

• Exudate effusion

• Malignancy, pneumonia, collagen vascular disease, trauma

• Increased Vascular permeability causes increased protein content

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WBC Count

• >50% Neutrophils Acute Process

• Parapneumonic Effusion, PE, Pancreatitis

• <50% Neutrophils Chronic Process

• Cancer, TB

• >85% Lymphocytes

• Post CABG

• TB

• Cancer

• RA

• Trapped Lung

• Lung Rejection

• Sarcoidosis

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Eosinophils >10%

• Blood in pleural space: Hemothorax

• Air in Pleural space: Pneumothorax

• Drugs

• Asbestos exposure

• Pargonimiasis

• Churg Strauss Syndrome

• RULES OUT TB

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Glucose Levels

• LOW pleural fluid glucose level is:• <60 mg/dl

• PF-S glucose ratio < 0.5

• DDx for low glucose effusions:

• Most common• Complicated parapneumonic effusion (<10 with empyema)

• Malignant effusion

• Somewhat common• Hemothorax

• Rheumatoid arthritis (really low, <10)

• TB

• Least common• Churg-Strauss syndrome

• Paragonimiasis (lung fluke)

• SLE

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Amylase

• >200 IU/L

• Pancreatic Disease

• Neoplasm

• Malignant

• Paramalignant

• TB

• Esophageal Rupture

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Diagnosis of TB

• If lymphocytosis is detected in the pleural fluid (PF), test for TB

• Most specific, most sensitive test: Pleural Adenosine Deaminase

• If PF ADA is >40 U/I, the patient has TB

• A PF interferon-gamma level of 140 has similar results to PF ADA

• Other tests are not as sensitive or specific. • Less than 40% of PF cultures show TB in TB positive patients.

• Other results present in TB pleuritis• <50% neutrophils

• >85% lymphocytes

• <10% eosinophils (Greater than 10% indicates it is NOT TB)

• Positive PF culture

• Low PF glucose <60 mg/dl

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Diagnosis of Cancer

• WBC differential• > 50% neutrophils = Acute: Pneumonia, PE, Pancreatitis

• < 50% neutrophils = Chronic: Cancer or TB

• > 85% lymphocytes → Suspect Leukemia (Hodgkin’s or CLL), TB

• Cytology• Variable yield: Perform 3 successive thoracentesis studies

• If negative yet suspicion is high → VATS

• Amylase• > 200 = suggestive of neoplasm

• > 600 = poor prognosis

• pH• < 7.20 = Poor prognosis (~30 days to live), DRAINAGE INDICATED

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Most common malignancies: lung, breast

ovarian…

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Cytology Variability

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Mesothelioma

• NONSPECIFIC PULMONARY SYMPTOMS

• Cough (usually non-productive)

• Dyspnea

• Focal ache on chest wall (unique symptom)

• Pleural effusion signs

• Dull to percussion

• Decreased respiratory sounds

• 60% right-sided, 5% bilateral Effusions

• Palpable mass / soft tissue fullness

• Ipsilateral splinting or scoliosis

• Paraneoplastic syndromes such as hypercalcemia, hypoglycemia,

autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hypercoagulable states, and

disseminated intravascular coagulation

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Risk Factors for Mesothelioma

• Personal asbetos exposures

• Proximity to persons exposed to asbestos

• Smoking

• Radiation therapy

• Carbon nanotubes

• Exposure to Simian Virus 40 (SV40)

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Lower Respiratory Infections• Lower respiratory tract infection is usually synonymous with pneumonia, but also

includes other things such as bronchitis and lung abscess.

• General symptoms include shortness of breath, weakness, high fever, coughing, and fatigue.

• Pneumonia - inflammatory condition of the lung, particularly the alveoli, most commonly caused by bacteria or viruses, less commonly by other microorganisms, drugs, or autoimmune conditions

• Productive cough

• Fever with shaking chills

• Shortness of breath

• Sharp/stabbing chest pain with deep breaths

• Increased respiratory rate

• Confusion in elderly

• Acute Bronchitis - self-limited infection of lower respiratory tract causing inflammation of bronchi

• Acute, lasting less than 3 weeks

• Coughing is main symptom

• Wheezing, sputum production, chest pain

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Parapneumonic Effusions Criteria• Parapneumonic exudate - Exudative effusion on the same side as the pneumonia

• 3 Criteria for Assessment: These criteria help us decide if a chest tube is indicated for drainage.

• A - Size of effusion

• 0 - Minimal, <10 mm on lateral decubitus

• 1 - Moderate, free flowing, >10mm on lateral decubitus and <½ hemithorax

• 2 - Large free flowing effusion >½ hemithorax or loculated effusion or thickened parietal fluid on CT scan

• B - Bacteriology

• X - Unknown

• 0 - Negative culture and gm stain

• 1 - Positive culture and gram stain

• 2 - Pus

• C - pH

• X - Unknown

• 0 - >7.20

• 1 - <7.20

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Criteria for Drainage:

If A is 2

B is 1 or 2

C is 1

Drainage is indicated

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If exudative effusion but there are no

definitive result from all tests, consider PE

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LUNG TUMORS AND

MEDIASTINAL MASSES

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EVALUATING NODULES

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Borders

Benign Malignant Malignant

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Benign Calcifications

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Malignant Calcifications

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Quality of Nodule

Ground Glass is more likely malignant.

