Lung Disease
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More Specific Terms
- allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
- atelectasis
- bronchiectasis
- bronchiolitis
- broncholithiasis
- bronchopleural fistula
- bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- bullous lung disease
- chronic hypercapneic respiratory failure
- cystic fibrosis (CF, mucoviscidosis)
- genetic disease of the lung
- hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
- hemoptysis
- hepatopulmonary syndrome
- hyperimmunoglobulin E (Job's syndrome)
- idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (hemorrhage)
- interstitial lung disease (diffuse parenchymal lung disease, DPLS, ILD)
- Loffler's syndrome (simple pulmonary eosinophilia)
- lung neoplasm
- lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
- obstructive lung disease
- occupational lung disease
- paragonimiasis
- pneumonia (PNA)
- pneumonitis
- pulmonary abscess
- pulmonary alveolar phospholipoproteinosis (alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary surfactant metabolism dysfunction, inborn error of pulmonary surfactant metabolism)
- pulmonary alveolitis
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary hypoplasia
- pulmonary infection
- pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia (PIE) syndrome
- pulmonary vascular disease
- pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (pulmonary vein thrombosis)
- pulmonary venoocclusive disease
- pulmonary-renal syndrome
- respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- respiratory failure
- restrictive lung disease
- rheumatoid lung disease
- right middle lobe syndrome
- selective IgA deficiency
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- tuberculosis
- unilateral hyperlucent lung syndrome (Swyer-James or Macleod syndrome)
- yellow nail syndrome (lymphedema & yellow nails)
- Young's syndrome (obstructive azoospermia)
History
- social history
- smoking
- occupational exposure
- exposure to infected persons or animals
- hobbies
- pets
- family history
- review of systems
- malignancies
- systemic (non-pulmonary disease)
- immune status
- history of trauma
- previous laboratory studies
Physical-examination
- inspection
- respiratory rate
- hoarseness of voice
- respiratory rhythm
- accessory muscle use occurs with FEV1 < 30% of normal
- postural dyspnea
- paradoxical movement of abdomen & diaphragm
- cough/ sputum
- wheezes are often audible without stethoscope
- pursed lip breathing in patients with COPD
- cyanosis
- central
- peripheral
- conjunctival suffusion ( hypercarbia)
- clubbing
- kyphoscoliosis
- trachea position: midline vs deviated
- signs/symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome
- asterixis
- signs of cor pulmonale
- lymphadenopathy
- tibial tenderness ( hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy)
- expiratory to inspiratory chest excursion & symmetry
- chest wall tenderness
- tracheal deviation or tenderness
- tactile ( vocal fremitus)
- subcutaneous emphysema
- succussion splash ( effusion, air-fluid level in thorax)
- bronchial breath sounds
- expiratory slowing
- crackles
- wheezes
- pleural rub
- mediastinal crunch
- heart sounds
More General Terms
Additional Terms
- age-associated changes in pulmonary function
- hospice guidelines for determining prognosis, pulmonary disease
- lung
- pleural disorder
- pulmonary
- pulmonary function test (PFT)
References
Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 722
