PP Pulmonary Flashcards
(89 cards)
What color is air on an x-Ray?
Black “radiolucent”
What is the difference between a carotid body and a carotid sinus?
Body: chemoreceptors
Sinus: baroreceptors
What color is fluid/solid on x-Ray?
White “radiopaque”
What disease has a steeple sign on neck film?
Croup
What disease has a thumb sign on neck film?
Epiglottitis
What is a “blue bloater”?
Bronchitis
What is a “pink puffer”?
Emphysema
What disease have pulmonary eosinophilia?
Aspergillosis
What drugs cause pulmonary eosinophilia?
Nitrofurantoin
Sulfonamide a
What are the risk factors for lung cancer?
Smoking
Radon
2nd hand smoker
Pneumoconiosis (except anthracosis)
What disease have hemoptysis?
Bronchiectasis Bronchitis Pneumonia TB Lung cancer
Where is a Bokdalek hernia?
Back of diafragma
Where is a Morgagni hernia?
Middle of diafragm
What disease have respiratory alkalosis?
Restrictive lung Dz ( anxiety, pregnancy, Gram - sepsis, PE)
What disease have respiratory acidosis?
Obstructive lung Dz
What disease have metabolic alkalosis?
Low volume state ( vomiting, diuretics, GI blood loss)
What disease have metabolic acidosis?
Acid production ( MUDPULES, RTA II, Diarrhea)
What does stridor tell you?
Extrathoracic narrowing => narrows when breath in => neck x-Ray
What does wheezing tell you?
Intrathoracic narrowing => narrows when breath out => chest x-Ray
What does rhonchi tell you?
Mucus in airway => OLD
What does grunting tell you?
Blows collapsed alveoli open => RLD
What does dull percussion tell you?
Something b/w airspace and chest wall absorbing sound ( fluid or solid)
What does hyperresonance tell you?
Air in lung
What does tracheal deviation tell you?
Away from pneumothorax OR toward atelectasis “ air phobic”
