COPD

Question 1

What are the two types of COPD

Answer 1

Emphysema
Chronic Bronchitis

Question 2

What is COPD?

Answer 2

Inflammation of the central airways, peripheral airways, lung parenchyma and alveoli and pulmonary vasculature.

Question 3

What age is COPD most common

Answer 3

Common in <65yrs

Question 4

What is the main cause of COPD?

Answer 4

Smoking 40-70%

Question 5

What is hypoxic drive

Answer 5

When normal people breath it is due ton carbon dioxide, causing your body to need oxygen.

COPD patients have a reduced ability to exhale carbon dioxide adequately, which leads to hypercapnia causing them to need oxygen.