Pulm Flashcards
CXR: hilar adenopathy, calcified parenchymal granulomas, solitary nodules, diffuse infiltrates
TB
post-tussive rales, decreased fremitus, LAD
TB
CXR: hilar adenopathy, patchy or nodular infiltrates in lower lobes
histo
CXR: hilar adenopathy, patchy infiltrates, residual lung nodules
coccidiomycosis
fever, cough, arthralgias, erythema nodosum
coccidiomycosis
labs: eosinophilia w/ slight leukocytosis
coccidiomycosis
CXR: opacities in lower lungs, thickened pleura, pleural plaques
Asbestosis
CXR: hilar node calcification, round opacities (silicotic nodules), enlarging opacities
Silicosis
CXR: hilar adenopathy, diffuse infiltrates, pulmonary fibrosis
noncaseating granulomas
sarcoidosis
CXR: various abnormalities, cavitating nodules
labs: +ANCA
Granulomatosis
CT: irregular & stellate-shaped peripheral pulmonary arteries, “vasculitis sign”
Granulomatosis
labs: hypercalcemia, high ESR, high serum protein, high serum ACE
sarcoidosis
CXR: bilateral diffuse reticular or reticulonodular infiltrates, periphery & bases
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
CXR: heart enlargement, pulm. congestion, increased lung markings
chronic bronchitis
CXR: infiltrate, consolidation, cavitation
pneumonia
CXR: hyperinflation (bullae), flattening of diaphragms, enlargement of retrosternal air space
Emphysema
CXR: ground-glass hazy opacity due to inflammation
reticular “netlike” pattern of opacities
honeycombing
interstitial lung disease
CXR: bilateral diffuse interstitial infiltrates
P. jirovecii
CXR: RLL infiltrate
aspiration pneumonia
labs: high LDH, low CD4, sputum culture
P. jirovecii
wheezing, bronchospasm, rhonchi (clears w/ cough), no signs of consolidation
acute bronchitis
expiratory wheezing, prolonged expiration, tachypnea, tachycardia, pulsus paradoxus, accessory mm. use
Asthma
crackles, wheeze, decreased breath sounds
w/ hx of excessive cough
COPD
fever, resp. rate >24, tachycardia, diaphoresis, crackles, signs of consolidation
pneumonia
