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Flashcards - Pulm

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plexiform lesions

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pulmonary hypertension

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Birbeck’s granules (tennis rackets)

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Langerhans histiocytosis - S100 and CD-1a positive

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1gm of Hb binds to mL of O2

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1gb Hb = 1.34mL of O2

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Taut hemoglobin

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low affinity for O2

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relaxed hemoglobin

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high affinity for O2

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methemoglobiemia

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treat with methylene blue - caused by nitrites, benzocaine - can be induced to treat cyanide

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7
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Kiesselbach plexus

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anterior segment of nostril - most common site of nose bleed

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Sphenopalatine artery

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posterior - branch of maxillary - life threatening nose bleed

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lines of Zahn

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platelet+fibrin/RBC layers in PE, premortem

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Pulmonary artery hypertension

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bone morphogenic protein receptor 2 (BMPR2) - smooth muscle proliferation

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11
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Rifampin

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inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase - inhibits CYP450

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12
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Ethambutol

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inhibits mycolic wall synthesis - optic neuropathy

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Isoniazid

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inhibits mycolic acid synthesis - can cause B6 deficiency, neuropathy

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neuroendocrine (Kulchitsky cells) - dark blue cells, chromogranin+

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central - small cell carcinoma - smokers - ADH, ACTH, Eaton-Lambert

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squamous cell carcinoma

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central - smokers - keratin pearls/intercellular bridges(desmosomes) - PTHrP

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adenocarcinoma

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peripheral - non-smokers - glands/mucin - KRAS, EGFR, ALK

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large cell carcinoma

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central/peripheral - smokers - poorly differentiated large cells

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bronchoalveolar carcinoma

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peripheral - non-smokers - columnar cells arising from clara cells, grows along bronchioles/alveoli - pneumonia-like

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carcinoid tumor

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central/peripheral - non-smokers - chromogranin +, polypoid, nests of neuroendocrine cells

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20
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aspiration bacteria

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bacteroides, fusobacterium, peptococcus - treat with clindamycin

21
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aortic/carotid bodies chemoreceptor

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PaO2 + PaCO2 driven

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central chemoreceptors

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PaCO2 driven only

23
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sarcoidosis

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non-caseating granulomas - CD4+ T-cell mediated - causes increased ACE, Ca2+

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IPF

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TGF-b induced - bleomycin/amiodarone

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stellate inclusions/asteroid bodies

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sarcoidosis

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coal workers/black lung

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associated with RA, Caplan syndrome - carbon laden macrophages - upper lobes

27
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upper lobe fibrotic nodules, eggshell calcifications, birefringent particles

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silicosis - increases risk of TB (decreased phagolysosomes in macrosomes) - upper lobes

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berylliosis

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non-caseating granulomas - upper lobes - increased risk of lung Ca

29
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fusiform rods resembling dumbbells, fibrosis of lung/pleura, long gold-brown fibers w/ iron, “ivory white”

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asbestosis - lower lobes

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Allergen immuno

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induces TH2 in CD4+ cells, secretes IL-4,5,10 –> rexposure = IgE activation of mast cells

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ARDS

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hyaline membrane deposits - activation of neutrophils –> protease/free radical damage –> fibrosis

32
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asplenic susceptibility

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S. pneumo, H. flu, N. meningitidis

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ABPA

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high IgE, eosinophilia, IgG to Aspergillus

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legionella growth medium

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buffered charcoal yeast extract with L-cysteine and iron

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mycobacteria pneumoniae growth medium

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acellular medium with cholesterol

36
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congestion

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first 24 hours - red, heavy, boggy - vascular dilation, alveolar exudate with bacteria

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red hepatization

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days 2-3 - red, firm lobe - alveolar exudate with erythrocytes, neutrophils and fibrin

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gray hepatization

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days 4-6 - gray brown firm lobe - RBCs disintegrate - exudate contians neutrophils and fibrin

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resolution of bronchopneumonia

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restoration of architecture - enzymatic digestion of exudate

40
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club cells

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degrades toxins - produces component of surfactant

41
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lobar pneumonia causes

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S. pneumo, Legionella, Klebsiella

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bronchopneumonia causes

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S. pneumo, S. aureus, H. flu, Klebsiella, pseudomonas (CF), moraxella, legionella

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Interstitial pneunomia causes

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Viruses (influenza, CMV, RSV, adenovirus), mycoplasma, legionella, chlamydia, coxiella burnetti (Q fever)

44
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pleomorphic keratin-positive epithelial cells in background of lymphocytes

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nasopharyngeal carcinoma - EBV - involves cervical lymph nodes

45
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croup

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laryngotracheobronchitis - parainfluenza

46
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acute epiglottitis

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H. flu b - muffled voice, stridor, obstruction

47
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hypersensitivity pneumonotis

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granulomatous reaction to organic antigens - eosinophils - pigeon breeders lung

48
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Curshmann spirals

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shed-epithelium forms whorled mucus plugs - asthma

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