Tut 4

• Emphysema:

  • damage to walls of alveoli caused by smoking
• Exacerbation of emphysema:

  • worsening of symptoms of emphysema
• PMH = past medial history
• abx = antibiotics
• Exacerbation = worsening of symptoms
• meconium = babys first feces
• meconium ileus = blockage of valve due to faeces - indicator of cystic fibrosis
• DNase is a nebuliser and an enzyme that breaks up extracellular DNA found in the purulent sputum during respiratory infections
• od = once a day
• Creon = artificial enzymes that help absorb nutrients