Flashcards in Pulm 1 Deck (32):
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A-a gradient is normally what? When is it higher?
Normally 5-15
Increased in PE, pulmonary edema, R-L shunt
Oxygen not getting into arteries
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Pharyngitis criteria?
CENTOR criteria
Cough absence
Exudate
node
temp
OR age (15)
0-1 no antibiotic
2-3 throat culture
4-5 means treat
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Sinusitis caused by what? What is mucor?
Strep pneumo H influ, moraxella
Mucor is fungal diabetes
Same as ear infection, so give Amox or doxy or levo
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Murmurs and squatting?
What is the physiology to it?
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Bronchotis most common cause?
tx?
Virus MOST COMMON
Mycoplasma or strep pneuma if smoker
Tx antibiotics if chronic other lung disease. (otherwise supprotive is first line)
Fluoroquinolones or macrolides
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Atypical pneumonia CXR and types?
Mycoplasma, LEGIONELLA, chlamydophila.
XR shows diffuse and patchy
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Most common cause of pneumo in youngster?
RSV
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Strep pneumo pneumonia?
Tx?
RUST COLORED SPUTUM
Amox is first line, but lots of tuff works
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Who gets H influx pnuemo? presentation?
COPD, sickle cell
Slow onset
Beta lactams and everything again
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Most common pneumonia after influenza?
Strep, but staph can happen again
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Staph pneumo CXR?
Abscess forming. It is post influx often
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Klebsiellan pneumo in who? Symptoms?
CURRANT JELLY sputum in people who aspirate
Cephs and aminoglycosides
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Psuedomonas pneuma in who?
Tx?
Ventilators, chronic ill, cystic fibrosis
Empiric antibiotics?
Pip tazo, cefepime, Cipro, levo
If sepsis, do pip taco with levo
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GBS pneumo in who?
infants.
B lactams, amp and gent
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Enterobacter pneumo?
Tx third gen cep or carbopanem
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Cold agglutinin test is what?
Mycoplasma pneumo
tx macrolides
most common pneuma in young adults
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Legionella pneumo symptoms? Tx?
Can have confusion, needs macrolide or fluoroquinolone
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Atypical pneumonia tx?
Macrolide or fluoroquine
Mycoplasma
Legionella
Chlamydophila
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Empiric antibiotics for pneumonia?
Levo or moxi for primary
Or beta lactam with macrolide
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Old people are gross, so you see moe anaerobes and G- rods for pneumonia
But strep pneuma still most comon
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Strep pneumo vaccination indication?
65 years
Long term health issue including alcohol, DM, Sickle cell
Resistance to infection lower from something like treatment OR NO SPLEEn
Smokers 19 or older
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IF YOU SMOKE YOU NEED PNEUMO VACCINATION
OH
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Pneumonia with caves?
Histoplasmosis
Also HISTORIC mississippi
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Eastern north america fungal pneumonia?
Blasto
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Fungal pneumo tx?
Severe?
Histo or blasto?
Coccidio?
If severe, ampho B
Itraconazole
Fluconoazole
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Tx for PCP? CD4 count for PCP?
200!
You see rising LDH
21 days of antibiotics: BACTRIM
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What is ghon complex?
Ghon focus (calcified granuloma) with hilar lymph on CXR in PRIMARY TB
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PPD is positive at 5 mm when?
Immunodeficient or TB findings on CXR or working very close with the disease
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secondary tb lung findings?
Symptoms?
Caseous cheesy
Fever, hemoptysis, weight loss, night sweats
Can have extra pulmonary TB just about anywhere! GREAT IMITATOR
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Dx of tb?
weakly gram positive acid fast, Slow growing so hard to culture
Culture takes weeks
ACID FAST EVERY morning on sputum 3 days in a row
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Latent Tb tx?
PRimary or secondary TB?
INH for 6 months
RIPE: Rifampin, INH, Pyran, Etham 2 months
Give B6 (pyrdoxine) for INH
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