Question

define the following

1. Acute Bronchitis

2. Community acquired pneumonia

3. cor pulmonale

4. empyema

5. flail chest

6. hemothorax

7. Hospital Acquired Pneumonia.

8. Lung Abscess

9. Pertussis

10. Plural effusion

11. Pleurisy

12. Pleuritis

13. Pneumoconiosis

14. Pneumonia

15. Pneumothorax

16. Pulmonary Edema

17. Pulmonary embolism

18. pulmonary Hypertension

19. Tension pneumothorax

20. Thoracentesis

21. Thoracotomy

22. Tuberculosis

Answer 1

1.Accute bronchitis also known as a chest cold, is short - term bronchitis - inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs.

2.Community acquired pneumonia refers to pneumonia pneumonia contracted by a person outside of the health care system.

3.Cor-pulmonale is an abnormal enlargement of the right side of the heart as a result of disease of lungs or the pulmonary blood vessels.

4.Empyema is defined as the collection of puss in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity.

5.Flail chest is an accute chest injury in which two or more ribs become detached from the rest of the rib cage.

6.Hemothorax is an accumulation of blood with in the pleural cavity.

7.Hospital acquired pneumonia or nosocomial pneumonia refers to any pneumonia contracted by a patient in a hospital atleast 48-72 hours after being admitted.

8.Lung abcess is defined as necrosis of the pulmonary tissue and formation of cavities containing necrotic debris or fluid caused by microbial infection.

9.Pertussis also known as whooping cough is a highly contagious, acute respiratory illness characterised by fits of coughing and caused by bacteria Bordetella pertussis.

10. Pleural effusion is a build up of fluid in the pleural space, an area between the layers of tissue that line the lung and the chest wall.

11.Pleurisy is a condition in which the pleura too large, thin layer of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall becomes inflamed. Also called pleuritis, pleurisy causes sharp chest pain that worsens during breathing.

12.Pleuritis inflammation of the tissues that line lungs and chest cavity and it is also called pleurisy.

13. Pneumoconiosis is a disease of the lungs due to inhalation of the dust, characterised by inflammation, coughing and fibrosis.

14. Pneumonia is defined as lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with puss and may become solid.

15. Pneumothorax is defined as the presence of air or gas in the cavity between the lungs and the chest wall, causing collapse of the lung.

16. Pulmonary oedema is a condition caused by excess fluid in the lungs. Pulmonary is usually caused by a heart condition.

17.Pulmonary embolism in which one or more arteries in the lung become blocked by a blood clot.

18. Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and in the heart. Pulmonary hypertension affects arteries in the lungs and the right side of the heart.

19.Tension pneumothorax is the accumulation of the air under pressure in the pleural space. An imminent danger is that the lung will collapse under the pressure.

20.Thoracentesis is the removal of fluid from the space between the lungs and the chest wall (the pleural cavity) for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes using a needle between the ribs.

21. Thoracotomy is a surgical incision in to the chest wall.

22.Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious bacterial diseases that mainly affects the lungs and caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.