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CBL4 Bronchiectasis and Pneumonia Flashcards

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What’s bronchiectasis?

(in terms of simple pathology)

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Bronchiectasis describes a permanent dilatation of the airways secondary to chronic infection or inflammation.

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Causes of bronchiectasis

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Causes

  • post-infective: tuberculosis, measles, pertussis, pneumonia
  • cystic fibrosis
  • bronchial obstruction e.g. lung cancer/foreign body
  • immune deficiency: selective IgA, hypogammaglobulinaemia
  • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
  • ciliary dyskinetic syndromes: Kartagener’s syndrome, Young’s syndrome
  • yellow nail syndrome
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Physical signs of bronchiectasis

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  1. Clubbing
  2. Coarse inspiratory creps
  3. Wheeze
  4. Purulent sputum
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What characteristic features can be seen on that X-ray?

What’s the diagnosis?

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  • Chest x-ray showing tramlines, most prominent in the left lower zone
  • Diagnosis: bronchiectasis
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  • What can be seen on that X ray? (characteristic feature) (2)
  • What’s the diagnosis?
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  • CT chest showing widespread tram-track and signet ring signs
  • diagnosis: bronchiectasis
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Main organisms causing infections in bronchiectasis

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  1. H. influenza
  2. Pneumococcus
  3. S.aureus
  4. Pseudomonas
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4 main categories of causes of bronchiectasis

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  1. Post infective
  2. Cystic fibrosis
  3. Ciliary dyskinetic syndrome
  4. . Bronchial obstruction - lung cancer
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Investigations for Bronchiectasis

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  1. Sputum
  2. Blood - test for IgG, Alpha 1 anti trypsin
  3. Chest X ray - tramlines and rings
  4. Spirometry - obstructive
  5. CT - dilated and thickened airways
  6. Cystic fibrosis sweat test
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Differential diagnosis for bronchiectasis

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Normal antibiotics used to treat bronchiectasis exacerbation?

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  1. Amoxicillin / Clarithromycin
  2. Tazocin if IV
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Symptoms of bronchiectasis

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Characteristics of the cough in bronchiectasis

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  • productive
  • worse in the morning
  • large volume
  • daily purulent sputum
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Investigations in bronchiectasis (just in general)

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  • spirometry
  • CXR
  • CT
  • sputum culture
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What pattern of spirometry may be seen in bronchiectasis?

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Obstructive or normal

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Characteristic features of CXR in bronchiectasis

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  • May be normal
  • Ring opacities, tram-tracks
  • Fluid-filled cysts or bronchocoeles
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Characteristic features of CT in bronchiectasis

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  • Signet ring sign and tram-tracks
  • Lack of tapering of airways - thickness is NOT reduced towards the end
  • Mucus impaction
  • Mosaicism (vessels of different size in different regions of the lungs - smaller where less perfused)
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Investigations for Bronchiectasis

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Sputum MCS

Blood: Se Ig, Aspergillus precipitins, RF, α1-AT level 

Test Ig response to pneumococcal vaccine 

CXR: thickened bronchial walls (tramlines and rings)

Spirometry: obstructive pattern 

HRCT chest - Dilated and thickened airways 

  • Saccular dilatations in clusters c¯ pools of mucus 

Bronchoscopy + mucosal biopsy

Focal obstruction  PCD

 CF sweat test (pilocarpine iontopheresis)

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Management of bronchiectasis

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  • physiotherapy (e.g. inspiratory muscle training) - has a good evidence base for patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
  • postural drainage (airway clearance)
  • antibiotics for exacerbations + long-term rotating antibiotics in severe cases
  • bronchodilators in selected cases
  • immunisations (influenza and bronchodilators)
  • surgery in selected cases (e.g. Localised disease)
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3 major symptoms of bronchiectasis

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  1. Persistent cough and purulent sputum
  2. Haemoptysis
  3. Fever, weight loss and malaise
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Most common organisms isolated from patients with bronchiectasis (4)

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Most common organisms isolated from patients with bronchiectasis:

  • Haemophilus influenzae (most common)
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Klebsiella spp.
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Management of infective exacerbations in bronchiectasis (what to do in general)

