case:pulmonology [Chapters]

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====== Pulmonology ======


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====== PULMOPATHOLOGY  ======

  * STENOSIS
    * subglottic stenosis
    * glottic stenosis
    * laryngeal stenosis
    * tracheal stenosis


  * asthma or bronchospasm

  * ACCUMULATION 
    * pleural effusion
    * pulmonary oedema
    * empyema thoracis
    * pneumothorax
    * tension pneumothorax

  * restrictive lung diseases
    * interstitital lung disease
    * idiopathic pumonary fibrosis
    * pneumoconioses
    * infant respiratory dstress syndrome
    * ADULT RESPIRATORY distress syndrome

  * DILATATION 
    * emphysema
    * atelectasis
    * bronchiectasis
    * Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  * DYSPNOEA 
    * hypoxia
    * VENTILATION 
      * Hypoventilation or hypercapnia or hypercarbia (increase in partial pressure of C02) causing respiratory 
      * acidosis
      * hyperventilation or hypocapnia(PaCO2 < 20 mmhg)...
    * tachypnea
    * bradypnea
    * APNEA

  * Abnormal passage 
    * tracheooesophageal fistula 
    * branchial fisutla .... congenital (also called lateral fistula of neck)


  * PULMONARY VASCULAR DISORDERS
    * pulmonary embolism
    * Pulmonary artery hypertension