Patient Education
CT of Tracheomalacia
Respiratory Anatomy
Function of the Lungs
• Get oxygen into the body
• Get rid of carbon dioxide
oxygen
carbon dioxide
Breathing In
Breathing Out
Bronchectasis
Atelectasis: collapse of air sacs
Pneumonia
Bronchoscopy
Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Transbronchial Biopsy
COPD
Fletcher CM. BMJ 1960; 2: 1662.
© 2017 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD-2017.
COPD Assessment Tool
Effect of Smoking Cessation on FEV1
Willemse, BWM. Euro Resp Journal 2004.
Continued smoking
Quit smoking
GERD
GERD and Aspiration
Non-Invasive Ventilator (NIV)
CPAP Masks
Muscles Involved in Breathing
Muscles Involved in Breathing
Muscles Involved in Breathing
Cough
Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)
• Total volume of air that can be exhaled forcefully over 6 seconds
• Measured in liters
• Normal is > 80%
Forced Expiratory Volume 1 (FEV1)
• Volume of air that can be exhaled forcefully in the first second of exhalation
• Measured in liters
• Normal is > 80%
Nocturnal Oximetry