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  • Review previous sputum culture results & most recent course of antibiotics given
  • Send more sputum for culture
  • Choose antibiotic (in line with local guidance):

–amoxicillin/clarithromycin/doxycycline oral

–ciprofloxacin if Pseudomonas aeruginosa

–Tazocin/3rd generation cephalosporin IV

*Total course 10-14 days

*May need to consider outpatient IV antibiotics

•Chest physiotherapy

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Antibiotics used in infective exacerbations of bronchiectasis

  • what oral antibiotics
  • what for Pseudomona aeurginosa
  • what IV antibiotic
  • how long for
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* Choose antibiotic (in line with local guidance):

–amoxicillin/clarithromycin/doxycycline oral

–ciprofloxacin if Pseudomonas aeruginosa

–Tazocin/3rd generation cephalosporin IV

  • Total course 10-14 days
  • May need to consider outpatient IV antibiotics
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How to treat pseudomonas aureginosa exacerbation of bronchiectasis?

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Ciprofloxacin

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Management of Pseudomonas Aeurginosa infection - oral - IV - nebulised
•can colonise abnormal lungs ## Footnote * also be associated with active infection * Only orally active antimicrobial is ***Ciprofloxacin*** (fluoroquinolone antibiotic) * IV: ***Tazocin*** (***Piperacillin and Tazobactam***), ***Ceftazidime*** (cephalosporin) * Nebulised: ***colomycin*** (polymyxin antibiotic) can be used to suppress Pseudomonas in the case of colonisation with frequent exacerbations
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Azithromycin - class - use - usual dose
***Azithromycin*** _Class_: macrolide antibiotic Antimicrobial and immuno-modulatory actions _Dose (usual):_**250mg** three times a week _Use_: aim of reducing exacerbation frequency
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Side effects of ***Azithromycin***
_Key Side Effects:_ –Prolonged QT and cardiac dysrhythmia –Hearing loss (usually reversible) –Hepatic dysfunction
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Presenting symptoms of **pneumonia**
* cough * sputum * dyspnoea * chest pain: may be pleuritic * fever
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What is pneumonia? (in general) What is the most common cause?
Any **inflammatory condition affecting the alveoli** of the lungs, but in the vast majority of patients this is secondary to a **bacterial infection**
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? * Accounts for 80% of cases Particularly associated with high fever, rapid onset * A vaccine to pneumococcus is available
*Streptococcus pneumoniae* (pneumococcus)
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? Particularly common in patients with COPD
Haemophilus Influenzae
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? Often occurs in patient following influenza infection
*Staphylococcus aureus*
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? * One of the atypical pneumonias * often present a dry cough * atypical chest signs/x-ray findings * Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and erythema multiforme may be seen
*Mycoplasma pneumoniae*
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? * Another one of the atypical pneumonias * Hyponatraemia and lymphopenia common
*Legionella pneumophilia*
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? Classically seen in alcoholics
*Klebsiella pneumoniae*
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What is the likely organism causing pneumonia in the following presentation? * Typically seen in patients with HIV * Presents with a dry cough, exercise-induced desaturations and the absence of chest signs
Pneumocystis jiroveci
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Signs of pneumonia
* signs of systemic inflammatory response: fever, tachycardia * reduced oxygen saturations * ausculatation: reduced breath sounds, bronchial breathing
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What does it show?
* a classical signs of **right upper lobe consolidation** - abnormal opacity within the right upper lobe abutting the horizontal fissure. * note how the 'position' of the consolidation on the film (i.e. in the '**middle**' of the lung) doesn't necessarily correlate with the lobe affected
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What does it show?
* consolidation is harder to spot * Look at the left heart border **-\>** it is normally well dermaracted (borders are visible) with the lung * Here **-\>** it is fuzzy **=** this is a **classic sign of left lingula consolidation**
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What types of investigations (in general) would you perform in pt presenting with Sx of pneumonia?
- CXR - blood - blood cultures and sputum samples - ABG
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Differential diagnosis of pneumonia
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What bloods to perform in suspicion of pneumonia?
_Bloods_ * **FBC -\>** high or low WBCs - neutrophilia in bacterial infections - leucopenia in viral infections * **U&Es** **-\>** check for dehydration (remember the 'U' for urea in CURB-65, see below) and also other changes seen with some atypical pneumonias, organ impairment in sepsis * **LFTs** -\> organ impairment in sepsis, hepatitis with atypical pneumonia * **CRP -\>** raised in response to infection
