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COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
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a condition characterized by persistent irreversible limitation of airflow through the lungs.
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In normal circumstances, air is brought into the lungs by passing through the conducting zone of the airways,
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which extends from the nose to the bronchioles, before getting to the respiratory zone, where gases are exchanged at the alveoli.
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In inspiration, the diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract, causing a flattening of the diaphragm and elevation of the chest wall respectively.
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This increases the volume of the lungs, causing pressure within them to fall, and so air is drawn in.
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Exhalation features is the opposite.
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The diaphragm relaxes and elevates, the intercostal muscles relax, and the lung volume reduces,
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causing pressure to rise and forcing air out.
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In COPD, there is limitation to this airflow, which happens mostly as a result of two main mechanisms.
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The first is loss of elastic recoil, and the second is narrowing of the airways.
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A big driver for both of these is inflammation, which is generated within the lungs as a result of exposure to inhaled toxins,
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most commonly cigarette smoking.
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Neutrophils and macrophages are recruited and secrete proteases like neutrophil elastase and matrix metalloproteinases,
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which are enzymes involved in breaking down proteins as part of normal repair.
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These are usually counterbalanced by antiproteases, like alpha -1 antitrypsin.
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But as a result of the chronic inflammation, there is excess protease activity causing destruction of the lung tissue.
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This leads to less support for the alveoli and so a reduced elastic recoil, causing them to enlarge, giving emphysema.
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It also gives a tendency for the small airways to collapse during expiration due to the reduced structural support.
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When this happens, air is effectively trapped, eventually causing hyperinflation.
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The inflammation and recruitment of neutrophils increases oxygen -free radicals, and ultimately also causes mucosal edema,
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mucus hypersecretion, and bronchoconstriction, causing the airways to be narrower, and so have increased resistance to airflow.
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These changes are also accompanied by fibrosis, and tend not to be reversible.
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Patients with COPD have impaired mucociliary clearance and so are more prone to having infections,
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and repeating infections increases the inflammation and so contributes to the disease progression.
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Together, these two mechanisms mean an increase in the work of breathing, which gives reduced ventilation of the alveoli.
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This leads to hypoxia and hypercapnia, meaning low levels of oxygen and high levels of carbon dioxide, respectively.
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The principal cause of COPD is exposure to inhaled chemicals,
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primarily smoking, where it is thought that up to 70 % of cases are due to cigarette smoking.
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Other exposures, such as pollution, mineral dust or chemicals, also increase the risk, but is not as commonly the cause as smoking.
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Genetics are also a cause, with many genetic variants showing increased likelihood of developing COPD,
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but in particular to remember is alpha -1 antitryptin deficiency, again leading to a relative excess of protease activity.
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The symptoms of COPD are usually gradual in onset
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and typically appear in those with over a 20 -pack year history of smoking.
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Dyspnea, meaning shortness of breath, is the most common finding, that is typically persistent and worsening.
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Initially getting worse with exercise, but as the disease progresses, it may even be present at rest.
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A cough is also common, which may be productive or non -productive,
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although 30 % of patients do present with a chronic productive cough.
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In this instance, sputum characteristics like colour and volume can be useful markers for exacerbations.
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Traditionally, for a diagnosis of chronic bronchitis to be made,
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the cough must be present for more than three months in two consecutive years with no other explanation.
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Recurrent wheezing and respiratory tract infections, fatigue, weight loss, and chest tightness are other common findings.
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A classic description of the two main phenotypes in COPD is the blue bloaters and pink puffers,
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to describe chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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This refers to blue bloaters being those with predominantly features of productive cough,
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dyspnea, obesity, and cyanosis as a result of reduced oxygen levels in the blood,
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and pink puffers, characterized by a normal or thin body habitus and pursed lip breathing,
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that helps prevent the bronchioles from collapsing, and so improving ventilation.
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But in reality, remember that most patients have an overlap of both.
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Physical exam findings are not diagnostic or specific, but they can include tachypnea,
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meaning a raised respiratory rate and use of accessory muscles.
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Barrel chest is also common due to the hyperinflation
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and on auscultation there may be coarse crackles coming from reopening of collapsed airways and the presence of mucus.
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In cases where hypercapnia is present they can also be asterixis where there is a flapping tremor of the arms.
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Complications include acute deteriorations called exacerbations are defined as a worsening
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of the person's symptoms from their usual stable state with a time frame of within 14 days being used to define this.
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They can often happen in the context of recurrent infections but other causes include pulmonary embolisms,
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heart failure, arrhythmias and myocardial infarctions.
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Pulmonary hypertension may develop due to chronic hypoxemia, where the lung vasculature responds and remodels,
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which itself can lead to right -sided heart failure.
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Pneumothorax can also be a result of rupture of the bullae.
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Diagnosis is suspected from the clinical history, but is made by demonstrating the presence of an obstructive pattern on spirometry that is irreversible.
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The global initiative for COPD, known as GOLD criteria include a post -bronchodilator forced expatry volume
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in one second to forced vital capacity ratio of less than 0 .7.
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The FEV1 can also be used to indicate the severity of obstruction, with more than 80 % of predicted value being the mildest form,
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while less than 30 % indicates very severe COPD.
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The COPD assessment test, known as the CAT score, can be used to assess symptom severity.
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The number of exacerbations in the past can help produce future exacerbation risk.
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Based on these two features, patients are divided into gold group A, B or E.
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Group A reflects low symptom burden, so a CAT score less than 10, and one or less moderate exacerbations per year.
