Pulm Flashcards
Rapid, deep labored breathing
Kussmaul breathing - DKA, metabolic acidosis
Deep breathing alternating w/ apnea
Cheyne-stokes breathing - heart failure, brain damage
Crackles or rales
Pneumonia, heart failure, etc…
Apical infiltrates, F, C, dry cough
TB
Eggshell pattern on CXR
Silicosis (sandblasters)
Ground glass appearance on CXR
Asbestosis (shipbuilders, building demolition)
Dyspnea after surgery, travel (airplane), LE Fx, May have c/o calf pain also.
DVT/PE
Venous stasis, vessel wall injury, hypercoagulability
DVT/PE (virchow’s triad)
Pediatric with barking cough, stridor
viral croup (laryngitracheobronchitis); tx w/ racemic epi and glucocorticoids if stridor at rest
Drooling, sniffing position, tripod, toxic
Epiglottitis
Inspiratory stridor
FB, viral croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
Smoker, chronic productive cough. NO hemoptysis, wt. loss
Bronchitis (COPD)
Smoker, DOE, cough
COPD
Hyperinflation on CXR, tear drop heart
emphysema
Airway edema with eosinophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes
Asthma
Fever, cough, sputum. Crackles, decreased breath sounds, dullness to percussion, +egophony, pectoriloquy. CXR - infiltrates or consolidation
Pneumonia
> 35yo with PNA. Rusty colored or yellow-green sputum. Acute onset F/C
Strep. pneumonia
<35yo, college students. Fever, cough, +/- sputum, chills, muscle aches
mycoplasma pneumonia
PNA w/ DM, immunocompromised, EtOH. Currant color sputum
Klebsiella
PNA w/ water, late summer, construction site. Diarrhea, toxic looking
Legionella
Pediatric with Hx recurrent lung infections, pancreatitis, reproductive problems, FTT
cystic fibrosis (staph and pseudomonal infections usually cause of death)
Sweat chloride test
cystic fibrosis
<2 days post-op with fever
atelectasis
Stab wound, hyperresonance to percussion, decreased breath sounds, tympany
Pneumothorax