ACCP SEEK 23 SET 4 Flashcards
LYMPHOMA
CHOP IS TREATMENT FOR PLEURAL LYMPHOMA
HORNER SYNDROME
MIOSIS, CONSTRICTION OF PUPIL ANHIDROSIS PTOSIS APICAL LUNG LESION: ADENOCA PANCOAST TUMOR, SUPERIOR SULCUS TUMOR
OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME
BMI > 30 WITH PCO2 >45
HIGHER PREVALENCE OF
PULMONARY HTN, COR PULMONALE, AND HOSPITALIZATION
CAN BE TREATED WITH CPAP ALONE
MAJORITY HAVE OSA ALSO BUT ALSO REM ASSOCIATED HYPOVENTILATION
CPAP DECREASES MORTALITY
HOW TO DECREASE AIR TRAPPING
DECREASE RR OR TV
DECREASE INSPIRATORY TIME
HELIOX
ZITHROMAX AND COPD
IMPROVES DYSPNEA SCORES
INCREASES HEARING LOSS RISK
NO CHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATION
BULLECTOMY IN COPD
USEFUL IN AGE < 50
CONTRAINDICATED IN DLCO< 40%
MAJOR COMPLICATION IS AIR LEAK
PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION QUESTION 59
CONGENITAL, RECEIVES BLOOD SUPPLY FROM SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION
TREATMENT FOR SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS REQUIRES LOBECTOMY
RISK IS RECURRENT INFECTIONS IF NO TX
PULMONARY ABSCESS TREATMENT
ABX FOR 4-6 WEEKS
COMPLICATED EMPYEMA TREATMENT
VATS WITH WITH DECORTICATION
BLASTOMYCOSIS
ENVIRONMENTS OF MOIST SOIL AND WOOD
FATIGUE CHEST PAIN, BROWNISH SPUTUM
DX: SPUTUM OR TISSUE BX
PARAGONIMIASIS
TX PRAZIQUANTEL
LUNG FLUKE INFECGTS LUNGS WHO INGEST INFECTED RAW CRAB OR CRAYFISH
TB PLEURAL EFFUSION
DX: PLEURAL BIOPSY
ADA IS SENSITIVE BUT NOT DEFINITIVE
CPAP COMPLIANCE
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS BEST
NASAL PILLLOWS DO NOT IMPROVE COMPLIANCE