RESPIRATORY DISEASES SUPPURATIVE NOTES

RESPIRATORY DISEASES
SUPPURATIVE:
BRONCHIECTASIS, LUNG
ABSCESS & EMPYEMA
NOTES.

, Suppurative
Disease of the Lung
Bronchiectasis
Lung abscess
Empyema


Suppurative is a term used to describe a
disease or condition in which
a purulent exudate (pus) is formed and
discharged

, Pneumonia -- infection of alveoli
(viral or bacterial)
vs. Pneumonitis -- immune-mediated
inflammation of alveoli
Empyema: purulent
exudate in the
pleural cavity
Bronchitis -- inflammation
of bronchi, may be
immune-mediated, e.g.
asthma, COPD, or
infectious (usually viral but
Abscess: circumscribed can be bacterial)
collection of pus within
the lung parenchyma




Lower respiratory and pleural disease

, Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis is a chronic,
irreversible dilation of the bronchi
and the bronchioles