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COPD - Coggle Diagram
COPD
Causes of disease
Long term exposure to irritants that damage your lungs and airways
Smoking is the main cause in the US
Complications with disease
heart failure
lung cancer
high blood pressure
respiratory infections
Pathophysiology
The airways and air sacs in your lungs become less elastic
results from the combined processes of peripheral airway inflammation and narrowing of the airways.
This leads to airflow limitation and the destruction and loss of alveoli, terminal bronchioles and surrounding capillary vessels and tissues, which adds to airflow limitation and leads to decreased gas transfer capacity
Abnormalities in gas transfer occur due to reduced airflow/ventilation and as a result of loss of alveolar structure and pulmonary vascular bed
Assessments needed
Wheezing
expanded chest= barrel chest
taking longer to fully exhale
abnormal breath sounds
Labs and xrays
Lung function test
CT scan
Chest xray
Treatments
Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids
Oxygen therapy
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Quitting smoking
Surgery such as lung transplant
Medications
albuterol (Proair HFA, Ventolin HFA)
levalbuterol (Xopenex)
Fluticasone (Flovent)
Budesonide (Pulmicort)