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Overview• Size:

• > 3 cm considered a mass and is malignant about 90% of the time

• < 1 cm is most likely benign (~15% are malignant)

• Location:• Upper lobe lesions more likely to be malignant

• Border:• Smooth borders more likely benign whereas a spiculated or lobulated border more likely

malignant

• Calcifications:• Densely calcified lesions or lesions with central calcifications are often seen in old

granulomatous disease

• Lamellar or popcorn calcifications more likely to be benign and can be seen in hamartomas

• Eccentric or punctate calcifications more likely to be malignant

• Quality:• Both solid and ground glass nodules may be malignant

• Pure ground glass or mixed nodules more likely malignant than pure solid lesions

• Growth Rate:• Most malignancies double in size (doubling time) in less than 400 days.

• If a nodule is stable in size for more than 2 years, it’s most likely benign

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Clincial Features Increasing Malignancy

• Older age

• Tobacco use

• History of prior malignancy

• Presence of underlying lung disease

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“Most commonly, solitary or multiple

pulmonary nodules are the sequelae of a

prior granulomatous infection. Other

etiologies include benign/malignant

tumors, active infection, inflammatory

disease, bronchogenic cysts, and

vascular malformations.”

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Hamartoma

• Most common benign pulmonary tumor

• Often exhibit specific characteristics (smooth border, lamellar calcifications, fat density) that allow for the appropriate diagnosis without intervention.

• The lung is the site of > 90% of all hamartomas that are diagnosed.

• Histopathologic: • Islands of cartilage and entrapped respiratory epithelium

• Connective tissue intersected by epithelial clefts of columnar cells

• Radiologic: • Smooth, well-circumscribed round nodules that are less than 3-4 cm in diameter

• CT• May demonstrate lamellar or popcorn calcifications and also often have variable soft

tissue density (including fatty density)

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Hamartoma

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Genetic Characteristics of Lung Cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

• Adenocarcinoma is the most common cell type of lung cancer and is notably the most common lung cancer diagnosed in nonsmokers

• Histopathology• Presence of glandular differentiation and/or mucin production (80%) within the tumor

• Distinct growth patterns defined including acinar, papillary, bronchioalveolar, and solid

• Vesicular nuclei

• Intact sheets on fine needle aspiration

• Clinical Presentation• Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

• Pancoast Syndrome

• PERIPHERAL LESIONS

• Grow more slowly than Squamous Cell Carcinoma but metastasize widely and early

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Adenocarcinoma

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Smoking is a key risk factor

• Histopathology:

• Presence of keratinization and/or intercellular bridges

• Often presents with central lesion found near lung hila

• Clinical Presentation

• Production of PTHrp results actions identical to that of PTH with what may be

profound hypercalcemia with associated hypophosphatemia. Endogenous

PTH is suppressed.

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Small Cell Lung Cancer

• SCLC is derived from neuroendocrine cells within the lung.

• Histopathology• The cells are relatively small with scant cytoplasm and small hyperchromatic

nuclei.

• The chromatin exhibits a salt and pepper granular pattern.

• The mitotic counts are typically very high.

• Clinical Presentation• Clinically, these tumors often present at late stages when the disease is widely

metastatic given the rapid proliferation rate.

• Central lesion with endobronchial growth.

• SVC Syndrome

• SIADH (Hyponatremia)

• Eaton Lambert Syndrome

• Cushings and Antineuronal Antibody

• Very Aggressive, Poor Prognosis

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SCLC

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Pancoast Syndrome

• Destruction of nerve roots of brachial plexus causes neuropathic pain

in ulnar distribution

• Horner’s syndrome (ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis) due to extension into

sympathetics

• Common in adenocarcinoma (PERIPHERAL)

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SVC Syndrome

• Obstruction of SVC by tumor

• Enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes

• Dyspnea - worse with leaning forward or laying down

• Chest pain

• Facial/upper extremity edema

• Headache

• Common in SCLC

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Malignant Pleural Effusion

• Large

• Frequently bloody (hemorrhagic pleuritis)

• Cytologic examination may reveal malignant and inflammatory cells

• Dyspnea, cough, uncomfortable feeling/pain in chest

• Pleural fluid will likely have low glucose (<60 mg/dl), >85%

lymphocytes. Amylase (>600 IU/L) and pH <7.20 indicate a poor

prognosis

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Paraneoplastic Syndromes

• Eaton-Lambert syndrome: SCLC• Pesynaptic Ca2+ channel autoAb reduction in ACh in synaptic cleft muscle weakness

• improves with repetitive stimulation

• SIADH: SCLC• increased antidiuretic hormone resorption of excess H2O and

hyponatremia confusion/seizures

• cerebral edema

• neurologic dysfunction

• Cushing’s Syndrome: SCLC• Increased ACTH Increased Glucocorticoid Action

• HTN, weight gain, truncal obesity, “moon facies”, “buffalo hump”, hyperglycemia, glycosuria, polydipsia, osteoporosis, increased infection risk, hirsutism, menstrual abnormalities, mental disturbances

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IHC Staining

• EGFR → use erlotinib and gefitinib - kinase inhibitors

• ALK → Crizotinib - tyrosine kinase inhibitor

• Found in Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Mediastinal Tumors

• Anterior mediastinal masses: 4 T’s• Thymoma/thymic tumors (rare in children) = associated w/ myasthenia

gravis.

