Dubin - High Yield Associations Flashcards
- phospholipid-laden MPs
- intersitial pnumonitis
- organizing pneumonia
- ARDS
- HSN
amiodarone induces plum dz
long rods, ferruginous bodies
asbestosis
- endocarditis hard to tx
- result of aspiration
- ass’d with IVDAs
- blotchy pneumo w/ supperative cavities or nodules b/l
- murmur over tricuspid
- septic emboli
- fever of unk origin
- normally in the oropharynx
HACEK
prophylax for PCP with
TMP-SMX (aka bactrim)
- common pneumo post flu
- MC community aquired pnumo
- diplococci
- rigors
- chills
strep pneumo
- non-immunized pts
- enlarged epiglottis > drooling (can’t swallow)
- common cause of pneumonia in COPD’ers and post-flu
H. flu
- diabetics (DKA)
- leukemic pts
- chronic sinusitis
- no response after 8 wks of Abs
- dies from erosion into brain!
- black on nose
mucor
- thermophillic actinomyces
- around moldy hay
- IgG and IgM on BAL
- non-caseating granulomas
- foam cells
- episodic
Farmer’s Lung - HS pneumonia
- fungal growth in lung field
- occupying old lesion (possibly pneumonia)
aspergilloma
- difficult to tx asthmatic
- +++ eosinophils
- mucous is brown and stringy
- “gloved finger” on CXR
ABPA
- can infect almost every type of tissue
- possibly immunocomp pts with low CD4
- nuchal rigidity
- photosensitivity
- evolution into full blown meningitis
cryptococcal meningitis
india ink stain
cryptococcus
- cold agglutinins
- common in adolescnt/college age
- low PaO and high PaCO2
- bullous myrigits
mycoplasma
tx for mycoplasma penumonia
macrolides (eg: erythromycin)
- immuno def child
- recurrent ear & sinus infs
- possible giardia
IgA Immunodef
- pt in MVA w/ blood transfusion
- marked transfusion rxn d/t Abs
IgA Immunodef
- acid fast (Ziehl-Neelson stain)
- can cause miliary TB
mycobacterium
- intense coughing attack during expiration
- high pictched respiraratory sound
- forceful inspiration
- bulging neck vv
- cyanosis
pertussis
- barking cough
- relieved by humidity
croup
- grows on charcoal yeast
- ass’d exposure to water source (like AC unit)
- relative bradycardia
legionaires
tx of histo, coccidiomycosis, blasto
amphotercin B
tx of aspiraion pneumonia (kills microaerophilic organisma)
clindamycin
MC pneumos ass’d with COPD
H. flu, moraxella, staph
- gm - facultative intracellular bacteria
- transmitted via flea bite
- birefringent
- safety pin shaped
- prairie dogs
yersina pestis
tx for + PPD skin test
6-12 mo INH
drug that causes hepatotoxicity w/ elevated liver enzymes, peripheral neuropathy
isoniazid (INH)
drug that causes deafness
streptomycin
drug that causes red-orange secretions (tears, urine, ect)
rifampin (RIF)
drug that causes optic neuritis and red-green colorblindness, possible dizziness and vertical nystagmus
ethambutol (EMB)
how do you diff btwn BCG vaccine and previous TB inf
quantiferron gold
- infant w/ runny nose, cough, wheezing
- intercostal retractions w/ grunting
- worse in winter months
RSV
- ppl on cruise ship with resp s/s
- treats flu A & B
oseltamivir (tamiflu)
amatadine and rimatatine tx what?
only flu A
tx for pseudomonas
gentomycin
- hunter around great lakes region/ north east
- skin lesions
- nodular appearance
- broad based budding
-bastomycosis
- SW US, CA, and Mexico
- small calcificaitons on CXR
- chronic inf gets into bone and joints
- red, painful skin lesions
- subQ pre-tibial nodules
- “coin lesions”
- hx of fever and non-productive cough
- recent visit to SW US (AZ)
coccidiomycosis
- ass’d with endocarditis
- pneumonia-like syndromes
- cattle birthing season (in amniotic fluid)
- hepatomegaly w/ elevated liver enzymes
- very high T
Q fever
- causes Q fever
- intracellular pathogenic bacterial smiliar to rickettsia but w/ genetic and physiologic differences
coxiella burnetti
- rabbits
- puneumo-like etiology but doesn’t lead to restrictive lung dz
- hunters who hunt rabbits
franciella tularensis
- dropping DLCO
- bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumo
- prodromal s/s of flu
- SOB for a few mo’s thats been getting worse
intersitial pulmonary fibrosis
- rust colored sputum
- high fever 102-103
- chills & rigors
- MC pnumo in HIV +
- lobar pneumonia
strep pneumo
tx of strep pneumo
macrolide (ex: erythromycin)
- gm - rod causing NCI
- green sputum
- CF kids
- hosp respirators
- burn pts
pseudomonas aeruginosa
- incarcerated
- immigrant from “-stan” or india
- homeless
People who’s PPD is + at 10mm
HIV pt’s PPD is + at?
