Dyspnea

Question 1

What are the clinical features of hypoxia?

Answer 1

agitation, headache, somnolence, coma, seizures

Question 2

Acute cough lasts for ____.

Answer 2

<3 weeks

Question 3

Subacute cough lasts for ____.

Answer 3

3-8 weeks

Question 4

Chronic cough lasts for ____.

Answer 4

> 8 weeks

Question 5

elderly, children under two, minorities, children who attend group daycare centers, and people with underlying disease are at higher risk for what type of pneumonia?

Answer 5

pneumococcal

Question 6

Consider this type of pneumonia in those with chronic lung disease, patients with laryngeal cancer, immunosuppressed patients, nursing home patients, risk of aspiration pneumonia

Answer 6

S aureus

Question 7

Consider this type of pneumonia in patients that are at risk of aspiration, alcoholics, elderly, and those with chronic lung disease

Answer 7

Klebsiella

Question 8

Consider this type of pneumonia in patients with chronic lung disease, sickle cell disease, or immunocompromised disorders and in alcoholics and diabetes

Answer 8

H flu

Question 9

What antibiotic is contraindicated in patients with myasthenia graves?

Answer 9

Fluoroquinolones

Question 10

What should you suspect in a patient with a cough but no evidence of pneumonia?

Answer 10

bronchitis

Question 11

Chronic and progressive dyspnea, cough and sputum production. minor hemoptysis, tachypnea, accessory respiratory muscle use, pursed-lip exhalation. Most likely diagnosis?

Answer 11

COPD