Obstructive and restrictive lung disease

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  • common feature is shortness of breath

  • obstructive: increased resistance to airflow due to obstruction of airway

  • restrictive: reduced expansion of lung. air flow is NOT impaired


I obstructive lung disease

  • A chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • 1 emphysema

    • 2 chronic bronchitis

    • 3 others

  • B episodic/reversible obstructive lung disease

    • 1 asthma (Drs. Wagner and Insel)


II restrictive lung disease

  • A chronic restrictive lung disease

    • 1 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    • 2 some other entities

    • 3 those due to extrapulmonary causes

  • B acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is “almost a different animal”

Category: Pathology Notes

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