• Thyroid (including goiter)

• Teratoma/germ cell tumor

• Terrible lymphoma

• Middle• Thyroid tumor or goiter

• Tracheal tumors

• Bronchogenic cysts

• Lymphoma

• Lymphadenopathy - from metastatic spread or infection

• Posterior• Neurogenic tumors

• Esophageal tumors

• Hiatal hernias

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Teratoma

• Tumor consisting of cells derived from all three germ layers

• Originate from totipotent cells of the ovaries or testes.

• Often these tumors are cystic in nature and when they’re resected

things like teeth, hair and sebaceous material are found inside

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Thymoma

• Most common primary tumor of the anterior mediastinum in adults (20-30%)

• Rarely seen in children.

• Paraneoplastic syndromes • Myasthenia gravis is present in 50-70%

of thymomas.

• Pure red cell aplasia and hypogammaglobulinemia.

• Most thymomas are well encapsulated and have a benign prognosis.

• Histopathology: Thymic epithelial cells with mixed lymphocytic cells

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Myasthenia Gravis

• Muscle weakness is caused by circulating auto antibodies that block

acetylcholine receptors at the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction,

inhibiting the excitatory effects of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine

on nicotinic receptors at neuromuscular junctions.

• Improves with acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

• 30-65% of people with thymomas (highly associated!)

• Does improve when thymoma removed

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Lymphoma

• Proliferation of lymphocytes that appears typically as a

distinct mass

• Medial mediastinum

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ACID BASE

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ARDS

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Diagnostic Criteria

• ARDS Definition

• Acute pulmonary symptoms within one week

• Bilateral opacities consistent with pulmonary edema on CXR

• Respiratory failure not explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload

• Moderate to severe impairment of oxygenation must be present

defined by a ratio of arterial oxygen tension to fraction of inspired

oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) <300.

• The severity of the hypoxemia defines the severity of the ARDS

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Pulmonary Edema

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Direct Causes of ARDS

• Community acquired pneumonia

• Influenza pneumonia - common flu.

• Toxic Gas Inhalation

• Nitrogen dioxide

• High concentrations of oxygen

• Aspiration

• Gastric contents - chemical burn from acidic contents

• Damage to alveolar epithelium

• Salt water - hypertonic to plasma

• Draws fluid from the circulation

• Fresh water - hypotonic to plasma and cellular contents

• Cellular edema; also inactivates surfactant

• Aspirated hydrocarbons

• Toxic to distal parenchyma; also inactivates surfactant

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Indirect Causes of ARDS

• Sepsis - MOST common.

• Pancreatitis

• Trauma

• Transfusion

• Neurogenic causes

• Intracranial bleeding

• Increased ICP

• Generalized Seizures

• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

• Intoxication (ASA, cocaine, opioids)

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Pathologic Changes

• Early exudative phase: Reaction• Alveolar lumen and septa

• Scattered bleeding and regions of alveolar collapse related to inactivation of surfactant by protein rich exudates and reduced surfactant production resulting from damage to type II alveolar cells

• Nonspecific inflammatory response resulting in infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages

• Hyaline membranes (thin layer of protein tissue) forming from the protein rich edema (fibrin, cellular debris, plasma proteins) that deposits on the alveolar membrane

• Later proliferative phase: Repair• Occurs approx. 1 to 2 weeks

• Alveolar type II epithelial cell hyperplasia to replace damaged type I cells

• Accumulation of fibroblasts in the pulmonary parenchyma

• Fibrotic Phase:• Development of scar tissue

• Extensive remodeling of small pulmonary vessels including intimal and medial proliferation

• Formation of in situ thrombi

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Shunting and V/Q Mismatch

• V/Q Mismatch in ARDS: Results from nonuniform distribution of the pathologic process within the lungs• Areas of more edematous interstitium and where more fluid is present in the

alveoli have more impaired ventilation

• Changes in blood flow do not follow the same distribution as the nonuniformchanges in ventilation

• Pulmonary vascular remodeling – constriction and pressure lead to decreased size of lumen

• True Shunting: regions where V/Q ratio = 0 • Results from alveolar flooding

• Act as regions where blood is shunted from the pulmonary arterial to venous circulation without being oxygenated

• Secondary alterations to surfactant:• Surfactant production can be reduced due to type II cell damage in alveoli

• Extensive fluid within the alveoli results in inactivation of surfactant

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The decreased compliance and low FRC

in ARDS are not associated with

homogeneously affected alveoli but rather

with heterogeneous disease involvement.

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Low Tidal Volume Ventilation

• It is thought that ventilating ARDS patients at a low tidal volume

prevents distension of alveoli leading to release of deleterious

inflammatory markers.

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SMOKING CESSATION

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5 A’s for Treating Tobacco Use

• Ask if a patient uses tobacco

• Providers should identify and document tobacco use status for

every patient at every visit

• Advise to quit

• Assess willingness to make a quit attempt

• Assist in quit attempt

• If a patient is willing to make the attempt, offer medications and

provide/refer for counseling or additional treatment to help the

patient quit

• Arrange follow up

• Quit date should be within the next two weeks

• Followup contacts should be within the first week after the quit date

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Stages of Change

• The Stages of Change model suggests that people move through a

series of steps before making a change in their lives

• Pre-contemplation - not thinking about making a change

• Contemplation- unsure about the change

• Preparation- ready for change

• Action- engaged in change

• Maintenance- sticking with the change/keeping it going

• Eventually there is a 6th phase known as extinction, where the ‘agony

of temptation’ disappears. There is also a relapse stage, which is

defined as regression to an earlier stage. Most successful changes

have likely cycled through all or some of these stages several times

before reaching maintenance or extinction.

