McCuistion: Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach

What are the two major categories of lower respiratory tract disorders. - ans ---Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and restrictive pulmonary disease COPD is caused by airway obstruction which causes.... - ans ---increased airway resistance of airflow to lung tissues. causes a decrease in total lung capacity as a result of fluid accumulation or loss of elasticity of the lung. - ans ---Restrictive lung disease What is the definition of Asthma - ans ---inflammatory disorder of the airway walls associated with a varying amount of airway obstruction When activated by stimuli, the bronchial airways become inflamed and edematous, leading to constriction of air passages. This process is related to which lower respiratory tract disorder? - ans ---Asthma Chronic bronchitis definition - ans ---Progressive lung disease caused by smoking or chronic lung infections Bronchial inflammation and excessive mucous secretion result in airway obstruction. This process is related to which lower respiratory tract disorder? - ans ---Chronic bronchitis The bronchioles become obstructed by the breakdown of the epithelium of the bronchial mucosa. This process is related to which disorder? - ans ---Bronchiectasis What may result from the bronchioles becoming obstructed by the breakdown of the epithelium of the bronchial mucosa? - ans ---Tissue fibrosis may result Progressive lung disease where the terminal bronchioles become plugged with mucus, causing a loss in the fiber and elastin network in the alveoli. - ans ---Emphysema