Lipschik Review + Jeopardy Flashcards
Effusion with low glucose DDx
TB, RA, infection, cancer
DDx effusion very high WBC
empyema
Bloody effusion
trauma, asbestos
Low pH effusion
incipient infection
high LDH effusion
complicated parapneumonic
High TG (chylous) effusion DDx
lymphoma, trauma
Transudate effusion Lx DDx
LDH ratio <.5
Adelectasis, dialysis, mixidema, nephrotic syndrome, CHF
Exudate effusion Lx DDx
LDH ratio >0.6
TP ratio >0.5
-Lots of things: cancer, pneumonia, empyema, TB
DDx diffuse interstitial disease
- IPF with UIP (lower)
- CVD (scleroderma)
- drugs (amiodarone, bleomycin)
- sarcoidosis (upper/middle)
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- lymphagitic spread
Restrictive PFTs
-FEV1 and FVC dec, but ratio preserved or increased
TLC and RV down
DLco down
Restrictive PFTs with PRESERVED RV and normal (corrected) DLco
- NM disease
- obesity
- poor effort
Why do we ventilate?
- Decreased work of breathing, unload muscles, relieve dyspnea
- not necessarily a terrible blood gas, can be more about how pt looks
What kind of ventilation is used in resp distress?
Volume-cycled, positive pressure
Effects of PPV on CO
- decreased by numerous mechanisms (hypotension)
- Decreased venous return (L and R), decreased distensibility (L and R), septal displacement (R->L), Increased vascular resistance (R)
Tx for PPV-induced hypotension
-fluid initially, then inotropes
fluffy alveolar infiltrates with air bronchograms on CXR
- pulm edema (ARDS, CHF)
- aspiration, diffuse pneumonia, DAH, adenocarcenoma in situ
small cell (location, staging, Tx, prognosis)
- central
- localized vs disseminated
- chemo or chemo+rad
- rarely curable. usually responds/recurs
non-small cell (subtypes, location, staging, Tx, Px)
- adeno, squamos, large cell
- central or peripheral
- TNM
- Surg, rad for palliation
- curable, depending on stage
hypoxemia that barely improves or doesn’t with fiO2
shunt
diuretics for pulmonary edema and starling equation
decreases hydrostatic pressure!
Tx ARDS, adelectasis and RDS
PEEP/CPAP
PEEP/CPAP vs BIPAP
PEEP/CPAP do not provide ventilatory support
BIPAP is PEEP+PPV via NIV does provide ventilatory support. used for OHS and severe COPD flares
monitoring pts on MV
- clinical (secretions, MS, CXR, udnerlying)
- ABGs
- Mechanics: Cstat = dV/(Pplat-PEEP)
distinguishing causes of respiratory distress on MV pts
- Ppeak - Pplat reflect airflow only (not passive compliance)
- if the stay the same, then it’s parenchymal problem (edma, embolus, pneumonia, PTX, anxiety, pain, auto-PEEP
- if widened, airway problem (ETT problems, tubing kinked, secretions, bronchospasm (NB!)
OSA vs OHS
OSA: obstructive apnea, decreased cognition, HTN, CVA, arrhythmias, naps, transient hypoxia asleep, eucapnic while awake. dx: PSG (high AHI), rx: wt loss, CPAP
OHS: obst/central apnea, chronic fatigue, morning h/a, cor pulmonale, hypoxia and hypercanpia asleep and awake, dx: PSG, daytime hypercapnia. tx: wt loss, BIPAP (because needs ventilatory support), trach, bariatric surgery
Answer to Question #1
A
form alveolar pressure
Pel + Ppl
alveolar air equation and shortcuts
PAO2 = fiO2 x (BP - WVP) - PaCO2/RQ + F BP - barometric WVP - water vapor RQ - resp quotient (.8) shortcut: 713 x FiO2 - 1.2 x PaCO2 on RA: 147 - 1.2 x PaCO2