5mm
San Joaquin Valley Fever is cause by
coccidodies immitis
- immunocomp pt (esp HIV)
- oropharyngeal or esophageal colonization
- person on multiple ABs for a long period of time
- ICS overuse
candida albicans inf
- widened mediastinum
- gm + rod
- spore former
- add’s with farm animals
- skin version has black eschar
bacillus anthracis
- ass’d with aspiration pneumonia
- often causes valvular damage
- gm - bact often found in oropharynx
HACEK organism
HACEK organisms
Haemophilus Aggregabacter Carciobacterium Eikenlla Kingella
- red currant jelly sputum
- etoh abuse
- bulging fissure on x-ray
- lives in the gut, skin, mouth
- lobar
klebsiella pneumonia
how do you test for legionella
urinary Ag test
- cave diving
- ohio river valley
- low grade temp
- b/l hilar LAD
- characteristically restrictive lung dz w/ dec DLCO
- cavitary lung disease
histoplasmosis
- apex of lung
- cavitated lesion thats now filled with something (old TB lesion)
- ball of fungus
aspergilloma
tx of aspergilloma that fails antifungal tx
surgical removal
tx of ABPA
corticosteroids (ex: prednisone)
- sulfer granules
- lumpy jaw
- slow growing
- penetrates bone and siunus tracts
actinomycoses israelii
- obligate intracellular organism that is a common cause of penumonia
- ass’d with bird poop (esp parrots)
- causes high T + myalgias
chlamydia psittaci
what drug wouldn’t you use to tx mycoplasma inf? why?
penicillin; b/c it doesn’t have a cell wall
- pneumonia in COPD and elderly
- kidney bean shaped
- gm - diplococci
moraxella chatarrhalis
- beta2 agonist
- stimulates increased in cAMP via adenylcyclase in bronchial smooth mm
- causes bronchodilation
albuterol
- b/l hilar LAD
- non-caseating granulomas
- can cause eye and/or skin lesions
- hypercalciuria/emia
- anergy
- elevated ACE
- decreased DLCO
sarcoidosis
- hyperventilating and hypoxemic
- can be d/c from ED based on response to bronchodilator tx
- needs systemic corticosteroids
stage 2 asthmatic
- not hypoxemic
- hyperventilating w/ normal PO2
- facilitate hospital d/c with ipratropium via nebulizer w/ beta agonist
stage 1 asthmatic
- generally ill normal PCO2 d/t resp mm fatigue
- elective intubation and mechanical ventilation usually indicated
- admit to ICU
- parenteral corticosteroids w/ con’t bronchodilator
- may benefit from theophylline
stage 3 asthmatic
- PO2 is low w/ high PCO2
- pts have less than 20% lung function
- require intubation and mech ventilation
- admit to ICU
- theophylline may be added to tx
stage 4 asthmatic
causes of increased DLCO
- polcythemia
- early CHF
- pulmonary hemorrhage
- L>R cardiac shunt
causes of decreased DLCO
- interstitial lung dz
- empysema
- CHF: pulm edema & HTN
- pulmonary embolism
AEs of corticosteroids
- moon facies
- buffalo hump
- cataracts
- thin skin
- aseptic necrosis of the femoral head
- elevated BS
- abd striae
pts who do not respond to bronchodilators, O2, corticostroids, and IV fluids w/ in 24h should receive
aminophylline (theophilline)
what is levalbuterol and what are the benefits of using it?
- R isomer or albuterol
- less AEs: doesn’t affect heart rhythm and less frequent occurrence of tremors
AEs of theophylline
- tachy
- nausea
- seizure (decreased threshold, esp in kids)
- anxiety
fungus that grows as both a yeast and fillamentous cell
candida
mast cell stabilizer
cromolyn
Status asthmaticus pts on mechanical vent are at very high risk of developing what?