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Clinicians can understand a person’s stated

readiness to change in greater depth by exploring

their expectations of the costs and benefits of

change and their confidence in remaining

abstinent.

The assumption is that for a person to move into

the preparation stage (‘I’m ready to try’) they must

believe that change is worthwhile (‘motivation’) and

they can succeed (‘confidence’).

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Motivational Interviewing

• Motivational interviewing: A directive, client-centred counseling style for helping client explore and resolve ambivalence about behaviourchange

• Building patient rapport

• Assessing patient’s place on the Stage of Change scale

• The examination of pros and cons

• Information giving

• Addressing low confidence and help with decision making

• Express empathy

• Develop discrepancy

• Roll with resistance

• Support self-efficacy

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LOWER RESPIRATORY

INFECTIONS

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Mechanisms of Immune Protection• Innate

• 1. Removal of microbial organisms by entrapment in mucous blanket and movement on mucociliary elevator

• 2. Phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages (which are then transported out by mucociliary elevator)

• 3. Phagocytosis and killing by neutrophils recruited by macrophage factors

• 4. Activation of alternative complement pathway and opsonin C3b enhances phagocytosis

• 5. Organisms, including those ingested by phagocytes, may reach draining lymph nodes to initiate immune responses

• Adaptive• 1. Secreted IgA blocks attachment of microorganism to epithelium in the upper

respiratory tract

• 2. Serum antibodies (IgM, IgG) in the lower respiratory tract activate complement via the classic pathway

• 3. Accumulation of T cells controls infections by viruses and other intracellular microorganisms

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2 Modes of Entry

Inhalation

Aspiration

Rarely Hemtogenous

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Factors Predisposing to Infection

• Factors that affect resistance to infection in general• Chronic disease

• Immunologic deficiency

• Immunosupressants

• Leukopenia

• Compromise of local defense mechanisms• Loss or suppression of cough reflex

• Injury to the mucociliary apparatus• smoking, inhalation of hot/corrosive gases, viral disease, or genetic defects

(e.g. immotile cilia syndrome)

• Accumulation of secretions• CF, bronchial obstruction

• Interference with phagocytosis• Alcohol, tobacco smoke, anoxia, oxygen intoxication

• Pulmonary congestion and edema

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Pneumonia Clinical Presentation

• Symptoms• Fever (with or without chills)

• Cough (with or without sputum production)

• Nonproductive cough suggests viral or mycoplasmal pneumonia

• Blood tinged or rusty suggests bacteria pneumonia

• Dyspnea

• Pleuritic chest pain due to inflammation adjacent to the pleura

• Signs/Physical exam findings• Fever

• Tachycardia, tachypnea

• Crackles over affected area on auscultation

• Bronchial breath sounds, increased tactile fremitus, egophony

• Dullness to percussion with frank consolidation or effusion

• Elevated WBC count

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Typical vs. Atypical Pneumonia

• Typical pneumonias: lobar and bronchopneumonia• More lobar consolidation, alveolar exudate, sputum production than

atypical pneumonias

• Pathogens• S. pneumonia : lobar

• Staph aureus : bronchopneumonia

• Haemophilus : bronchopneumonia

• Klebsiella : lobar

• Legionella : : bronchopenumonia

• Atypical pneumonias: interstitial pneumonias• Pathogens

• Mycoplasma ; interstitial

• Chlamydophila : interstitial

• Coxiella : interstitial

• Viruses : interstitial

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▪ The term atypical organisms is used for

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila

pneumoniae, Coxiella burnetii, and

viruses since they are not detectable on

Gram stain nor do they grow on the

standard bacteriologic culture media.

Intracellular organisms (also include

Legionella)

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Sputum Sampling

• Taken early morning after patient wakes up

• Prior to antibiotic treatment

• Mouth rinsed before expectoration

• No food 1-2 hours before

• Quick transport to lab for culturing

• Fewer than 10 squamous epithelial cells

• >10 indicates it is spit as oppose to a sample from lower tract

• Sputum use is controversial b/c of varying quality of sputum samples

• Poor quality specimen may provide inadequate or inaccurate information

• Can be difficult to assess b/c of contamination with upper respiratory species

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LRIs

• Pneumonia: any infection of the lung parenchyma/alveoli; fever, cough, dyspnea, leukocytosis, pleuritic chest pain

• Causative viruses: Influenza, adenovirus, RSV, SARS-coronavirus, measles, hantavirus

• Causative bacteria: S. pneumoniae , S. aureus, M pneumoniae, M. catarrhalis, Legionella, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, Coxiella Burnetti

• Bronchitis: infection of the trachea and large bronchi; hallmark is cough, sputum production

• Causative viruses: any respiratory virus

• Bronchiolitis: infection of the small airways; cough, dyspnea; often seen in infants

• Causative viruses: RSV, metapneumovirus

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Bronchitis vs. Pneumonia

• It is important to distinguish acute bronchitis from pneumonia, which usually

indicates need for antibiotic therapy.

