Pediatric Lung diseases Flashcards
Causes of hypoxia
- Ventilation-Perfusion Mismatch (VQ)
- Hypoventilation
- Shunt
- Diffusion
- Extreme altitude
- Hemoglobinopathies
Compliance =
Minute ventilation =
change in volume/change in pressure
RR x VT
Signs of respiratory distress
1) tachypnea
2) retractions
3) accessory muscle use
4) shortness of breath (trouble talking/crying)
pediatric signs of respiratory distress
in addition to other signs…
1) lethargy
2) poor feeding
3) grunting (closing glottis before end of exhalation)
4) poor weight gain (incr energy and incr work)= chronic
Examples of
1) V/Q mismatch
2) hypoventilation
3) shunt
4) diffusion
5) extreme altitude
6) hemoglobinopathies
1) diffuse pneumonia = viral pneumonia/bronchiolitis
2) sedation/morphine = not breathing enough/deeply enough to clear CO2
3) VSD
4) IPF = thickened interstitium
5) extreme altitude (Denver doesn’t count)
6) methemaglobinemia (interrupt O2 uptake)
Differences in anatomy between children and adults
Difference between children and adult in airway size
Children =
1) higher and more anterior larynx
2) floppy epiglottis
3) weaker intercostals
4) flat diaphragm
1 mm change –> 16 fold incr in resistance (1/r^4)and change surface area
1) lethargy
2) poor feeding
3) grunting (closing glottis before end of exhalation)
4) poor weight gain (incr energy and incr work)= chronic
what do these signs indicate
pediatric respiratory distress
Case #1
Previously healthy 18 month old
2 days of LOW GRADE FEVER + runny nose + STRIDOR + progressively hoarse cough and increased work of breathing + RETRACTIONS
PMH: born full term, never intubated
PE: RR 30 oxygen saturation 97%
growth at the 50th %
croup
Signs and symptoms of upper airway obstruction
EXTRATHORACIC, OBSTRUCTION
1) stridor
2) severe obstruction = drooling, dysphagia, dyspnea
signs and symptoms OF upper airway obstruction
1) stridor
2) severe obstruction = drooling, dysphagia, dyspnea
problems in first 6 weeks of embryology
1) Pulmonary agenesis
2) Tracheoesophageal fistula= if trachea and esophagus
3) Vascular malformationà airway compression
4) Laryngomalacia
what is most common cause of chronic stridor
laryngomalacia
laryngomalacia
1) most common cause of …
1) presents by …
2) worse with
3) better
4) outgrown?
1) chronic stridor
1) 6 weeks
2) eating, crying, activity
= epiglottis floppy and cause OSA or obstruction of feeding –> surgery
3) prone = because epiglottis slips forward
4) outgrown by 1-2 years
Potential problems in 6-16 weeks (pseudoglandular)
1) Airway/Cartilage abnormalities:
Tracheobronchomalacia
congenital lobar overinflation
Assoc with recurrent wheeze (FROM ONE PART OF AIRWAY = MONOPHONIC SOUND), hoarse cough, recurrent illnesses (mucus caught behind closed airway)
below thoracic inlet –> thorax pulled apart so don’t collapse airway breathe in; only out (EXPIRATORY WHEEZE)
Upper airway differences between adult and newborn
In kids, tongue large
epiglottis = large, floppy, high in pharynx, touching soft palate
why is there upper airway difference between adult and newborn?
1) infants breathe through nose for sucking/swallowing
2) changes over 2 years as tongue drops/speech occurs
so upper airway = rpoblem
DDx of acute stridor
1) croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
2) bacterial tracheitis
3) epiglottis
4) laryngeal foreign body
5) scalding
Croup
1) most common form of. …
2) etiology
3) course
1) acute airway obstruction
2) viral (parainfluenza)
3) mild
1) what are signs of foreign body
2) patient group?
3) treatment
1) acute onset cough + stridor + NO FEVER
2) toddler with small objects
3) BLS choking
3 year old who is not immunized with HIGH fevers and acute onset STRIDOR and increased work of breathing (sitting up and forward) + drooling
• PMH: born full term, never intubated (so no damage to airway)
• PE: RR 40 oxygen saturation 88%
growth at the 50th %
Laryngoscopy = epiglottitis
hypoxemic due to hypoventilation
–> takes lots of swelling in upper airway to cause hypoventilation to desaturate
Acute stridor and HIGH FEVERS
ddx (5)
- Bacterial Tracheitis
* Epiglottitis
Define epiglottitis
1) current etiologies?
unimm children
2) incidence peak when…
3) course…
4) how to treat
ALWAYS EMERGENCY 1) unimm = H flu B (usu vaccinated against) Group A strep supraglottis N. meningitidis supraglottis Noninfectious = hot liquid aspiration
2) 2-7 yrs
3) acute fever + stridor with worsening severe for 2-3 days
4) be nice to child
don’t startle or upset —> because narrow airway and can cause laryngospasm
Anatomy and size of ___ in kids and adult is different
upper airway
• 8 month born at 30 weeks presents to the pediatrician with a copious, clear runny nose, cough, fever to 100 and increased respiratory rate (>60 RR). She has taken only about 4 ounces today and has had no wet diapers.
+ EXPIRATORY WHEEZING
- ROS: She is growing well, normal development
- BH: needed oxygen at birth and went home on room air after 6 weeks in the NICU
• PE: Respiratory Rate: 60 (normal 90%)
Weight at the 50th%
CXR shows air trapping problem = lower airway
viral pneumonia or bronchiolitis given age under 1