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When to send sputum culture in a patient with pneumonia?
* CAP of moderate severity or high severity * all patients who fail to improve with standard therapy * for Legionella should always be attempted for patients who are legionella urine antigen positive * for AAFB & mycobacterial culture for those who fail to improve or whose clinical features suggest possible TB or NTM (non-tuberculosis mycobacterium/mycobacterial disease)
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What are possible (3) features of a chest Xray in pneumonia?
•**Consolidation** –air bronchograms – pus in alveolar spaces around bronchi –patchy –may follow lobar contours •**Collapse** –tracheal deviation –sail sign •**Pleural effusion**
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What's consolidation? What's effusion?
* **Consolidation** - fluid inside the lungs * * **Effusion** - fluid in pleural space (between chest wall and lungs)
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What's that?
Consolidation
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What's that?
Collapse
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What's that?
Pleural effusion
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General Mx of pneumonia (2)
Patients with pneumonia require the following: * **antibiotics**: to treat the underlying infection * **supportive care**: - oxygen therapy - if the patients is hypoxaemic - IV fluids - if the patient is hypotensive or shows signs of dehydration
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What determines the management of a patient with CAP?
CURB 65 score
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What are the components of CURB-65?
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Interpretation + management for the CURB-65 scores (0-2)
* **0** - management in the community * **1** - check **sats** (should be \>92%) - to be safely managed in the community and a **CXR** performed. If the CXR shows bilateral/multilobar shadowing hospital admission is advised * **2 -** severe CAP, hospital management The CURB-65 score also correlates with an increased risk of mortality at 30 days with patients with a CURB-65 score of 4 approaching a 30% mortality rate at 30 days
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Range of pH on ABG
7.35-7.45
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Range of **pCO**2 on ABG
**pCO2:** 4.7-6
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Range of **PO2** on ABG
**PO2:** 11.3-14
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Ranges of **HCO3** on ABG
22-26
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Range of **BE** on ABG
-2.3 - +2.3
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What's **type 1** Respiratory Failure?
**Low O2** (the rest of ABG picture is normal)
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What are examples of causes of **Type 1 respiratory failure?**
pneumonia, PE, pulmonary oedema, pneumothorax
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What's type 2 respiratory failure?
high CO2 and low O2
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Example of Type 2 resp failure causes (2)
COPD exacerbation, very severe pneumonia
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Picture of respiratory acidosis on ABG
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Possible causes of respiratory acidosis
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4 main categories of causes of bronchiectasis
1. Post infective - TB/measles/pneumonia/pertussis 2. Cystic Fibrosis 3. Bronchial obstruction - lung cancer 4. Ciliary dyskesia - Katagener's syndrome
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Picture of respiratory alkalosis on ABG
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Possible causes of respiratory alkalosis
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Treatment for low severity CAP (detailed)
Low severity CAP * Single antibiotic, 5 days * ***Amoxicillin*** (macrolide or tetracycline if allergic)
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Treatment for **moderate severity CAP** (detailed)
_Moderate severity_ –**Dual antibiotics**, 7-10 days –**Amoxicillin + macrolide** (unless allergy)
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Treatment for **high severity CAP**
**High severity** –**Dual antibiotics**, 7-10 days –**beta‑lactamase stable beta‑lactam** + **macrolide**
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**Empyema** vs **pleural effusion** on CXR
Empyema - pus filled pockets on the pleura Effusion - fluid in the pleura
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How to (in general) differentiate pleural effusion from consolidation?
**Pleural effusion** -\> fluid inside the pleura, can shift depending on pt's position and gravity (as pleura is an open space) **Consolidation** -\> fluid inside the lung, cannot shift
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How long is the antibiotic therapy in treating bronchiectasis exacerbation?
10 - 14 days
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What is high in respiratory acidosis?
1. PCO2 2. HCO3 3. BE
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What is low in respiratory acidosis?
PH
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What is high in respiratory alkalosis?
PH HCO3
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What is low in repsiratory alkalosis?
CO2

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