• Fever is an unusual sign in patients with acute bronchitis and suggests the

presence of either influenza or pneumonia.

• Patients with the combination of cough, fever, sputum production, and

constitutional symptoms are more likely to have influenza or pneumonia.

• Patients with acute bronchitis have few systemic symptoms.

• They may have chest wall tenderness related to muscle strain from coughing.

Wheezing may also occur. Cough in patients with acute bronchitis usually

lasts from 10 to 20 day

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S. Pneumonia

• Normal inhabitant of the oropharynx

• Gram-positive coccus seen in pairs or diplococci.

• MOST COMMON cause of community acquired pneumonia

• Frequently occurs following a viral upper respiratory tract infection.

• The organism has a polysaccharide capsule that interferes with phagocytosis and therefore is an important factor in its virulence

• Typically causes lobar pneumonia

• Test sputum

• Vaccine available

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S. Pneumonia Vignette

• An elderly woman presents with a cough producing rusty-colored

sputum. She complains of sharp right-sided chest pains, chills, and

fevers. Physical exam reveals increased fremitus, dullness to

percussion, and bronchial breath sounds on the lower right side. CXR

shows right lower lobe consolidation, and Gram stain of sputum

shows Gram diplococci. Physicians begin treatment with

cephalosporins.

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H. Influenza

• Gram negative coccobacillia, encapsulated and nonencapsulated

• 6 capsule serotypes, B is most virulent; B is in vaccine.

• H. influenzae pneumonia is a pediatric emergency and has a high mortality rate.

• Descending laryngotracheobronchitis results in airway obstruction as the smaller bronchi are plugged by dense, fibrin-rich exudates containing neutrophils, similar to that seen in pneumococcal pneumonias.

• Pulmonary consolidation is usually lobular and patchy but may be confluent and involve the entire lung lobe

• H. influenzae is the most common bacterial cause of acute exacerbation of COPD.

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S. Aureus

• Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of secondary bacterial

pneumonia in children and healthy adults following viral respiratory

illnesses

• Causes bronchopneumonia

• Staphylococcal pneumonia is associated with a high incidence of

complications, such as lung abscess and empyema.

• Intravenous drug users are at high risk for development of

staphylococcal pneumonia in association with endocarditis.

• It is also an important cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia.

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Legionella

• Gram negative coccobacilli

• Flourishes in artificial aquatic environments

• Mode of transmission is either inhalation of aerosolized organisms or aspiration of contaminated drinking water.

• Legionella pneumonia is common in individuals with predisposing conditions such as cardiac, renal, immunologic, or hematologic disease.

• Organ transplant recipients are particularly susceptible.

• Rapid diagnosis is facilitated by demonstration of Legionella antigens in the urine or by a positive fluorescent antibody test on sputum samples; culture remains the diagnostic gold standard.

• Often seen in elderly smokers

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Legionella Vignette

• A 67-year-old man with a history of heavy smoking comes to the

doctor complaining of “the flu.” He has a fever, loss of appetite,

headache, chest pain, and a mild cough producing little sputum. The

doctor believes that the watery diarrhea that the man also suffers from

is related. Sputum sample reveals many neutrophils but no bacteria.

CXR reveals nodular infiltrates. Serum tests are negative for cold

agglutinins

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Aspiration Pneumonia

• Aspiration pneumonia occurs in markedly debilitated patients or those who aspirate gastric contents either while unconscious (e.g., after a stroke) or during repeated vomiting.

• Abnormal gag and swallowing reflexes that predispose to aspiration.

• The resultant pneumonia is partly chemical due to the irritating effects of gastric acid, and partly bacterial (from the oral flora)

• Typically, more than one organism is recovered on culture, aerobes being more common than anaerobes.

• This type of pneumonia is often necrotizing, pursues a fulminant clinical course, and is a frequent cause of death.

• In those who survive, lung abscess is a common complication.

• ANAEROBIC, right lower lobe!!!

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Nosocomial Pneumonia

• Bacteria

• Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-sensitive and resistant

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

• Gram-negative rods

• Enterobacteriaceae ( Klebsiella spp., Serratia marcescens, Escherichia coli)

• Pseudomonas spp.

• Risk Factors

• Hospitalization of at least 2 days within the recent past

• Presentation from a nursing home or long-term care facility

• Attending a hospital or hemodialysis clinic

• Recent intravenous antibiotic therapy

• Chemotherapy or wound care.

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Mycoplasma

• Mycoplasma pneumoniae most commonly affects young people, especially those in close quarters (prisons, military bases).

• CXR often looks worse than symptoms suggest.

• Mycoplasmas are the smallest free-living organisms and are the only bacteria to (1) have no cell wall and (2) have cholesterol in their membranes

• Diagnosis: cold hemagglutination, no cell wall, fried-egg appearance on culture, serology

• Complications: autoimmune hemolytic anemia or erythema nodosum

• Beta lactam resistant

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Mycoplasma Vignette

• A young woman at an army base thinks she has a cold and goes to

her doctor. She complains of malaise, chills, sore throat, and dry

cough. CXR shows interstitial infiltrate more severe than suggested

by her symptoms. Laboratory tests indicate that the woman’s serum

was capable of agglutinating erythrocytes when incubated at 4°C. The

doctor prescribes erythromycin.

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Chlamydia

• A 22-year-old student presents with a nonproductive cough, fever,

and sore throat. CXR demonstrates diffuse interstitial infiltrate.

