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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Flashcards

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When in the year are LRTIs most common?

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Winter

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How does incidence of LRTI vary with age?

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Very common in small kids
Drops off in kids>5
Then Increases with age

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What is happening in Acute bronchitis?

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The bronchi are temporarily inflamed

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What are the symptoms of Acute acute bronchitis?

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Cough
Infected Sputum (green/yellow)
Wheeze
Fever
Shortness of Breath
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What causes Acute Bronchitis?

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An infection of the lungs, 90% of cases its viral

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What bacteria are known to cause Acute Bronchitis?

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Strep. Pneumoniae
Haemophilus Influenzae
Moraxella Catarrhalis

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What part of the lung is affected by Pnuemonia?

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The parenchyma, i,e, alveoli

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What symptoms come with pneumonia?

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Breathlessness
Pleuritic chest pain/pluerisy
Cough often with infected sputum
Fever
Sweating/Shivering
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How does a CXR look for someone with lobar pneumonia?

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Large isolated sections of consolidation

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How does a CXR look for someone with bronchopneumonia?

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Patchy consolidation all over the lungs

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How serious a killer is pneumonia?

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The uks 2nd highest killer with a hospital mortality of 6-15%

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What is bronchiectasis?

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Permanent Abnormal dilatation of the bronchi which allows mucous to build up leading to chronic sepsis

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What are some common causes for bronchiectasis?

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  • Immunoglobulin deficiencies
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Following severe infectious episodes like pneumonia and TB
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What can bronchiectasis increase susceptibility to?

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Frequent lung infections, including recurrent pneumonia

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What are the common symptoms of bronchiectasis??

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Cough
Large scale sputum production
Copious pus formed
Occasional haemoptysis (couhing blood)
Frequent Chest infections
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What other signs are there of bronchiectasis?

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Clubbing

Lung crackles on both inspirtaiton and expiration

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What kind of investigations can be used for bronchiectasis?

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  • A sputum culture to show up resistant organisms like psuedomonas and klebsiella
  • Spirometry to show the level of airflow obstruction caused by the mucous/sepsis
  • CXR or CT
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What would a CXR of bronchiectasis show?

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Possibly nothing

In extreme cases cystic “tramlines” of the enlarged bronchi are visible

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What would a CT of bronchiectasis show?

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Outlines of dilated bronchi

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What is the main diagnostic test for bronchiectasis?

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A high resolution CT

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How does an empyema form?

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  • Fluid collects between pleura during pneumonia

- Microorganisms can inefct this fluid leading to pus formation and empyema

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How do we distinguish between pleural effusion and empyema?

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The fluid is collected with a needle and examined

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How are pleural effusion and empyema treated?

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An empyema must be drained completely, sometimes surgically, otherwise the infection persists.
A pleural effusion need only be drained if theres symptoms or it wont resolve.

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Why catn antibiotics treat an empyema?

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They dont penetrate the pleural cavity well

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How does a lung abscess form?
During pneumonia pulmonary tissue necrosis occurs a pocket of infected fluid/debris forms
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How do we confirm a lung abscess diagnosis?
Chest CT. | A CXR can see them but not sufficiently for diagnosis.
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When does a lung abscess tend to occur?
In aspiration pneumonia. Alcoholism is the most common predisposing condition to lung abscesses
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How is a lung abscess treated?
With long-term antibiotics or sometimes drainage
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What are the 3 "levels" of microorgansism pathogenicity?
- Primary - Facultative - Opportunistic
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What 3 factors feed into a lung infection?
- Microorganism pathogenicity - Capacity to resist infection (host defences and age) - Exposure to infection
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What are the 5 categories of host defence to lung infection?
- Mucocilliary escalator - Alveolar macrophages - Respiratory tract secretion - General immune system - Upper respiratory tract defences
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What do alveolar macrophages do to defend the lungs?
They phagocytose and digest any little foreign particle fucker that gets into the alveoli
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How does the mucocilliary escalator work?
macrophage ingests something undigestible Hops onto mucous Swept up by cilia (along with any foreign particles stuck in the mucous) Swallowed (clearing throat) or coughed up
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How is the escalator damaged?
A viral infection can damage the ciliary epithelium preventing it from working and allowing infection ot take root.
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What do respiratory tract secretions do?
Help the mucocilliary escalator work | Contain important anti-bacterial compounds
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How does the upper respiratory tract protect us?
- The nose filters large particles - particles stick to mucous and are swept away by cilia - Warms and humidifies air which is imporattn to escalator function
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What are the 6 aetiological classes of pneumonia?
- Community acquired (CAP) - Hospital acquired (Nosocomial) - Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised - Atypical - Aspiration pneumonia - Recurrent pneumonia
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What causes consolidation on a pneumonia CXR?
Inflamed bronchioles and alveoli fill with suppurative exudate
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What are hte possible end points for pneumonia?
- Most resolve - PLeursy/pleural effusion/empyema - Organistion & Scarring - Lung abscess - Bronchiecstasis
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What types of organistion can occur after pneumonia?
A mass lesion Constrictive bronchiolitis Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP)
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Name some microorganisms commonly causing LRTIs:
``` Strep Pneumoniae Haemophilus Influenzae Klebsiella Pseuodomonas Staph Aureus ```
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What causes recurrent pneumonia?
Failure of the bodies defences due to: - Local bronchial obstruction (tumour,forien body etc) - Local pulmonary damage (e.g. bronchiecstasis) - Generalised lung disease (Cystic fibrosis, COPD) - Non-resp. disease (Aspiration, immunocompromised etc)
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What are the biggest causative organisms for community acquired pneumonia?
Strep Pneumoniae | Staph Aureus
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What are the bigest causative organisms for noscomial pneumonia?
Gram -ves | Staph Aureus
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Name some ways aspirating fluid is caused?
- Vomiting - Oesophageal lesion - Obstetric anaesthesia - Neuromuscular disorders - Sedation
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What is hypostatic pneumonia?
Pneumonia caused by a build up of fluid in the lungs dorsal region. particularly in people bedridden.

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