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Define chronic bronchitis

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Chronic cough and production sputum for a minimum of 3 months a year for at least two consecutive years

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Microscopic features of chronic bronchitis

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  1. Increase in glands
  2. Patches of inflammatory cells (WBCs)
  3. Damaged lining with increase goblet cells
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What does increased mucus production lead to in chronic bronchitis?

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  1. Prolonged coughing
  2. Expectoration of purulent sputum
  3. Dyspnea
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Blue bloaters

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Chronic bronchitis

Hypoxia during coughing

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Chronic Cor Pulmonale

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Right heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension

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CXR findings in chronic bronchitis

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  1. Increase in bronchovascular markings

2. Enlarged heart

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Define emphysema

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Enlargement of the airspaces distal to the terminal bronchioles with destruction of the alveolar walls

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What is the genetic deficiency in non-smokers who get emphysema?

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Alpha-1-Antitrypsin

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Gross pathology of emphysema

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  1. Enlarged lungs
  2. Lungs remain filled with air and do no collapse
  3. Lungs are whiter than normal, billowy and touch in teh chest midline
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Define blebs

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Subpleural air-filled spaces formed by ruptured alveoli which can rupture into the pleural cavity

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What is the main complication we are worried about with blebs?

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Pneumothorax

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Define bullae

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Parenchymal (interstitial of the lung) air-filled spaces >1 cm in diameter

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Clinical features of emphysema

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  1. Tacyhpnea
  2. Barrel-shaped chest
  3. Hyperventilate=”Pink puffers”
  4. NOT cyanotic
  5. No cough
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CXR findings in emphysema

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  1. Increased interstitial markings
  2. Flattened diaphragm
  3. Long AP diameter
  4. Over-inflation, a lot of space between ICS
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Etiology of bronchial asthma

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Hypersensitivity reaction (IgE)

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Bronchial asthma attacks are marked by what?

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  1. Wheezing during expiration
  2. Cough
  3. Dyspnea
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What are the two major forms of asthma?

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  1. Extrinsic asthma

2. Intrinsic asthma

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What is extrinsic asthma mediated by?

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  • Exposure to exogenous allergens
  • ->pollen, dander, feather, mold, dust
  • Typically affects children
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What is intrinsic asthma precipitated by?

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Non-immune mechanism:

  • Physical factors (heat or cold)
  • Exercise
  • Psychological stress
  • Chemical irritants
  • Air pollution
  • Bronchial infection
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Vasoactive substances

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  • Histamine
  • Bradykinins
  • PGs
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What do the inflammatory mediators cause?

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  1. Bronchoconstriction
  2. Edema
  3. Mucus hypersecretion
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Histological findings in bronchial asthma

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  1. Bronchial wall hyperplasia
  2. Overproduction of mucus in lumen
  3. Curschmann spirals
  4. Thickening of basement membrane
  5. Thick smooth muscle cells
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Define bronchiectasis

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Permanent dilation of the bronchi

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What is the most common complication of chronic bronchitis?