penumothorax
Reid index in chronic bronchitis
> 0.4
MC cultured oragnisms during a COPD exacerbation
- Strep pneumo
- H. flu
COPD CXR findings
- hyperinflation of lungs
- flattening of the diaphragm
- hyperlucency of the lungs
xopenex
- aka levaluterol
- R isomer of albuterol
- less AEs: dec tachy & tremors
- more expensive than albuterol
albuterol
- beta-2-agonist
- increase cAMP
- decreases bronchoconstriction
montelukast
LT modifier
MOA: theophylline
prevent cAMP breakdown via PDE
first line drug fro life-threaning asthma
adrenaline (epi)
omalixumab
- monoclonal Ab against IgE
- need monthly injection
pulsus paradoxis >20 mm Hg
severe airway obstruction
pulsus paradoxis in pts with severe asthma
= 15 mmHg
disappearance of wheezing on chest auscultation
status asthmaticus
every person > 50 yo and chronic lungers get this vaccine
pneumococcal vaccine
- intermittant s/s when around allergen
- IgE mediated
- Type III HSN rxn
- FEV1/FVC > 95%
HSN pneumonia
- hemoptysis
- hematuria
- recent URI
- c-ANCA
Wegner’s granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
- anti-GBM
- hemoptysis
goodpasture’s
mnemonic for dd of cavitary lung lesions
- C: carcinoma
- A: autoimmune
- V: vascular
- I: infection
- T: trauma
- Y: young/congenital
- hx of RA
- pleuritis w/ or w/out effusion
- autoimmune disorder
rheumatoid lung
velro-like crackles ass’d with
interstitial lung process
3 drugs that cause lung injury
- bleomycin (chemo)
- amiodarone (antiarrhythmic)
- methotrexate
tx of drug induced lung dz
corticoteroids
- pnemonitis or fibrosis
- previous hx of radiation
- possible progression to respiratory failure
radiation therapy
- SOB over past year
- linear opacities on CXR
- restrictive PFTs
- decreased diffusion capacity
- clubbing/cyanosis possible
- dry cough
- NKDA and no meds
- no hx of smoking
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- hx of asbestos exposure
- wt loss
- possible pleural effusion
- encasing lung masson CT
- on biopsy cells can look like mesenchymal stroma or epi cells
mesothelioma
- hilar adenopathy
- erythema nordosum
- arthritis
Lofgren Syndrome (acute presentation of sarcoid)
- uveitis
- parotid gland involvement
- fever
- possible facial nerve palsy
Heerfordt’s Syndrome
most common ECG finding of pulmonary embolism
sinus tachycardia
normal pop’s PPD is + at
15 mm
> /= 10 mm PPD is + for what groups
- incarcerated
- immigrants from “-stan”
- hospital workers
+ PPD for HIV pts
5 mm
dx CF with
sweat test
CF inheritance pattern
AR
“egg shell” calcifications on CXR
silicosis
- ARDS
- diffuse alveolar infiltrates
- ground glass appearance on CXR
- honeycombing
- DAD on biopsy
- acute widespread ALI
acute interstitial pneumonia
- diaphragmatic pleural plaques
- decreased DLCO
- pleural thickening
asbestosis
- p-ANCA
- +++ eosinophils
- asthma
- palpable purpura
- GI s/s
- elevated IgE
- elevated BUN:Cr
- numbness in extremities
churg-strauss
calcified pleural plaques
asbestosis
intermittent asthma
-s/s less than 1x per wk
-nocturnal s/s no more than 2x per mo
FEV1 or PEF >/= 80%
mild persistent asthma
- s/s > 1x/wk but less than 1x per day
- nocturnal s/s more than 2x per mo
- FEV1 or PEF >/= 80%
moderate persistant asthma
- daily s/s
- nocturnal s/s occur > 1x/wk
- daily SABA use
- FEV1 or PEF 60-80%
severe persistent
- daily s/s
- frequent exacerbations
- FEV1 or PEF = 60%
silicosis pts are at an increased risk of what infection
TB
- RA
- coal worker’s pneumoconiosis
- intrapulmonary nodules
Caplan syndrome
golden-brown fusiform rods
asbestosis
low voltage ECG
- pericardial effusion
- COPD
- +++eosinophils
- recent travel to tropical area
- high ESR
- splenomegaly
- charcot-leyeden cyrstals in sputum
- can cause elephatiasis
wuchereia bancrofti
- +++ eosinophils in lung
- response to parasitic infiltrate
- can cause GI obst d/t parasite
- high T
- n/v
Loeffler’s syrome
- rat urine
- deer mouse reservoir
- aerosolized rodent excretion
- non cardiogenic shock
- ARDS
- pulmonary edema
- hemorrhagic fever
- pneumonia
hantavirus
- ASA
- asthma
- nasal polyps
Samter’s Triad (ASA induced asthma)
Quelling Reaction + oranisms
