Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children Flashcards

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What are common bacterial agents that cause infections?

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strep pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catrrhalis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, chlamydia pneumoniae,

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What are comon viral agents that cause infection?

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RSV, parainfleunza III, influenze A and B, adenovirus

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What are the principles of management of a LRTI?

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Make a diagnosis, Asess the patient (oxygenation, hydration, nutrition), to treat or not to treat

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What is tracheitis?

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it is croup which doesnt get better, inflammation of the trachea.

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What are the symptoms of tracheitis?

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Barking cough, stridor, fever and sickness
Fever, sick child
Swollen tracheal wall, narrowed tracheal lumen, luminal debris

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What bacteria causes tracheitis?

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Staph or strep

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What is an endobronchial infection?

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An infection inside the airway

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What are the symptoms of bronchitis?

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loose rattly cough started off with an URTI with an end of the cough there is vomit (post tussive vomit)

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What bacteria cause bronchitis?

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Pneumococcus and Haemophilus

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What is the mechanism of bacterial bronchitis?

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Distrubed mucociliary clearance, lack of social inhibition, bacterial overgrowth is secondary.

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How are bacterial infections transmitted during winter?

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The respiratory virus is picked up, mucociliary escalator switches off for up to 4 weeks, cough and rattle, mucociliary escalator slowly recovers.

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What is the natural history of bacterial bronchitis?

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It follows URTI, lasts 4 weeks, 60-80% respond to antibiotics.

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What URTI does bronchitis follow?

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Rhinovirus

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How does the cough morbidity vary with each winter?

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First winter - bad, second winter better, Third winter - fine

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What is the diagnosis for bacterial bronchitis?

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Make a diagnosis, Reassure (parents and grandparents), Do not treat

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How does bronchitis differ from bronchiolitis?

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Bronchitis is the infection of the large airways and bronchiolitis is the infection of the small airways

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What is bronchiolitis?

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It is a LTRI of infants

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What percentage of infants does bronchiolitis affect?

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30 - 40%

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What are the common viruses that cause bronchiolitis?

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Respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza, human metanuma virus

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What are the symptoms of bronchiolitis?

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Stiuffy nose, tachypnoae, poor feeding

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Why do infants feed poorly when they have bronchiolits?

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They’ve only got one orifice through which they feed and breath with a nose block and that is their mouth.

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What might you hear during an examination of a infant that has bronchiolitis?

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Crackles +/- wheezes

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What are the management techniques of bronchiolitis?

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Maximal observation, minimal intervention

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What are the investigations carried out during bronchiolitis?

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NPA

Oxygen saturation

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What is a lower respiratory tract infection often characterised by?
48-hour history of fever, SOB, cough and often grunting
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What does wheeze rule out in LRTIS?
Wheeze makes the bacterial cause unlikely.
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What are the infective agents of LRTIs
Virus and commensal bacteria/bacterium, mycoplasma, Chlamydia.
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When are you allowed to call in pneumonia?
Signs are focal in one area (Left lower zone) Craputations High Fever (otherwise call it a LRTI)
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What are the management methods for pneumonia?
Nothing if the symptoms are mild Oral Amoxycillin first line Oral Macrolide second choice Only for iv if vomiting
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What are the benefits of oral antibiotics?
Shorter hospital stay, Cheaper
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What vaccination do to the risk and severity of pertussis?
It reduces the risk and severity
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What is pertussis characterised by?
• Coughing fits, vomiting and color change
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What is empyema?
• The complication of pneumonia, extension of the infection into pleural space.
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What are the treatments for empyaema?
• Antibiotics +/- drainage
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What is the treatment for tracheitis?
Augmentin
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What the most common cause of LRTI in infancy?
Bronchiolitis
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What is the peak incidence of bronchiolitis?
3 months
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What separates bronchiolitis from asthma?
Bronchiolitis is a 2 week infection from start to finish, asthma is recurrent
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What are the relevant investigations for bronchiolitis?
Nasopharyngel aspiration, Oxygen saturasion to determine severity
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What does NPA involve?
A catheter (or tube) is inserted a short distance into your child’s nose (this should occur with minimal discomfort to your child). · Gentle suction is used to collect some mucus. · The mucus is then sent to the laboratory for testing
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How can you confirm a lower respiratory tract infection?
Reduced or bronchial breath sounds
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What are the possible investigations for community acquired pneumonia?
CXR and inflammatory makers NOT routine
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What is the management for community acquired pneumonia?
``` –Nothing if symptoms are mild –(always offer to review if things get worse!) –Oral Amoxycillin first line –Oral Macrolide second choice –Only for iv if vomiting ```
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When would you consider antibiotics for an LRTI?
After 48 hour history exist
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What is the treatment for empyema?
Antibiotics and drainage