XIII.

Comprehensive Pathophysiology

PRECIPITATING FACTORS

PREDISPOSING FACTOR PRECIPITATING FACTOR

AGE: (5 MONTHS OLD) *Congested living arrangements

Exposure to smoke (2nd hand smoker) *Dusty outdoor environment &

smoke belching from vehicles

Chemicals (Tar) *Father of the patient smokes

& alcoholic

Due to pathological Blocks airway passages and *A household member has

process centered in or degrade elastic fibers of the been having productive cough

tissue ratio around lungs *Weekend immune system due

Pulmonary interstitium to her condition being

Decrease in the gas to soft malnourish

* history of lung disease

(pneumonia)

Thickening of any interstitial compartments by blood, water,

tumor, cells, fibrous disease or any combination thereof

(>10mm): cystic spaces caused by parenchymal destruction

Coarse

Reticular Interstitial Pattern

Droplets:Air Borne

Inhalation of droplets passes through the pharynx, larynx, trachea

Microorganisms enters and affects both the lungs

Immune systems respond to infection Infection lodges and

Respiratory Failure stimulates the parenchyma
(connective tissue)
Lung failure Increase in production of secretion
particulary in the alveolar sacs Narrowing air passage

Gas exchange failure Accumulation of Mucus Difficulty of breathing

manifested by hoxemia

Decreased cellular oxygen supply (+)Crackles

Ineffective Airway Clearance

Risk Ineffective tissue perfusion