Anatomy subcategory
Asthma and COPD
Mnemonics for obstructive airway disease, inhalers and acute management.
Entries in Asthma and COPD
Moderate, acute severe, life threatening and near fatal
A memory aid for grading the severity of an acute asthma attack.
Medium-sized bronchi contribute most resistance, not the smallest airways
A memory aid for where airway resistance is greatest and what alters it.
Beta-2 agonists, antimuscarinics, corticosteroids and leukotriene antagonists
A memory aid for the classes of inhaled respiratory drug.
Variable airflow obstruction, demonstrated objectively
A memory aid for the objective tests used to diagnose asthma.
Bronchoconstriction, gas trapping and hyperinflation with V/Q mismatch
A memory aid for the physiological changes in acute asthma.
Histamine and leukotrienes early, cellular infiltration late
A memory aid for the mediators of the early and late asthmatic response.
Post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC below 0.7, staged by FEV1
A memory aid for diagnosing COPD and grading its severity.
Controlled oxygen, bronchodilators, steroids, and antibiotics if infected
A mnemonic for treating an acute exacerbation of COPD.
Loss of elastic recoil, airway collapse, gas trapping and impaired gas exchange
A memory aid for the physiological changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Beyond a certain effort, higher pleural pressure compresses airways and flow cannot increase
A memory aid for why forced expiration is effort independent.
Centriacinar from smoking, panacinar from alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
A memory aid for the patterns of emphysema.
A marker of eosinophilic airway inflammation
A memory aid for the use of FeNO in diagnosing asthma.
Obstruction traps gas and raises volumes; restriction reduces all volumes
A memory aid for the physiological differences between obstruction and restriction.
Effort dependent, compared with predicted or personal best
A memory aid for using and interpreting peak flow.
Impaired clearance, carboxyhaemoglobin, protease imbalance and accelerated decline in FEV1
A memory aid for the physiological effects of cigarette smoking.