Ventilation - define
air coming in through the atmosphere going into the alveoli
Diffusion - define
Air going from alveoli into capillaries
Gas levels in alveoli -PaO2–effect? - PaCO2
-High because it’s coming in; makes it goes into capillary - 0; allows for CaO2 to diffuse in
Gas level in blood - PaO2; importance? - CO2; importance?
Define exertional dyspnea
Difficulty breathing with exertion
Common lung infection in HIV patients?
Tuberculosis
mechanisms behind pulmonary HTN
it could be backup from Lt side of heart (she’s got an ejection murmur so there’s obviously some dysfunction there) increase in left ventricular pressure could backup and cause increased left atrial pressure which would cause increased pressure on the pulmonary veins.
What happens to the vessels when you have endothelial damage?
You lose compliance, fibrosis- intimal thickening, vascular tone increases so you don’t get dilation.
do opioids cause lung damage?
Flash pulmonary edema
what can HIV do to vasculature?
How to differentiate between heart failure and pulmonary edema (pulmonary htn) due to opioid use? - order; why?
what could increases in pulmonary pressure do to the right side
right side of heart could be undergoing changes in pressure, changes in contractile function leading to failure which is why you see the pitting edema.
Differences of pulmonary vasculature vs systemic vasculature?
. Arterioles in systemic vascular really hold their shape, but here is pulmonary vasculature the arterioles are a lot more expandable and collapsible.
Types of vasculature in lungs
Alveolar vasculature changes during inspiration. why? what happens to resistance?
Vessels are gonna get compressed and elongated because alveolar volume increases - Resistance increases and therefore bloodflow decreases
Extra alevolar vasculature changes during inspiration. - why?
What happens to alveolar and extra-alveolar vasculature during expiration?
How does pumonary HTN alter pulmonary vasculature resistance - what happens to vascular reactivity?
What happens to blood flow in lungs during exercise? - what happens to MPAP? - term for this? - what can help with this?
What happens when a patient with pulmonary htn tries to exercise? - what happens to MPAP
Effect of gravity on pulmonary blood flow - standing up - laying down
Zones of pulmonary blood flow and gravity - ventilation - resitance to blood flow - zone 1
Zone 1 - where is it? - alveolar pressure - Perfusion - Factors increasing size of alveoli - young vs old - terminology for this zone - things that can increase in zone 1
Zone 2 - arterial vs alveolar pressure - perfusion; effect? - what happens during exercise