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Bronchiectasis

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What is hallatosis (bad breath) associated with?
Bronchiectasis | Due to stagnant mucopurulent material
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CXR findings in bronchiectasis
1. Dilated bronchioles | 2. Increased vascular markings
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What are the two major forms of pneumonia and what is the main etiology of each?
1. Alveolar Pneumonia (idntraalveolar inflammation)- Bacteria=neutrophils 2. Interstitial Pneumonia (interstitial thickening)- Viral=mononucleal cells
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What are the two subgroups of alveolar pneumonia
1. Bronchopneumonia- Limited to segmental bronchi and surrounding parenchyma=patchy in it's distribution 2. Lobar pneumonia- diffuse= "white out"
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What population is alveolar pneumonia most common in?
Debilitated elderly confined to bed
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What is the result of unresolved pneumonia?
Bronchiectasis
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Hepatization
The lung tissue cuts like liver tissue= lobar pneumonia
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What does chronic pneumonia lead to?
Interstitial fibrosis
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What is the most common bacterial pneumonia infection?
Streptococcus pneumococcus (pneumococcus)
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What are the other two most common bacterial infections in pneumonia?
1. Staphylococcus aureus: Gram (+) dipploccoci | 2. H. Influenza: Gram (-) respiratory rod
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Classifications for aspiration pneumonia
1. Food particles in the lungs 2. Surrounded by bacteria colonization 3. Tons of neutrophils
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Who is aspiration pneumonia the most prevalent in?
1. Alcoholics 2. Neurologic dysfunction 3. High opioids
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Legionella Pneumophilia
Gram (-) respiratory rod Humidifiers or AC systems Story of legionnaires getting sick in Philadelphia
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Etiology of viral infections
close contact with an infected person
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What viruses may be latent in the human body and cause pneumonias by reactivation in immunocompromised persons?
Herpes and CMV (cytomegalovirus)
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How are viruses and TB typically spread in pneumonia?
Inhalation in air droplets
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What bacteria are typical of infected secretions from the upper respiratory tract? What infections?
- Streptococcus and Staphylococcal | - Sinusitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis
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Hematogenous spread
Bacteria transported from the blood to the lungs (septsemia) - UTI's - GI infections (ruptured appendix)
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What is the best example of an infection that gets into bloodstream and goes to the lungs?
UTI: E.coli
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What population does pneumonia most often occur in?
Children <5 y.o. | Elderly >70 y.o
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The two classifications of pneumonia
1. Primary or Community-Acquired: Infects previously healthy people 2. Secondary or Hospital-Acquired (nosocomial): infects those with pre-existing illnesses
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Who are the biggest offenders of hospital-acquired pneumonia infections?
Physicians
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CXR findings in pneumonia
Pulmonary infiltrates/consolidations
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What are the clinical features of Streptococcus pneumonia/pneumococcus
1. Sudden onset 2. Chills 3. Fever 4. Pleuritic CP 5. Cough 6. Rust-colored sputum
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How effective is the pneumococcal vaccine?
80-90%
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Who do we give the pneumococcal vaccine to?
High risk patients: - Elderly - Splenectomy pt's - Sick cell - multiple myeloma - DM - CA - Alcoholics
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What bacteria produces abscess?
S. aureus: - Virulent form - High mortality rate >50%
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What is the most common hospital acquired pneumonia
Pseudomonas
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What is characteristic of pseudomonas?
Vascular lesions that cause infarcts and necrosis
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What is the most common cause of lung infections in cystic fibrosis?
Pseudomonas-->contaminated ventilatory equipment
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What bacteria causes a thick, current red colored jelly sputum?
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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What causes "walking pneumonia"
Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Causes Interstital pneumonia - Bacteria-like - Acts like a virus, no cell well
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What is the number one cause of meningitis in AIDs pt's?
Cryptococcus Neoformans
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What is diagnostic of Cryptococcus Neoformans
oval budding yeast surrounded by a wide polysaccharide capsule
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What is the main reservoir of Cryptococcus Neoformans
Pigeon dropping in the soil - No human-to-human infection - Inhalation of organism
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Define Coccidioidomycosis
- "Valley Fever" | - Chronic, necrotizing fungal infection
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Spherules
- Formed from arthrospores in the lungs - Filled with endospores - Coccidioidomycosis infection
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Endospores
upon rupture of the spherule walls the endospores are released and differentiate to form new spherules -Spread either blood or by direct extension
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What else forms caseating, cheesy like granulomas other than TB?
Coccidioidomycosis
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What organs does Coccidioidomycosis spread to?
1. Bones 2. Skin 3. Liver 4. Spleen 5. CNS (meningitis)
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Whats characteristic of both a fungus and protozoa parasite