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Group B is for increased symptom burden, with CAT scores 10 or above, but still less than one exacerbation per year.
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And group E, if there are two or more exacerbations per year, we'll see how this impacts treatment shortly.
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Additional testing can include pulse oximetry,
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An ABG may be done to rule out respiratory failure and to help assess for long -term oxygen therapy.
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Other blood tests can include a full blood count to look for anemia or polycythemia as a result of chronic hypoxemia.
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Chest x -ray is not diagnostic but features an increased anterior -posterior ratio,
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large intercostal spaces and a flattened diaphragm which are suggestive of COPD.
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Genetic testing is not routinely done in practice,
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but patients under the age of 45 years or in rapidly progressing cases should particularly be screened for alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency.
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In acute exacerbations, treatment generally involves the use of short -acting beta agonists like salbutamol,
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either inhaled or through a nebulizer, and a short -acting muscarinic antagonist, like hypotropium bromide, again inhaled or nebulised.
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In general, most patients with COPD will have target oxygen saturations of 88 to 92.
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This is because excess oxygen may suppress the drive for ventilation and precipitate hypercapnia and type 2 respiratory failure.
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Alongside these, a systemic steroid is given, like prednisolone or hydrocortisone, And antibiotics may be used if an infection is suspected.
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Ventilation may be required in some cases, especially type 2 respiratory failure where non -invasive ventilation may be used.
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The overall aims of treatment in stable COPD are to reduce the symptom burden, as well as number and severity of exacerbations,
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as well as reducing mortality.
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First -line measures include smoking cessation or removal of the exposure to the damaging substance,
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shown to be the factor with the greatest capacity to influence the course of the disease.
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Pulmonary rehabilitation includes aerobic exercise, strength training and education and vaccines,
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for example flu, pneumococcal, and more recently COVID vaccines, are also first -line measures.
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The pharmacological management involves beta -agonists that increase intracellular cyclic AMP and lead to smooth muscle relaxation,
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while muscarinic antagonists block cholinergic receptors on the respiratory smooth muscle, and so also promote smooth muscle relaxation.
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These are usually inhalers and so bear in mind that technique of using them is incredibly important.
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Looking at the initial treatment based on the gold groups we have bronchodilators in group A
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which can include short or long -term options, more specifically short or long -acting beta -2 agonists like salbutamol
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and formotrol or short or long -acting anti -muscarinic antagonists like hypertropium or thiotropium.
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Long -acting agents are more commonly used, but short -acting therapy should be available to all patients for immediate relief.
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Group B instead typically have a combination of long -acting muscarinic antagonists and long -acting beta agonists,
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but may have monotherapy, while group E usually have a combination of LAMA and LABA.
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Inhaled corticosteroids are not generally encouraged but may be added
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if the eosinophil count is above 300 cells per microlitre initially or above 100 on follow -up.
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A history of asthma or multiple severe exacerbations are also indications.
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Remember that these are gold recommendations and practice in different countries may vary from this.
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Depending on the response to therapy, patients can be stepped up through this regime and
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if there are ongoing exacerbations on triple therapy macrolide antibiotics prophylactically
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or roflumilast a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor can be added it prevents the breakdown of cyclic amp
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and can be added if the fev1 is less than 50 percent in cases of predominant bronchitis with troublesome mucus production,
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agents like Erdosthine and Cabocysteine can be used to help break it down.
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Long -term oxygen therapy is recommended in stable patients with an arterial partial pressure of oxygen below 7 .3 kilopascals
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and up to 8 kilopascals if there is evidence of cardiac failure or polycythemia.
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Surgical options include bulectomy, volume reduction surgery and transplant.
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu konuşma dersi “Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: Copd, exacerbation, include, patients, oxygen. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 112 cümle ve 1650 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 12:53 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 128 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin yalnızca %69’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında, bu yüzden kelime dağarcığı zorlayıcı.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodan öğrenmeye değer 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| oxygen isim | /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ | oksijen, müvellidülhumuza |
| lung isim | /ˈlʌŋ/ | akciğer |
| respiratory sıfat | /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/ | solunumsal, respiratuar |
| muscle isim | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | kas, adale |
| symptom isim | /ˈsɪm(p)təm/ | semptom, belgi |
| infection isim | /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ | enfeksiyon |
| productive sıfat | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | üretken |
| beta isim | /ˈbeɪtə/ | beta |
| cough fiil | /kɔf/ | öksürmek |
| inflammation isim | /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/ | enflamasyon, iltihap |
| stable isim | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | ahır |
| exposure isim | /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ | maruziyet |
| commonly zarf | /ˈkɑmənli/ | sık sık, sıkça |
| alpha isim | /ˈæl.fə/ | alfa |
| burden isim | /ˈbɝdn̩/ | yük |
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | is brought · are exchanged · is drawn |
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | have increased · have impaired |
| İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgi | inflammation, which is · diaphragm which are |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
- “th” sesleri: smooth /smuːð/, breathe /bɹiːð/, thin /ˈθɪn/, polycythemia /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪə/, arrhythmia /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/, ventilation /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, inflammation /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, ratio /ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊ/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: respiratory /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, ventilation /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, inflammation /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/, severity /səˈvɛɹ.ə.ti/, respectively /ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: airway /ˈɛɚ.weɪ/, worsen /ˈwɝsn̩/
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: chronic /ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/, productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, stable /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, smooth /smuːð/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: alpha /ˈæl.fə/, collapse /kəˈlæps/, vaccine /vækˈsin/, relaxation /rᵻˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/, antibiotic /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; oxygen, lung, respiratory gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
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