obstructive lung disease

Introduction

Includes:

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • bronchitis
  • emphysema
• asthma
• bronchiectasis
• cystic fibrosis
• bronchiolitis
• bullous lung disease
• airway stenosis

Complications

• increased work of breathing due to increased airway resistance & air trapping, combined with increased ventilatory demands may lead to respiratory failure

Management

• hypoxia due to obstructive lung disease is generally responsive to oxygen

More general terms

• lung disease

More specific terms

• asthma
• bronchiectasis
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• cystic fibrosis (CF, mucoviscidosis)
• expiratory central airway collapse
• postobstructive pneumonia

Additional terms

• pulmonary function test (PFT)