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Pulmonary

CLINICAL FEATURES

CYANOSIS

UNINTENDED WEIGHT LOSS

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS

CHRONIC COUGH

CHEST PAIN

CHEST TIGHTEDNESS

WHEEZING

SHORTNESS OF BREATH

INVESTIGATIONS

THORACOCENTESIS

NEEDLE BIOPSY

CHEST TUBE INSERTION

ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS

PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (SPIROMETRY)

BRONCHOSCOPY

CHEST X-RAY

TREATMENT

RESPIRATORY THERAPY

VENTILATION

DRUGS

MAST CELL STABILIZERS :- Furoate, Mometasone etc

ANIHISTAMINICS :- Zafirlukast, Montelukast, Cetrizine etc

CORTICOSTERIODS :- Fluticasone, Budesonide, epinephrine etc

BRONCHODILATORS :-Salmeterol, formeterol, albuterol etc

MAINTAIN A- AIRWAYS B- BREATHING C- CIRCULATION

DISORDERS

PNEUMOTHORAX

CONGENITAL DISORDERS

RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

CANCERS

RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE

ASBESTOSIS

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

SILICOSIS

OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

BRONCHIECTASIS

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS

ASTHMA

BLOOD SUPPLY CHANGES

LUNG CONTUSION

PULMONARY EMBOLISM

INFLAMMATION

BRONCHIOLITIS

BRONCHITIS

PNEUMONIA

PHYSIOLOGY

ROLE IN PLATELETS PRODUCTION

REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE

PROTECTION AGAINST INFECTION

MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS

SPEECH

GAS EXCHANGE

ANATOMY

LUNGS

Trachea - Bronchi -Terminal Bronchioles - Respiratory Bronchioles - Alveolar ducts - Alveolar Sacs - Alveolii