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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: CBL - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, PaO2 leads to hyperventilation, repetitive injury to alveolar epithelial cells, pulmonary fxn tests show decreased FEV-1, decreased compliance lead to dyspnea, orthopnea and PND, decreased DLCO indicates thickened alveolar wall, pulmonary resistance induces pulmonary HTN, thickened alveolar wall leads to increased elasticity, scarring leads to increased elasticity, dyspnea prompts pulmonary fxn tests, scarring increased physiologic dead space, dyspnea prompts x-ray, decreased FVC causing use of accessory respiratory muscles, right ventricle leads to right ventricular hypertrophy, paroxsymal nocturnal dyspnea prompts x-ray, 42 yo F presents with paroxsymal nocturnal dyspnea, paroxsymal nocturnal dyspnea prompts pulmonary fxn tests, alveolar repair mechanism producing fibroblasts, scarring leads to decreased compliance, destruction of basement membrane causes accumulation of chemokines, fibroblasts deposits excess collagen