Patient Education

CT of Tracheomalacia

Respiratory Anatomy

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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.

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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