ancillary tests

Question 1

up to _____of patients with ____pneumonia may not be able to produce sputum sample

Answer 1

1/3, bacterial

Question 2

when to use sputum cytology?

Answer 2

when suspect NSCLC

Question 3

does a negative sputum cytology r/o lung cancer?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

what to use for for 1st occurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax?

Answer 4

needle aspirate

Question 5

post expansion pulm edema is a complication of what?

Answer 5

thoracentesis

Question 6

what procedure to use for uncomplicated pleural effusions, transudates, exudates or atraumatic pneumothorax

Answer 6

catheter

Question 7

what procedure to use fluid has high density, high output, high protein content, blood

Answer 7

chest tube

Question 8

if you don’t know the origin of a pleural effusion, what procedure to use?

Answer 8

thoracoscopy (ie. pleuroscopy)

Question 9

indications for pleurodesis

Answer 9

malignant effusions; recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, refractory symptomatic non-malignant effusions

Question 10

CI for pleurodesis

Answer 10

trapped lung, underlying severe lung disease