CanCOLD Study
CanCOLD is short for this
What is Canadian Cohort of Obstructive Lung Disease?
The trachea divides into two of these tubes
What are bronchi?
COPD stands for this
This is the name for the amount of air blown out in the first second
What is FEV1?
This test is only done at Vancouver General Hospital and takes 10 minutes
What is CT scan?
This person is the principal investigator of the CanCOLD Study
Who is Dr. Tan?
This is the singular form of the word bronchi
What is bronchus?
This risk factor is responsible for 80-90% of COPD cases
What is smoking?
This is the term for the total amount of air blow out during the spirometry maneuver
What is FVC?
This is a measure of the strength of the respiratory muscles which comes from the PFT (two possible answers)
What is MIP or MEP?
This is the year that the CanCOLD Study started in Vancouver
What is 2009?
This is the name for the tiny terminal air sacs where gas exchange occurs
What are the alveoli?
COPD is an umbrella term for these two conditions
What are emphysema and chronic bronchitis?
This is the term for the total amount of time that someone is blowing out for
What is FET
The DLCO is obtained from the PFT and stands for diffusing capacity of the lung for this deadly gas
What is carbon monoxide?
This is the number of visits that study participants have
What is five visits?
The air we inhale goes through the following path: trachea, then bronchi, followed by these smaller tubes
What are the bronchioles?
COPD is not curable, but it can be ____
What is treated, managed, prevented?
If someone has an FEV1/FVC% lower than this number, it is likely that they have COPD
What is 70?
This lung capacity term is measured in both the CPX and PFT when the participant takes a deep breath in at the end of a normal breath without blasting out
What is inspiratory capacity/IC?
Vancouver is one of nine Canadian cities where the CanCOLD Study is being conducted. The eight other cities include...
What are Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Quebec, Montreal, and Halifax?
These hair-like projections sweep mucus and debris up and out of the airways
What are cilia?
A deficiency of this protein that lines and protects the lung is the only genetic basis for the development of COPD
What is alpha-1 antitrypsin?
This is the name of the bronchodilating drug that opens and relaxes the airways
What is Ventolin/Salbutamol?
This measure of the blood's oxygen saturation is obtained in the CPX
What is SpO2/peripheral artery oxygen saturation?