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Inflammation and infection of the major airway
Influenza
Causes of influenzA
Orthomyxovirus influenza type A, B, C
Inflammation of the major bronchi and trach
Bronchitis
Cause of bronchitis
Influenza virus, adenovirus, mycoplasma pneumonae
Inflammation of the fine bronchioles and small bronchi
Bronchiolitis
Caused by pathogenic RNA virus
Respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis
Immediate hypersensitivity response (Type I)
Asthma
Most common chronic illness in children
Asthma
When a child fails to respond to therapy and an attack continues
Status asthmaticus
Complication of status asthmaticus
Hearth failure
When a child fails to respond to therapy and an attack continues
Status asthmaticus
Infection and inflammation of the alveo
Pneumonia
Types of pneumonia
Hospital-acquired(streptococcal or pneumococcal)
Community-acquired (chlamydia, viral)
Follows an upper respiratory tract infection
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Caused by chlamydia thracomatis
Clamydial pneumonia
Caused by viruses of the upper respiratory tract infection
Viral pneumonia
Caused by mycoplasma organisms which are similar to viruses but
much larger
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Caused by aspiration of an oily or lipid substances
Lipid pneumonia
Caused of lipid pneumonia
Aspirated oily foreign bodies
Caused by aspiration of hydrocarbon bases
Hydrocarbon pneumonia
Example of carbon bases
furniture polish, cleaning
fluids, turpentine, kerosene, gasoline, lighter fluid, and insect spray
Collapse of the lung alveoli
Atelectasis
Occurs in newborn who do not breath with enough respiratory strength
at birth or inflate lung tissue or whose alveoli are immature or so lacking
in surfactant that they cannot expand
Primary atelectasis
Occurs when children have a respiratory tract obstruction that prevent
sir from entering a portion of the alveoli
Secondary atelectasis