Miscellaneous 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Light’s criteria
A
1) Pleural fluid to serum protein ratio grater than 0.5
2) LDH to serum LDH greater than 0.6
3) pleural fluid LDH greater than 2-3s upper limit of normal serum LDH
2
Q
Causes of exudative effusions
A
- infection
- malignancy
- pancreatitis
- PE
3
Q
Renally protective diabetes drugs
A
SGLT2
4
Q
Churg strauss clinical features
A
- asthma, allergic rhinitis, recurrent sinusitis
- lungs and digestive tract
- migratory polyarthritis
5
Q
Chronic eosinophilic PNA
A
- bilateral pleural based infiltrates
- upper and lower
- central lung regions and perihilar regions spared
6
Q
CSF protein with viral meningitis
A
normal to mildly elevated
7
Q
cell differential in viral vs. bacterial meningitis
A
- viral = lymphocyte predominant
- bacterial = neutrophil predominant
