Lecture 9.1: Pneumonia and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Flashcards
What is Bronchitis?
An infection of the main airways of the lungs (bronchi), causing them to become irritated and inflamed
What is Bronchiolitis?
Bronchiolitis affects the smaller airways (bronchioles)
What is Pneumonia?
Inflammation in the alveoli/tissue in one or both lungs
What causes Acute Bronchitis? (2)
- Viruses
- Bacteria
What causes Chronic Bronchitis?
- Not primarily infective
- Consequence of repeated infections
- Irritation from smoking
Types of Defences of the Respiratory Tract (3)
- Muco-Ciliary Clearance Mechanisms
- Cough and Sneezing Reflexes
- Respiratory Mucosal Immune System
Defences of the Respiratory Tract: Muco-Ciliary Clearance Mechanisms
- Nasal Hairs
- Ciliated Epithelium
- Goblet Cells
Defences of the Respiratory Tract: Respiratory Mucosal Immune System
- Lymphoid Follicles of the Pharynx and Tonsils
- Alveolar Macrophages
- Secretory IgA and IgG
Predisposing Factors for Pneumonia: INSPIRATION Pneumonic
I: mmunosuppression
N: eurologically impaired cough reflex
S: ecretion retention
P: ulmonary oedema
I: mpaired mucociliary clearance
R: espiratory tract infection (viral)
A: ntibiotics and cytotoxins
T: racheal instrumentation
I: mpaired alveolar macrophages
O: ther
N: eoplasia
Symptoms of Pneumonia (11)
- Cough
- Fever/Chills/Sweats
- Haemoptysis
- Dyspnoea
- Pleuritic Chest Pain
- Malaise
- Anorexia and Vomiting
- Headache
- Myalgia
- Diarrhoea
- Green/Yellow Sputum
Signs of Pneumonia (5)
- Bronchial Breath Sounds
- Crackles
- Wheeze
- Dullness to Percussion
- Increased Vocal Resonance
Classifications of Pneumonia (4)
- By Clinical Setting
- By Presentation
- By Organism
- By Lung Pathology
Classifications of Pneumonia: Clinical Setting (4)
1) Community acquired
2) Hospital acquired (nosocomial)
3) Aspiration Pneumonia
4) Pneumonia in the immunocompromised
patient
Classifications of Pneumonia: Organism (3)
1) Bacterial
2) Viral
3) Fungal
Classifications of Pneumonia: Presentation (3)
1) Acute
2) Sub-Acute
3) Chronic
Classifications of Pneumonia: Lung Pathology (3)
1) Lobar Pneumonia
2) Bronchopneumonia
3) Interstitial Pneumonia
Common Organisms Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia (5)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (30%)
- Haemophilus influenzae (13%)
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Moraxella cattarhalis
- Currently SARS-CoV-2