FIRST QUESTIONS Flashcards
MRSA NARES
98% NPV
BREAST LUNG PLEURAL EFFUSION
EXPECTANT MANAGMENT
MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
INDWELLING CATH OR TALC (HIGH LOS)
Parkinson’s Disease
REM SLEEP DISORDER, characterized by increased muscle tone during sleep. Deep brain stimulators can help.
Usually try benzodiazepine or melatonin first.
Eosinophilic Pleural Effusions
>10% eos. Can be found in trauma. Blood and Air can cause this.
Drug induced eosinophilic pleural efusion
Nitrofurantoin, Warfarin, PTU
POST CABG PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
can have EOS. IL5 mediated.
INCREASED RESISTANCE VENTILATOR
Pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, lung injury: Increased
expiratory flow rate, decreased tidal volume if in PCV.
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION ON VENT
Prolonged expiration.
Bronchospasm, mucus plug, blood on end of ett, KINKED ETT
vent question
VEGF-D
vascular endothelial growth factor D
Useful for LAM
Treatment LAM
Sirolimus
Diseases with diffuse cystic lung disease
Birt Hogg Dube, LIP, Pulmonary Langehans Cell Histiocytosis
Birt Hogg Dube
Auto dominant, associated with renal cell ca, can be tested with folliculin gene testing
Catamenial Pneumothorax
Associated with endometriosis
LAM associations
1)renal angiolipomas 2) chylous effusions 3) lymphagioleiomyomas 4) Tuberous sclerosis complex
Pertussis cough treatment
Treat with Azithromycin within 4 weeks
Bactrim is second line treatement
Catarrhal Phase Whooping Cough
4-6 weeks. to months
Pertussis culture
takes week
Middle Mediasinal Mass
aneurysm, adenopathy, abnormality of development
CAT SCORE
self administered by patient
ranges for 0-40
symptoms:cough, sputum production
activity, sleep, fatigue
NEW GOLD CRITERIA
Now modified from only FEV1
SPIROMETRY PLUS
SYMPTOMS (CAT mMRC)
HISTORY/RISK OF EXACERBATIONS
GOLD CRITERIA ASSESSMENT
