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Exam 4
SA Resp Pathophys
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Veterinary Medicine
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04/04/2017

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Term
Definition: hypercapnea
Definition
-inc PaCO2
-aka hypoventilation
Term
Definition: hypoxemia
Definition
-dec PaCO2
Term
Definition: hypoxia
Definition
-dec O2 delivered to the tissue
Term
Definition: cyanosis
Definition
-bluish color of tissue
-deoxygenated hemoglobin (>3-5 g/dL)
Term
Definition: Dyspnea
Definition
-perception of difficulty breathing
Term
Definition: Tidal volume
Definition
-V of gas passing into and out of lung w/ each resp cycle
Term
Definition: minute ventilation
Definition
-V of gas passing in & out of lung in 1 min
Term
In general, what are the physical defenses of the resp system?
Definition
-air flow patterns & anatomic barries: nasal turbinates, branching airways, larynx
-epi barrier
-mucuciliary clearance
-cough and sneeze: reflexes to remove airway debris
Term
What do the central chemoreceptors in the medulla respond to during respiration control?
Definition
-CSF inc PaCO2 (dec CSF pH)
Term
What do the peripheral chemoreceptors in the carotid body respond to during resp control?
Definition
-dec PaO2 (<60 mmHg)
-inc PaCO2
-inc H+
-dec perfusion rate
Term
How does the medulla affect central neuronal control of breathing?
Definition
-breath is generated
-insp & exp cetners
Term
How does the pons affect central neuronal control of breathing?
Definition
-pneumotactic center: control of rhythm b/n breaths
-apneustic center: prevents overfillling of lungs
Term
Where are the lower motor neurons that control resp peripherally?
Definition
-phrenic n: caudal cervical
-intercostal nn: T2-T12
Term
Which mm are important for breathing?
Definition
-diaphragm
-intercostal mm
-laryngeal/pharyngeal mm
Term
Which mm are a part of active expiration due to dz or exercise?
Definition
-abdominal mm: rectus, abdominus, obliqures, transverse abdominus
-intercostal mm
Term
What is ventilation?
Definition
-tidal exchange of air b/n lungs and atmosphere
Term
What are the purposes of ventilation?
Definition
-oxygenation of blood: deliver O2 to tissue, oxidative phsophoryaltion
-expel CO2: end pdt of aerobic metabolism, acid-base
-heat exchange: esp important in dogs
Term
What factors are required to O2 to be delivered to the tissues?
Definition
-oxygenation of blood
-hemoglobin concentration
-hemglobin function
-CO & peripheral vasculature
Term
What are the components that gas must traverse?
Definition
-surfactant
-resp epi
-resp epi BM
-interstitium
-capillary endo BM
-capillary endo
Term
What is Fick's Law?
Definition
-gas exchange is dependent on: SA of tissue + difference in partial pressure + diffusion barrier thickness + diffusion coefficient
Term
What determines the diffusion coefficient?
Definition
-MW
-soubility of gas in the tissue
Term
How does the diffusion coefficient of CO2 compare to that of O2?
Definition
-it is 20 higher thus diffuses super easily
Term
Gas exchange is proportional to what?
Definition
-tissue area
-differencei n partial P
-diffusion coefficient
Term
Gas exchange is inversely proportional to what?
Definition
-thickness of diffusion barrier
Term
What are the 5 big causes of hypoxemia?
Definition
-hypoventilation
-Ventilation-perfusion mismatch
-diffusion barrier impairement
-low fraction of inspired O2
-right ot left shunt
Term
How does hypoventilation lead to hypoxemia?
Definition
-causes hypercapnea due to lack of CO2 ocnc gradient
Term
What are some examples of etiologies that cause inc upper airway resistance leading to hypovenitlation to hypoxemia?
Definition
-laryngeal paralysis
-laryngeal edema/mass
-tracheal collapse
-tracheal mass/hypoplasia
-brachycephalic syndrome
Term
What are some other examples of etiologies behind hypoventilation?
Definition
-dec vital capacity: pleural dz, thoracic wall dz, abdominal distension
-severe pain: rib fractures
-neuromuscular dz: CNS dz, tick paralysis, MG, phrenic n damage
-drugs: barbiturates, opioids
Term
What are some common etiologies behind V-Q mismatch?
Definition
-severe parenchymal dz
-pneumonia
-pulmonary thromboembolism
-pulmonary edema
-pulmonary hemorrhage
Term
What are some dz that inc thickness of diffusion barrier?
Definition
-pulmonary edema
-pulmonary fibrosis
-neplasia
Term
What are some etiologies behind low FiO2?
Definition
-complications w/ anesthesia
-very high altitudes
Term
What are some examples of right to left shunts?
Definition
-right to left PDA, tetraology, etc
-intrapulmonary A-V fistulas
Term
How does a right to left shunt cause hypoxemia?
Definition
-some blood shunts past the lungs thus returning to systemic circulation w/out being oxygenated
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