- Strep pneumoniae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Escherichia coli
- Salmonella
- sickle cell patient
- asplenic pt
more susceptible to quelling + organisms
candida esophagitis
CD4
- hilar LAD
- peripheral granulomatous lesion
- middle or lower lung lobes
- possible calcification
- langerhans cells with lymphocytes
ghon complex
bacillus anthracis tx
ciprofloxacin
cat breeder
toxoplasmosis
- hat shaped organism
- foamy cells
- methenamine silver stain
PCP
- lancet shaped diplococcus
- gm +
- alpha-hemolytic
strep pnumo
legionella tx
- erythromycin or azithromycin
- rifampin
MC type of tularemia
ulceroglandular (lesions on face and eyes)
tx of MRSA
vancomycin
tx of staph
methcillin or nafcillin
tx of VRE
linezolid
tx of flu A and B
oseltamivir
2 fungi you see skin lesions with
- blasto
- coccidio
2 common bugs that cause post flu pneumonia
- h flu
- staph areus
cause of croup
parainfluenza virus
TWAR
bad case of chalmydiophilia pneumo
organism w/out cell walls
mycoplasma
AFB organism
mycobacterium
sandblaster
silicosis
- animal urine
- flu-like stage
- renal stage > RBC casts
leptospirosis
how the flu changes from year to year to create new outbreaks/epidemics
antigenic drift
shift that causes new flu strain and pandemics
antigenic shift
- adrenal hemorrhage
- hypotension
- DIC
- N. meningititis inf
Waterhouse- Friederichsen Syndrome
- fever
- chill
- HA
- rash sparing face, palms, soles
- gm -
- intracellular organism
rickettsia prowazekii
- MERS
- SARS
coronavirus
- high occurance of nasal polyps
- bronchiectasis
- aspergillosis
- sweat Cl- test
- pancreatic insufficiency
- hemoptysis
- chronic mucoid pseudomonal infection.
CF
mutation at ch7q3.112
CF
recurrent penumothorax w/out family hx of A1AT
lymhangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
- superior sulcus tumor
- non-small cell
- compression of brachiocephalic v, subclavian a, phrenic n or recurrent laryngeal
- horner’s syndrome
pancoast tumor
most common inherited hypercoagulable sate
Factor V Leiden
- ass’d w/ small cell lung ca
- mm weakness
- Ab against presynaptic Ca channels
- mm weakness improves with sustained mm contraction
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
PE seen with long bone fx
fat emboli
- PE seen with giving birth
- ass’d with DIC and ARDS
amniotic fluid emboli
text-book PE ECG finding
S1 Q3 T3
tx of PE
thorombolytic therapy
tx of PE in pregnancy
enoaxaprin (HMW heparin) subQ 2x/d
where is histamine stored?
- mast cells
- blood vessels
- basophils
using erythromyci and terfenadine together increased risk of what?
torsade de pointes
DLCO in interstitial diseases
decreased
TLC in COPD
increased
TLC in asthma
increased
asthma is a _________ disease
obstructive
DLCO in emphysema
decreased
FEV1/FVC ratio in obstructive lung disease
FEV1/FVC ratio in restrictive lung diseases
> 95% or normal
amount of gas inspired or expired with each breath
tidal volume
amount of air remaning in the lung after maximal expiraiton
residual volume
sarcoidosis is a ________ disease
restrictive
TLC in lung fibrosis
decreased
breathing through pursed lips
emphysema
spirometry measures
vital capacity
whole body plethymography allows you to measure
residual volume
neuromuscular restrictive lung diseases
- myasthenia gravi
- guillian barre
> 15% increased in FEV1 in response to a B2 agonist think
asthma
residual lung volume is increase in _________ lung diseases d/t air trapping
obstructive
- exertional dyspnea
- dry cough
- velcro raled
- clubbing
- cyanosis
intersitial pulmonary fibrosis
emphysema in
A1AT
- high temp
- high PaCO2
- low CO
- low pH
right shift
- low temp
- low PaCO2
- high CO
- high pH
left shift
pH
respiratory acidosis
pH
metabolic acidosis
pH>7.4
PCO2 less than 40 mm Hg
respiratory alkalosis
pH>7.4
PCO3 > 40 mm Hg
metabolic alkalosis
common paramyxovirus infecting kids
RSV
- larvae in soil
- GI s/s: N/V/D
- epigastric pain
Strongyloides
CD4 lt 50
MCA
CD4 lt 100
toxoplasmosis
CD4 lt 200
PCP
urease positive
klebsiella
optochin positive
strep pneumo
c-polysaccharide antigen
strep pneumo
Serum precipitans
IgG
Serum precipitans
IgG