Sputum Gram stain shows many PMNs but no organisms, and a

Giemsa stain reveals intracytoplasmic inclusions in epithelial cells.

Doxycycline treatment is begun.

• Atypical Pneumonia

• Affects young people

• Phagocytosed by macrophages Intracellular replication

• Giemsa stain to visualize intracytoplasmic inclusions

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Bacterial pneumonias are characterized

by predominantly intra-alveolar

neutrophilic inflammation

Viral pneumonia shows interstitial

lymphocytic inflammation. Characteristic

viral inclusions may be seen.

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Viral Pneumonia

• RSV

• Most common cause of Atypical Pneumonia in infants

• Influenza

• Atypical pneumonia in elderly, immunocompromised and patients

with preexisting lung disease

• Increases risk of secondary bacterial pneumonia

• CMV

• Atypical pneumonia post-transplant

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Coccidiodes

• An old man and his great grandson visit Death Valley National Park in the deserts of Southern California. Upon returning from their visit, the man develops breathing difficulties along with arthralgias, periarticularswellings, and erythema nodosum. X-rays reveal a pneumonic infiltrate as well as granulomas. A diagnosis is confirmed by observing spherules containing individual endospores in tissue specimens. As expected, the child remains unaffected but several weeks later tests positive for a fungal antigen DTH reaction.

• Affects Immunocompromised

• Dx: • Serology

• Culture at different temperatures:

• Branched hyphae at 25°C

• Single cells at 37°C

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Histoplasmosis

• An elderly cave explorer in Ohio complains to his physician of weakness in the last few months. A physical exam reveals sores in his mouth, and X-ray shows small calcifications throughout the body. A lung biopsy reveals small budding cells within macrophages. Based on his age, location, and biopsy results, the physician begins the patient on oral amphotericin B.

• Normal individuals can develop a mild pneumonia after prolonged exposure to bird droppings (e.g., chicken farmers).

• Disseminated histoplasmosis is often a sign of AIDS

• Dx:• Culture at different temperatures:

• Branched hyphae at 25°C

• Singgle cells at 37°C

• Tissue biopsy: yeast cells within macrophages

• Serology

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Pneumocystis Jirocevi

• A homeless man arrives at the EW complaining of difficulty in

breathing. His medical history is not obtainable, but the man does

report increasing fatigue and weight loss over the past few months.

Physical exam reveals lymphadenopathy, tachypnea, and bilateral

rales in the lung bases. Chest X-ray shows diffuse infiltrates

bilaterally. The doctor decides to perform a bronchial lavage and, with

silver stain, reveals numerous cysts containing several dark oval

bodies. The doctor begins the patient on TMP-SMX and orders an

HIV and blood test.

• Opportunistic infection in immunocompromise!!

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DIAGNOSIS

• Microbiological

• Direct microscopy

• Culture

• Histopathological

• Microscopy

• Immunohistochemistry (research only)

• Immunologic and biochemical

• Serum antibody

• Antigen

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DIRECT MICROSCOPY

Fungus Microscopic Appearance

Cryptococcus

neoformans

Spherical, budding yeasts, 2–15

μm dia; ± capsule; no hyphae or

pseudohyphae

Blastomyces

dermatitidis

8–15 μm dia, thick-walled,

budding yeast cells; broad-

based junction; may appear

multinucleate

Histoplasma

capsulatum

2–4 μm dia, intracellular,

budding yeasts

Coccidioides

immitis

Spherical, thick-walled

spherules, 20–30 μm dia;

mature spherules contain small,

2–5 μm diameter endospores

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DIRECT MICROSCOPY

Fungus Microscopic Appearance

Pneumocystis

jiroveci

Cysts are round, collapsed, or

crescent shaped; trophozoites seen

on staining with giemsa or

immunofluorescent stains

Aspergillus spp. Hyaline, septate, dichotomously

branching hyphae of uniform width

(3–6 μm dia)

Candida spp. 4-6 μm dia, thin-walled, ovoid

yeasts; budding and pseudohyphae

may be seen, but are not invariably

present

Zygomycetes (aka

Mucormycotina)

Broad, thin-walled, pausi-/aseptate

hyphae, 6–25 μm dia with

nonparallel sides and random

branches

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CULTURE

• Limitations

• Colonization of respiratory tract without invasion is

common with Candida, Aspergillus, other molds

• Lack of growth of molds in culture not uncommon even

when seen on histopathology

• Full identification may require several weeks

• Blood Cx need to be ordered as separate fungal

Cx

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HISTOPATHOLOGICAL

• Evidence of tissue invasion is gold standard for Candida,

Aspergillus, Zygomycetes, other molds

• Biopsy findings:

• Caseating or necrotizing granulomas with intracellular organisms

inside macrophages (eg, H. capsulatum, C. immitis)

• Fungal hyphae in infection with Aspergillus and Mucor species

• Intracellular yeast organisms in Candida species infections

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Complications of Pneumonia

• Lung abscess• area of suppurative necrosis w/in lung parenchyma

• abscess has a wall and a cavity filled with pus and organisms

• complication of necrotizing bacterial pneumonias

• Anaerobes, S. aureus, S. pyogenes, K. pneumoniae, Pseudomonas

• Common in lower lobe from aspiration

• Empyema • Pus in the pleural cavity

• Purulent material, high white cell count

• Normally-existing cavity

• May be caused by abscess rupture

• May be caused by bacteria invading the pleural space

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Treatment of Pneumonia

• Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin

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Pertussis

• Pertussis, also known as "whooping cough," is a highly contagious, acute respiratory illness caused by Bordetella pertussis.

