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