Human diseases L7: Respiratory medicine 1

Question 1

Q4: which symptom is present because of narrowing of the airways?

Answer 1

Wheeze

Question 2

Q5: what is pleuritic chest pain?

Answer 2

Chest pain associated when inhaling and exhaling.

Question 3

Q21: what is DVT?

Answer 3

Deep vein thrombosis

Question 4

Q17: what are the management for someone suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea?

Answer 4

Weight management and continuous positive airway pressure.

Question 5

Q3: reduced perfusion of lungs is the limitation of blood flow to the alveoli. what can cause this limitation of blood flow?

Answer 5

Pulmonary embolism

Question 6

Q14: what must a patient’s blood pressure be to score a point on the CRB65?

Answer 6

Systolic over 90 or diastolic less than 60

Question 7

Q12: what must a patient be to score a point for the C in the CRB65?

Answer 7

They must be confused or muddled.

Question 8

Q20: how might the fibrosis of the lungs cause problem in breathing? .

Answer 8

The scarring causes stiffness in the lungs which makes it difficult to breathe and get oxygen to the bloodstream. Lung damage from ILD’s is often irreversible and gets worse over time

Question 9

Q19: what is the umbrella term used for classifying a large group of diseases that cause scarring (fibrosis) of the lungs?

Answer 9

Interstitial lung disease

Question 10

Q6: infection of the lungs is classically referred to as?

Answer 10

Pneumonia

Question 11

Q23: a pulmonary embolism occurs when………?

Answer 11

A blood clot (deep vein thrombosis) often in your leg, travels to your lungs and blocks a blood vessel. That leads to low oxygen levels in your blood. Causing damage to the lung and other organs.

Question 12

Q11: what does CRB65 stand for?

Answer 12

Confusion, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure and 65 years of age or older

Question 13

Q7: a patient suffering from pneumonia, produces sputum with blood, what is this symptom called?

Answer 13

Haemoptysis

Question 14

Q9: how would you manage someone with pneumonia, who is requiring urgent care before they are seen by the hospital?

Answer 14

ABCDE approach

Question 15

Q13: what must a patient’s respiratory rate be over to score a point on the CRB65?

Answer 15

Respiratory rate over 30

Question 17

Q16: what are the risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea?

Answer 17

Male>female, overweight and obese and small airway, small lower jaw, large tonsils.

Question 18

Q15: What must a patient’s age be to score a point on the CRB65?

Answer 18

Over 65

Question 19

Q8: name the three causative agents responsible for pneumonia:

Answer 19

streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae and mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 20

Q18: when the lung lining punctures and air escapes into the pleural space, what has occurred?

Answer 20

Pneumothorax

Question 21

Q2: reduced transfer of oxygen and CO2 are common with interstitial lung disease. Whereabouts in the lungs does this disease manifest?

Answer 21

The small alveoli

Question 22

Q22: what causes DVT in the legs?

Answer 22

Can be caused by anything that prevents your blood from circulating or clotting normally, such as injury to a vein, surgery, certain medications, and limited movement.

Question 23

Q10: how would determine where to manage a patient with pneumonia at hospital or home?

Answer 23

CRB65 score.

Question 24

Q1: what are three main respiratory disturbances that result in respiratory symptoms?

Answer 24

Reduced transfer of oxygen, reduced ventilation of lungs, reduced perfusion of lungs.