Associations Flashcards
Obstructive Lung Diseases
COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, alpa-1 antitrypsin
Restrictive Lung Disease
Pulm fibrosis, neuromuscular, heart failure, sarcoidosis, obesity
Think nail clubbing
Cause of pneumonia w/ alcoholism
Anaerobes; klebsiella
Cause of pneumonia w/ aspiration
anaerobes
Cause of pneumonia w/ bioterrorism
Anthrax, tularemia, yersinia (plague)
Cause of pneumonia w/ COPD
H flu, M catarrhalis
Cause of pneumonia w/ farm animals/droppings
Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides
Cause of pneumonia w/ hotel or cruise ship
Legionella
Cause of pneumonia w/ influenza infection in last two weeks
Staph aureus
Cause of pneumonia w/ recent travel outside of US
avian flu
Asbestosis
Construction workers
(increased cancer risk)
Biodust and Aerosols
Farmers, food workers
Chemical pneumonitis
factory workers
Silicosis
miners, stone quarry workers, sand blasters
(increased cancer risk)
Male toddler with vomiting, abd pain, currant jelly stool
intussusception