22. URI

Question 1

wt is silhouette sign?

wt is it?

Answer 1

mass touching right border of heart and same density

thymoma

Question 2

wt does air bronchogram indicate?

Answer 2

airspace disease

Question 3

wt is atelectasis?

hw does heart shift?

Answer 3

opacified hemi-thorax (collapsed lung)

torward collapse

Question 4

3 examples of hollow tubes on lung xray?

Answer 4

CF
bronchiectasis
TB

Question 5

wt do kerley B lines indicate?

Answer 5

CHF

Question 6

hw can u tell effusion from atelectasis?

Answer 6

atelectasis shifts heart torawrd affected lung

Question 7

symptoms of acute bronchitis?

tx?

Answer 7

cough
post nasal drip
stuffy nose

no tx unless pertussis

Question 8

symptoms of acute rhinosinusitus?

tx?

Answer 8

facial pain
rhinorrhea
toothache
nasal obstruction

supportive unless >7 days, temp >101, periorbital swelling, immunocompromised
amoxacillin 500mgs TID x 10 days

Question 9

acute sinusitis?
sub acute?
recurrent?
chronic?

Answer 9

<4 wks
4-12 wks
4 episodes >7days in one year
>12 wks

Question 10

1 cause of pharyngitis?

4 symptoms?
tx?

Answer 10

GABHS

fever
tonsillar exudates
cervical lymphadenopathy
no cough

Penicillin V x 10 days
children 250 mg 2-3 times daily
adults 250 mg 3-4 times daily or 500 mg 2 times daily

Question 11

5 complications of pharyngitis?

Answer 11

otitis media
meningitis
RF
endocarditis
abscess