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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What is a common cause of diffuse interstitial pneumonia in AIDs patients and one of the leading causes of death in AIDs its?
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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CXR findings in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
1. Diffuse interstitial pneumonia | 2. Likely to isolate to lungs only
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Characteristics of TB
- Mycotic acid-fast, beaded bacilli with a waxy capsule | - Obligate aerobe
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How is TB transmitted?
Person-to-person via respiratory aerosoles
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Ghon complex
- A peripheral parenchymal granuloma and a prominent infected draining mediastinal (hilar) lymph node - Well-circumscribed with caseating necrosis
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What is the main clinical presentation of primary TB infection?
Asymptomatic
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Progressive Primary TB
- Uncommon=5% of primary TB - Does not go through a Ghon complex - Initial lesion enlarges rapidly and spreads to other parts of the lungs
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Who is progressive primary TB common in?
Children and immunocompromised
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Secondary TB infection
- Reactivation of a dormant primary infection - Cavitary TB - Hemoptysis
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What is the main complication of secondary TB infection?
Miliary spread
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Define Scrofula
Unilateral cervical adenitits with swollen, non-tender nodules
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Define Potss disease
Osteoarthritis of the vertebral column that causes contractors -Due to military spread from. TB
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Secondary TB sx's
- Low grade fever - Loss of appetite - Minor hemoptysis
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How do you diagnose TB?
Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) | Stains magenta
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What lung cancer has the strongest association with smoking?
Small cell carcinoma
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What lung cancer has the least association with smoking?
Adenocarcinoma
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Name the two mutated oncogenes in lung cancer
1. K-Ras oncogenes: Adenocarcinomas, large cell carcinoma, squamous cells 2. Myc Oncogen overexpression: small cell carcinomas
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Name the tumor suppressor genes in lung cancer
1. Mutation in p53 gene: small cell and non-small cell | 2. Retinoblastoma gene (Rb):small cell and non-small cell
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Chromosome abnormality in lung cancer
deletion in short arm of chromosome 3 (3p)
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Define "undifferentiated large cell carcinoma"
anaplasia of stem cells before they differentiate
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what lung cancer involves the neuroendocrine cells
small or oat-cell carcinomas
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What lung cancer does this gross appearance describe? - irregular masses - gray-white in color - soft and glistening (depends on amount of mucus)
adenocarcinomas
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What cancer is the only one sensitive to radiotherapy
small cell carcinoma
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what cancer is the only one that produces a variety of paraneoplastic syndromes? What are these syndromes?
Small cell carcinoma 1. ADH production- Diabetes insipidus 2. ACTH- Graves dz 3. PTH
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What lung cancer does this gross appearance describe? - Firm - Gray-white in color - Ulcerative masses: hemorrhage and necrosis
Small cell carcinoma
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How do you diagnose squamous cell carcinoma?
Cytology from bronchial washings/brushing during bronchoscopy
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Clinical presentation of squamous cell carcinoma
- cough - dyspnea - hemoptysis - CP - Possible pneumonia with pleural effusion
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What is a distinctive subtype of adenocarcinoma?
Bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC)
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What is a distinctive sign of Bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC)
Copious amounts of frothy mucous in sputum
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Gross appearance of Bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC)
- Single peripheral nodule/coin lesion (>50% of cases) - Multiple nodules - Diffuse infiltrate
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What lung cancer is indistinguishable from lobar pneumonia due to it's "white out" appearance
Bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC)- diffuse appearance
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Histological appearance of Bronchioalveolar carcinoma (BAC)
1. 2/3 nonmucinous | 2. 1/3 mucinous tumors with increased number of goblet cells
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What lung cancer does this histology describe? - Large nuclei - Hyperchromatic - Secretory neuroendocrine granules
Small cell carcinoma
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What lung cancer does this histology describe? - Large, irregular cells that exhibit ample cytoplasm - Nuclei show prominent nucleoli and vesicular chromatin
Large cell carcinoma
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Where do lung cancers most commonly metastasize to?
Regional lymph nodes | -Mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes
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Most frequent extra nodal metastasis in lung cancer
Adrenal gland
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What disease can adrenal metastasis cause?
Addison's disease
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What diagnostic yields the highest result without an invasive thoracic procedure?
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) with cytology
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What is the most successful technique in making the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma
Bronchoscopy with cytology from bronchial washing/brushing
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What is a rind tumor?
Malignant mesothelioma
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What exposure are 80% of Malignant mesothelioma caused by?
asbestos

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