respiratory

Question 1

characteristics of croup

Answer 1

barking cough
6 months- 6 years
loud stridor

Question 2

epiglottis characteristics

Answer 2

1-6 years old
painful throat
cant swallow
drool

Question 3

bacterial tracheitis

Answer 3

fever
toxic
loud stridor

Question 4

upper resp infection signs

Answer 4

 Common cold
 Sore throat
 Acute otitis media
 Sinusitis

Question 5

2 causes of tonsilitis

Answer 5

b-haemolytic streptococci

EBV

Question 6

otitis media feature

Answer 6

bright and bulging tympanic membrane

Question 7

causes of otitis media

Answer 7

RSV
rhinovirus
pneumococcal
haemophilus influenza

Question 8

3 causes of stridor

Answer 8

o Laryngeal and tracheal infection
o Inhaled foreign object
o anaphylaxis

Question 9

signs of stridor - 7

Answer 9

o	Harsh musical sound
o	Increased RR
o	HR
o	Agitation 
o	Central cyanosis 
o	Drooling
o	Lethargy

Question 10

croup causes

Answer 10

o Viral from laryngotracheal infections
o Rhinovirus
o RSV
o Influenza

Question 11

croup signs

Answer 11

o Hoarseness
o Barking cough
o Stridor
o Worse at night

Question 12

causes of acute epiglottitis

Answer 12

h influenza b (Hib)

Question 13

signs of epiglottis

Answer 13

o	Fever
o	Painful throat
o	Soft stridor 
o	Immobile
o	Mouth open 
o	Minimal cough or absent

Question 14

what 2 conditions can cause wheeze

Answer 14

1. bronchiolotis

2. asthma

Question 15

bronchiolitis signs

Answer 15

	Flu symptoms first 
	WHEEZE AND CRACKLE
	Dry cough 
	Tachypnoea and tachycardia 
	Hyperinflation of the chest – from obstruction in bronchioles 
	Subcostal and intercostal recession

Question 16

asthma signs

Answer 16

 Wheeze
 Worse at night
 Exacerbations
 Positive response to treatment

Question 17

2 RF for viral episodic wheeze

Answer 17

parent smokers

premies

Question 18

penumonia signs

Answer 18

o	Fever
o	Cough 
o	Increased RR
o	URTI
o	Lethargy
o	Poor feeding

Question 19

does meng give rash?

what does?

Answer 19

no

meng septicaemia

Question 20

2 organsims that give rash in newborns

Answer 20

1. pneumococcal

2. meningococcal

Question 21

does GBS and listeria give rash?

Answer 21

no

Question 22

what causes organism whooping cough?

Answer 22

bordetella pertussis

Question 23

signs of whooping cough - 4

Answer 23

1. flu
2. spasmodic cough
3. inspiratory whoop
4. worse at night