Lobar pneumonia Flashcards
Why is gas exchange impaired in pneumonia
Reduced ventilation
What practice increases the risk of aspiration pneumonia
Unsafe swallowing
Lung mostly affected by aspiration pneumonia
Right
Chest pain in pneumonia
Pleuritic
CV responses in pneumonia
- tachycardia
- tachypnoea
- hypoxia
- hypotension
Microbe leading to abscess in pneumonia
S aureus
Why is there dull percussion in pneumonia
Tissue collapse/consolidation
Why is there focal coarse crackles in pneumonia
Air passing through sputum
Why is there bronchial breath sounds in pneumonia
Consolidation
Symptoms of strep pneumoniae +ve in CAP
- rusty sputum
- right lower lobe consolidation
- cold sores
- chest pain
Symptoms of haemophillus influenza -ve in CAP
- bronchitis
Epi of moraxellia caterrhalis In CAP
- immunocompromised
- chronic disease
What two conditions increase the risk of HAP caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa
- CF
- bronchiectasis
Which age group does pseudomonas aeruginosa affect more
Young
Epi of s aureus in HAP
- CF
- IVDU
- eld >inf