Restrictive Lung Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Presented by Ellen Hillegass and Morgan Johanson
Nonfinancial: Ellen Hillegass is a volunteer with the Academy of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary PT of the APTA. She has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Financial: Morgan Johanson is the president of Good Heart Education, a web-based continuing education company. She receives payment as contributing author of Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. She receives compensation from MedBridge for this course.
Nonfinancial: Morgan Johanson is the professional development chair for the Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy. She has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course is meant for rehabilitation professionals working with patients with restrictive lung disease and will describe the commonly seen restrictive lung diseases. Risk factors and causes will be presented, as well as explanations of how the diseases progress, including a discussion of the diagnostic testing and medical management of the diseases. In addition, determining the severity of the restrictive disease and the prognosis will help clinicians accurately select interventions and prescribe exercise safely in all practice settings. Fully understanding restrictive pulmonary diseases and their progression is often beyond entry-level education. This course will apply the pathophysiology of restrictive lung disease to a case study to demonstrate how to choose appropriate interventions.
Meet your instructors
Ellen Hillegass
Dr. Ellen Hillegass is a physical therapist with APTA board certification in the cardiovascular and pulmonary clinical specialty. She is currently a professor on the core faculty at South College Knoxville and South College Atlanta and is an adjunct professor at Mercer University in Atlanta in the department of physical…
Morgan Johanson
Morgan Johanson has more than 20 years of experience practicing physical therapy in the cardiovascular and pulmonary patient population. She is a board-certified cardiovascular and pulmonary specialist and an APTA-certified advanced clinical instructor. Morgan is the president of Good Heart Education, a continuing education…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Overview of Restrictive Lung Disease
This chapter will describe the characteristics, causes, and consequences of restrictive lung disease, including musculoskeletal, cognitive, functional mobility, and ADL deficits. This is important to help practitioners understand the dysfunction and deficits seen in patients with restrictive lung disease and for practitioners to help educate patients on disease prevention and being able to self-manage the disease.
2. The Pathophysiology and Causes of Restrictive Lung Disease
This chapter will explain the specific pathophysiology and progression of interstitial lung disease, pulmonary edema and pleural effusion, pneumonia, lung cancer, and external causes of lung dysfunction. It is important to understand the differences between the restrictive lung diseases as different interventions may be indicated for each type of restrictive lung disease.
3. Diagnostic Testing and Medical Management of Restrictive Lung Disease
This chapter will outline the various diagnostic tests used to diagnose disease and the medical interventions used to treat restrictive lung diseases. It will include instruction on how to determine the severity and prognosis of a disease. It is important to understand the severity of the restrictive disease as well as the medical management. Decisions on appropriate rehabilitation management can be made based on the severity and the medical management of the disease.
4. Physical Therapy Interventions for Restrictive Lung Disease
This chapter will present the various options for interventions for individuals with restrictive lung disease, as well as how to determine which patients would be appropriate for each intervention.
5. Restrictive Lung Disease Case Study
Information from a restrictive lung disease case study will be discussed to determine appropriate severity, prognosis, and interventions. The application of the information to a case study is important for transfer of knowledge of the didactic material.
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