Misc lung diseases Flashcards
2 classification of hemodynamic causes of pulmonary edema
Increased hydrostatic pressure
Decreased oncotic pressure
Lymphatic obstruction
Causes of increased hydrostatic pressure leading to pulmonary edema
LHF
Volume overload
Pulmonary vein obstruction
Causes of decreased oncotic pressure leading to pulmonary edema
Hypoalbuminemia
Nephrotic syndrome
Liver disease
Protein-losing enteropathies
Direct alveolar wall injury causes leading to pulmonary edema
Infections
Inhaled gasses
Liquid aspiration
Radiation
Lung trauma
Indirect alveolar wall injury causes leading to pulmonary edema
Systemic inflammatory response
Blood transfusion related
Drugs and chemicals
Abrupt onset of hypoxemia and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates in the absence of cardiac failure
Acute lung injury and ARDS
Most important causes of ARDS
Sepsis
Diffuse pulmonary infections
Gastric aspiration
Mechanical trauma, including head injuries
Diagnostic criteria for mild ARDS
PaO2/FIO2 between 200-300 mmHg
Diagnostic criteria for moderate ARDS
PaO2/FIO2 between 100-200 mmHg
Diagnostic criteria for severe ARDS
PaO2/FIO2 </= 100 mmHg
Microscopy findings in proliferative phase of ARDS
Proliferation of type II pneumocytes and granulation tissue formation
Microscopy shows alveolar wall lined by waxy hyaline membranes. There is fibrin rich edema fluid mixed with cytoplasmic and lipid remnants of necrotic epithelial cells.
ARDS - exudative phase
Complications of ARDS
Sepsis, multiorgan failure, and death
Interstitial fibrosis and restrictive lung disease
Disease characterized by a layer of hyaline proteinaceous material deposited in the peripheral airspaces of neonates
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS)
Risk factors for NRDS
Preterm
Male
Maternal DM
C section
Reason that maternal DM is a risk factor for NRDS
Treatment with insulin –> insulin inhibits surfactant synthesis
These cells produce surfactant
Type II alveolar cells/pneumocytes
When is production of surfactant accelerated during gestation?
After wk 35
CXR findings in NRDS
Reticulogranular densities
Medication given to mother to induce fetal lung maturation
Corticosteroid
Useful marker of fetal lung maturity
Amniotic fluid phospholipid levels
When is prophylactic administration of exogenous surfactant given at birth?
Neonate <28 wks
Complications associated with high concentration of ventilatory administered oxygen in neonates
ROP
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Emphysema and pneumothorax
Growth factor associated with ROP
VEGF
Decrease in alveolar septation and a dysmorphic capillary configuration, a complication associated with NRDS
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Infants who recover from NRDS are at an increased risk for what?
PDA
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Conditions predisposing to HAPE at altitudes below 2500 m
Increased pulmonary blood flow
Pulmonary HTN
Increased pulmonary vascular reactivity
Causes of central sleep apnea
Stroke
Neuromuscular disease
Narcotics
ABG findings in sleep apnea
Increased bicarbonate
Complications associated with sleep apnea
Systemic and/or pulmonary HTN
Arrhythmias
Increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Mild polycythemia
Sudden death
Characteristic of Pickwickian syndrome that separates it from OSA
Diurnal hypercapnia
Atelectasis that occurs due to airway obstruction
Resorption/obstructive
Causes of obstructive atelectasis
Mucus plugs
Aspiration of foreign bodies
Tumor fragments
Mediastinum shifts toward affected lung
Atelectasis that occurs from fluid, tumor, or air accumulation within the pleural cavity
Compression
Which way will the mediastinum shift in compression atelectasis?
Away from affected lung
Atelectasis type that occurs from focal or general pulmonary or pleural fibrosis prevents full lung expansion
Contraction
Atelectasis type that occurs in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome
Patchy or micro
Only non-reversible type of atelectasis
Contraction
Common cause of pleural effusion caused by increased hydrostatic pressure
CHF
Common cause of pleural effusion caused by increased vascular permeability
Pneumonia
Common cause of pleural effusion caused by decreased osmotic pressure
Nephrotic syndrome
Common cause of pleural effusion caused by increased intrapleural negative pressure
Atelectasis
Causes of hemothorax
Chest injury
Ruptured aortic aneurysm
Causes of transudate hydrothorax
Liver failure
Cardiac failure
Renal failure
Causes of exudate hydrothorax
Tumor
Infection
Inflammation
Causes of chylothorax
Neoplastic obstruction of thoracic lymphatics
Tracheal deviation in pleural effusion
Away from affected lung
Physical exam findings in pleural effusion
Dullness to percussion
Decreased breath sounds
Decreased tactile fremitus
Light’s criteria
Pleural fluid protein/serum protein > 0.5
Pleural LDH/serum LDH >0.6
Pleural fluid LDH greater than 2/3 the upper limit of serum LDH
Elevated RBC count in pleural effusion exudate is indicative of what origin?
Traumatic or malignant
Elevated WBC count in pleural effusion exudate is indicative of what origin?
Empyema
Elevated eosinophil count in pleural effusion exudate is indicative of what origin?
Collagen vascular disease
Pleural air
Blood
If pleural effusion exudate pH is <7.2 what is indicated about its origin?
Malignancy
RA
Infection
If amylase is elevated in pleural effusion exudate what is indicated about its origin?
Esophageal rupture
Acute pancreatitis
In what type of pleural effusion is triglyceride levels elevated?
Chylothorax
Treatment required for pneumothorax
Needle thoracostomy to relieve pressure
Hyperresonance on percussion with decreased breath sounds and decreased tactile fremitus
Pneumothorax
Focal protrusion of edematous, inflamed nasal mucosa
Nasal polyp
Microscopy shows edematous finger-like masses lined by epithelium with fibrovascular core, and edema and eosinophil rich inflammatory infiltrate
Nasal polyp
Benign, highly vascularized tumor of the posterolateral wall of the roof of the nasal cavity. Seen exclusively in fair, red-headed, adolescent males.
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Microscopy findings in nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Slit-like vascular structures in collagenous stroma
Malignant tumor of nasopharyngeal epithelium associated with EBV and diets rich in nitrosamines
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Demographic associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
African children
Chinese adults
Standard treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Radiotherapy
Occupational risk factor for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Wood dust exposure
3 microscopic patterns of nasopharyngeal caricnoma
Keratinizing SCC
Non-keratinizing SCC
Undifferentiated/basaloid carcinoma
Microscopic features of reactive nodules of the larynx
Loose myxoid tissue covered by squamous epithelium
Squamous benign neoplasms located on the true vocal cords associated with HPV 6 and HPV 11
Squamous papilloma and papillomatosis
Microscopy of larynx lesion shows multiple finger-like projections supported by central fibrovascular cores and covered by stratified squamous epithlium
Squamous papilloma and papillomatosis
Soft, raspberry-like proliferations on the true vocal cords
Squamous papilloma and papillomatosis
Risk factors for carcinoma of the larynx
Smoking
Alcohol
Asbestos
Irradiation
HPV
Large, ulcerated, fungating lesion involving the vocal cord and pyriform sinus, commonly in men in their 60s
Carcinoma of the larynx