Question | Answer |
COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
commonly smoking-related illness |
What are the two types of COPD? | chronic bronchitis
emphysema |
Chronic Bronchitis is also called? | blue bloaters |
Emphysema is also called? | pink puffers
oxygenated, shallow breathing |
What is chronic bronchitis? | inflammation, excess mucus in the airways
frequents RTI, hypercapnia, hypoxemia possible, air trapping |
What is emphysema? | destruction of alveoli clusters, loss of surface area for gas exchange, no mucus production |
Treatment for COPD? | inhaled corticosteroids (less SE), combination inhalers: advair (salmeterol-b2 + fluticasone-LABA),bronchodilators:albuterol(B2agonist, short acting); Tiotropium-longacting antimuscarinic, lipophilic,dissolve in airways, bronchodilator effect,target mucus |
Treatment for COPD? | Antibiotics (mainly for chronic bronchitis r/t mucus production), phosphodieterase inhibitors: theophylline (lots of SE), roflumilast (long acting, inhalation, lots of SE, cross CNS; dose limiting N/V (inhibition of brain PDE); surgery |
antibiotics, surgery, phosphodieterase inhibitors: theophylline, roflumilast, bronchodilators (albuterol, tiotropium), inhaled corticosteroids, combination inhalers (advair) | treatment of COPD |