• Clinical Presentation: 3 phases• Catarrhal

• Paroxysmal

• Convalescent

• Diagnosis• Culture and PCR

• Treatment• Antibiotic therapy late in disease will not affect symptoms but may prevent spread of

the illness

• Antibiotics are recommended for patients with sx <2 weeks• Azithromycin or Clarithromycin

• TDAP vaccine and boosters

• Postexposure prophylaxis

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Pertussis Clinical Presentation

• Catarrhal - 1-2 weeks

• Begins after incubation period of 3-12 days

• Nondistinctive symptoms of congestion, rhinorrhea, low-grade fever, sneezing,

lacrimation and conjunctival suffusion

• Paroxysmal - 2-6 weeks

• Marked by the onset of cough - dry intermittent, irritative hack, paroxysmal

cough

• Convalescent - 2 or more weeks

• Number, severity, and duration of coughing episodes diminish

• Infants < 3 months of age do not display the classic stages

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Paroxysmal Cough

• Cough begins as dry, intermittent, irritative hack

• Evolves into paroxysms:

• Machine gun burst of uninterrupted cough on a single exhalation

• Chin and chest forward

• Tongue protruding maximally

• Eyes bulging and watering

• Face purple

• This goes on until coughing ceases and a loud whoop follows as inspired air traverses the still partially closed airway

• Post-tussive emesis common

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Croup

• Croup is a respiratory illness characterized by inspiratory stridor,

cough, and hoarseness. These symptoms result from inflammation in

the larynx and subglottic airway. A barking cough is the hallmark of

croup among infants and young children, whereas hoarseness

predominates in older children and adults.

• Parainfluenza virus is the most common cause

• Dx: The diagnosis of croup is clinical, based on the presence of a

barking cough and stridor.

• Neither radiographs nor laboratory tests are necessary to make the diagnosis.

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Tuberculosis

• Clinical Presentation• Caseous necrosis

• Malaise

• Anorexia

• Weight loss

• Low grade fever

• Night sweats

• Sputum

• Hemoptysis

• Pleuritic pain

• Many extrapulmonary complications

• Rx: • Active: Daily rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for 2

months, then isoniazid and rifampin for 4 months

• Latent TB: 9 months daily isoniazid

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TB Diagnosis

• HPI, travel history, HIV history, exposure history, etc.

• Radiology

• Calcified primary complexes

• Large air space/cavitary lesion(s)

• Sputum smears for AFB

• Bacterial culture

• 17-21 days but can take up to 6 weeks

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TB Transmission

• Human transmission through respiratory droplets

• Droplet nuclei are very small

• 1-5 µm

• Remain airborne and infectious for 30 min

• Inhaled to alveoli

• Phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages

• Replication inside macrophage triggers local immune response

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PULMONARY

EMBOLISM

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Risk Factors: Venous Thromboembolism

• Immobilization (e.g., bed rest, prolonged sitting during travel, immobilization of an extremity after fracture)

• Postoperative state

• Congestive heart failure

• Obesity

• Underlying carcinoma

• Pregnancy and the postpartum state

• Oral contraceptives

• Chronic deep venous insufficiency.

• Patients at particularly high risk are those who had trauma or surgery related to the pelvis or lower extremities, especially hip fracture or hip or knee replacement.

• A number of genetic predispositions to hypercoagulability are recognized• Deficiency or abnormal function of, antithrombin III, protein C, protein S

• Abnormal variants of some of factor V and prothrombin

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Virchow’s Triad

• Hypercoagulability - an increased chance of producing a thrombus.

Many genetic defects can cause hypercoagulability. The most

commonly found is factor V Leiden, which causes the factor V protein

to become resistant to protein C.

• Hemodynamic changes - this mainly refers to stasis, which allows

thrombi to form predominantly in the lower extremity venous system.

• Endothelial injury/dysfunction - mainly caused by shear stress or

hypertension. Can release factors and expose proteins that incite

thrombus formation.

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Hypoxemia in PE• Occlusion by an embolus perfusion of pulmonary capillaries normally supplied

by that vessel ceases• DEAD SPACE and V/Q MISMATCH

• Hyperventilation and hypocapnia

• Increase in pulmonary vascular resistance.

• Right ventricle cannot cope with the acute increase in afterload

• BP falls syncope or cardiogenic shock.

• Thrombi result in release of chemical mediators• Platelets tare an important source of histamine, serotonin, and prostaglandins.

• Increased release of endothelin-1 (potent vasoconstrictor)

• Decreased production of NO (vasodilator)

• Bronchoconstriction

• Synthesis of surfactant in the affected alveoli is compromised

• Alveoli may be more likely to collapse, and liquid may more likely leak into alveolar spaces.

• Shunt physiology may also contribute to hypoxemia because of either perfusion of atelectatic lung or elevated right heart pressures producing intracardiac shunting across a patent foramen ovale.

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Diagnosis

• Diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism can be challenging, and the approach depends on the clinician's level of suspicion, or pretest probability, of pulmonary embolism.

