Cough Flashcards
Causes of acute dry cough (4)
Asthma
Drugs (ACE inhibitors)
Heart failure
URTI (laryngitis, pharyngitis)
Causes of acute productive cough (2)
Pneumonia (LRTI)
TB
Causes of chronic dry cough (4)
Asthma
Lung cancer
GORD
Mesothelioma
Causes of chronic productive cough (4)
COPD
Bronchiectasis
Lung cancer
Cystic fibrosis
RF for pneumonia (3)
Smoking
Travel
Immunocompromised
Causes of atypical pneumonia (4)
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Legionella pneumophila
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Causes of CAP pneumonia (3)
Strep pneumoniae (AKA pneumococcus)
Haemophilus influenzae B
Moraxella catarrhalis
Causes of HAP pneumonia (3)
Staph aureus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Which organism causes a transverse myelitis pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Which organism causes a hyponatraemic pneumonia
Legionella pneumophila
Which organisms causes a cavitating lesions pneumonia (2)
Staph aureus
Klebsiella
Which organism causes air conditioning associated pneumonia
Legionella pneumophila
Which organism causes pet birds associated pneumonia
Chlamydia psittaci
What pneumonia is Chlamydia psittac associated with
Pet birds
What pneumonia is Staph aureus associated with
Cavitating lesions
What is pneumonia Klebsiella associated with
Cavitating lesions
What is pneumonia legionella pneumophilia associated with (2)
A/C
Hyponatraemia
What is pneumonia mycoplasma pneumonia associated with
Transverse myelitis causing pneumonia
What extra symptoms do atypical pneumonias cause (5)
Dry cough Headache Diarrhoea Myalgia Hepatitis
What are the symptoms of typical pneumonia (5)
Fever SOB (dyspnoea) Cough (with green sputum) Chest pain (pleuritic) Confusion
What is auscultated in pneumonia (3)
Coarse bibasal crackles
Bronchial breathing
Increased vocal resonance
Ix for pneumonia (8)
Bloods FBC CRP ABG Blood cultures
Sputum MCS
Pleural fluid MCS (via thoracentesis)
CXR
Which extra Ix should you do if you suspect atypical pneumonia and which Ix suggests which pathogen (4)
Serology (all)
Urinary antigens (legionella, strep pneumo)
Blood film (mycoplasma – cold agglutins)
LFTs (legionella)
What is used to score pneumonia
CURB-65
Acute Mx of pneumonia (4)
Oxygen (+ sit up patient)
IV fluids
CPAP (if required)
Surgical drainage (if abscess/empyema)
Mx of CAP pneumonia
Amoxicillin (co-amoxiclav if severe)
Mx of HAP pneumonia (2)
If staph: Flucloxacillin + gentamycin
If MRSA: Vancomycin
Mx of atypical pneumonia (2)
Clarithromycin
Mx of aspiration pneumonia (2)
Metronidazole
Which type of pneumonia is metronidazole used for
Aspiration
Which type of pneumonia is clarithromycin used for
Atypical
Which type of pneumonia is amoxicillin used for
CAP
Which type of pneumonia is co-amoxiclav used for
Severe CAP
Which type of pneumonia is flucloxacillin used for
Staph with gentamycin
Which type of pneumonia is gentamicin used for
Staph with flucloxacillin
Which type of pneumonia is vancomycin used for
MRSA
What do you generally give pneumonia (2)
amoxicillin + clarithromycin
Complications of pneumonia (5)
Pleural effusion Pneumothorax Lung abscess (often Staph aureus) Empyema Sepsis