• For patients in whom the diagnosis is considered less likely, the clinician may start with a d-dimer assay. Most patients who present with acute dyspnea or chest pain will have a chest radiograph and oxygen saturation checked by finger oximetry.

• Traditionally, the major screening test for pulmonary embolism has been the perfusion lung scan but contrast computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is increasingly used either instead of or in addition to perfusion lung scanning.

• Evaluation of the large veins in the lower extremities, typically using ultrasound techniques, is another commonly used diagnostic strategy. Identification of a clot in a vein above the popliteal fossa warrants the same treatment as a documented pulmonary embolus and often obviates the need for further evaluation.

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Clinical Presentation

• Commonly the embolus produces no significant symptoms, and the entire episode goes unnoticed by the patient and physician.

• Dyspnea is the most frequent complaint.

• Less common is pleuritic chest pain or hemoptysis.

• Syncope is an occasional presentation

• On physical examination:

• Tachycardia and tachypnea.

• May show decreased air entry, localized crackles, or wheezing.

• With pulmonary infarction extending to the pleura, pleural friction rub

• Second heart sound (P2), right S4, and a RV heave may be present.

• If RV fails, right S3 may be heard, and JVD seen

• Tenderness, swelling, or a cord on lower extremities

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CXR

• Frequently the chest radiograph is normal.

• When it is not, the abnormalities often are nonspecific, including

areas of atelectasis or elevation of a hemidiaphragm, indicating

volume loss

• Westermark sign: localized area of decreased lung vascular markings

corresponding to the region where the vessel has been occluded

• Hampton hump: Both congestive atelectasis and infarction may

appear as an opacified region on the radiograph. Classically the

density is shaped like a truncated cone, fanning out toward and

reaching the pleural surface.

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Atelectasis

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Westermark Sign

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Hamptom Hump

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ECG

• S1Q3T3 sign is seen in 15-25% of patients diagnosed with PE. It is a

sign of acute cor pulmonale (acute pressure and volume overload of

the right ventricle because of pulmonary hypertension) and reflects

right ventricular strain. This sign consists of a prominent S wave in

lead I and inverted Q and T waves in lead III.

• Other ECG findings are sinus tachycardia, T wave inversion in leads

V1-V3, right bundle branch block, and low amplitude deflections.

• “The ECG is often abnormal in PE, but findings are neither sensitive

nor specific for the diagnosis of PE.”

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D-Dimer

• D-dimer is a degradation product of cross-linked fibrin, and therefore

levels are increased in the setting of thrombosis of any type.

• Plasma levels of d-dimer increase in the setting of venous thrombosis

but are also increased in many other conditions, including trauma,

surgery, cancer, and inflammation.

• D-dimer testing for venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism is very

sensitive, but nonspecific.

• Thus, a normal d-dimer level is helpful, especially in the patient with a

low pretest probability of having a pulmonary embolus, but an

elevated level is considered nonspecific and therefore nondiagnostic.

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V/Q Scan

• Perfusion (Q) lung scan• Inject radiolabeled albumin particles into a peripheral vein

• If results of the scan are normal, pulmonary embolism is, for all practical purposes, excluded.

• OBSTRUCTED = Absence of perfusion to the region of lung supplied by the occluded vessel

• Abnormalities do not automatically indicate embolic disease

• Ventilation (V) scan• Inhalation of a xenon radioisotope

• Added because if regions of decreased blood flow are secondary to airway disease, corresponding abnormalities should be seen on the ventilation scan.

• Perfusion defect due to PE = ventilation still will be present in the area, and the perfusion defect will be mismatched

• Perfusion defect due to parenchymal disease (e.g., pneumonia) = corresponding abnormality should be seen on the chest radiograph.

• NOT DEFINITIVE

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CTA

• Pros:• Significant advantage of high-quality visualization of the lung

parenchyma

• CTA is more likely to be diagnostic than perfusion scanning, and it is less invasive than traditional pulmonary angiography

• Can be performed quickly and is more readily available than ventilation-perfusion scanning.

• Cons:• Radiation dose associated with CTA, especially to the breast and

chest, is significantly higher than with ventilation-perfusion scanning

• Must weigh the risk and benefits for the individual patient as well as the practical issues of test availability and interpretation for each patient in whom the diagnosis of PE is being considered.

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Treatment

• Anticoagulation: Gold standard, immediate onset of action

• Initially, IV unfractionated heparin or subcutaneous LMWH, and then an oral

warfarin (for at least 3-6 months)

• Thrombolysis: for severe, sustained hemodynamic compromise

• tPA, streptokinase, urokinase, tenecteplase (TNK)

• Inferior vena caval filter: Anticoagulation not an option

• Trap thrombi from the LE en route to the pulmonary circulation

• Used if there are contraindications to anticoagulant therapy, thromboemboli

have recurred, or if the patient has such limited pulmonary vascular reserve

that additional clot to the lungs would be fatal.

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Prognostic Significance of RH Strain

• RV enlargement in this setting is associated with an increased

likelihood of death within 30 days

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Thrombolysis is used for severe,

sustained hemodynamic compromise

Patients in shock and hypotensive have

more adverse outcomes.

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IV Heparin is the first line therapy used for

low risk category patients

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Prevention of DVT

• 1. External compression of the lower extremities with an intermittently

inflating pneumatic device (IPC)

• 2. Heparin administered subcutaneously in low dosage.