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Pleural Dz Flashcards

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Pleura

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Serous membrane

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Viscerla pleura

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covers the lungs and adjoining structures (blood vessels, bronchi, nerves)

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Parietal Pleura

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  • attached to the chest wall

- covers the diaphragm

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Pleural cavity

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  • Potential space between the two pleurae

- Allows smooth inhalation and exhalation, the fluid prevents friction

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Costal pleura

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Lines inner ribs

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Diaphragmatic Pleura

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lines diaphragm

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Costodiaphragmatic Recesses

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-Spaces between costal and diaphragmatic pleura

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Pleuritis causes

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Infection:

  1. Viral*
  2. Bacterial
  3. Fungal
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Pleuritis clinical presentation

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  1. SHARP CP- Aggravated by breathing, coughing, sneezing
  2. Fever, chills
  3. Cough
  4. SOB
    * depends on underlying cause
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Pleuritis PEx

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Pleural friction rub

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Pleuritis Treatment

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  1. NSAIDS: Naproxen
  2. Steroids: Prednison-For refractory pain
  3. Proton Pump Inhibitor: Omeprazole- prophylactic tx of GI upset due to NSAIDS
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What is often the presenting sx in Lupus pleuritis

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Pleurisy!

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Lupus pleuritis diagnostics

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  1. Serologic testing for SLE: ANA, anti-dsDNA
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Lupus pleuritis Tx

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NSAIDS

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Rheumatoid pleuritic common signs

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  1. Pleuritic CP
  2. Fever
  3. +/- Dyspnea
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Rheumatoid pleuritic causes

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  1. Exudative “rheumatoid” effusion
  2. Drug-induced pleuritis: methotrexate, infliximab
  3. Empyema
  4. Bronchopleural fistula
  5. Hemopneumothorax
  6. Pyopneumothorax
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What is the most common pleural dz?

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Pleural effusion

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What is pleural effusion a result of?

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  1. Excess fluid production AND/OR

2. Decreased lymphatic absorption

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What are the 4 major causes of pleural effusions

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  1. Congestive heart failure
  2. Pneumonia
  3. Malignancy
  4. Pulmonary embolism
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What are the two distinct categories of pleural effusions?

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  1. Transudative effusions

2. Exudative effusions

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Pleural effusion clinical presentation

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  1. Dyspnea
  2. Cough
  3. Pleuritic chest pain
    * Variability depending on underlying disease
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Pleural effusion PEx

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  1. Dullness to percussion
  2. Decreased or absent tactile
    fremitus
  3. Decreased breath sounds
  4. No voice transmission
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23
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What is the best CXR view for pleural effusion?

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CXR in lateral decubitus view

  • can detect as little as 50cc of fluid
  • more sensitive
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CXR findings

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  1. Blunt costophrenic angle

2. Meniscus laterally

25
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What is more sensitive than CXR in diagnosing a pleural effusion?

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CT chest

  • Detect as little as 2-10cc fluid
  • Distinguish pleural thickening from fluid
26
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When would you consider a CT angiogram?

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Rule out PE

27
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What do we use Lights criteria for?

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differentiate between transudative fluid vs. exudative fluid

28
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How sensitive is cytology analysis of pleural fluid?

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60%

Look for malignancy this way

29
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Indications for thoracentesis

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  1. Newly detected pleural effusion- for diagnostic purposes
  2. Therapeutic sx relief
  3. Imaging suggest complicated effusion (located)
  4. Empyema
  5. Atypical features of CHF
30
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When is a thoracentesis contraindicated?

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Small volume fluids= <1 cm thickness on a lateral decubitus film

31
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What is one of the main complication of a thoracentesis?

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Pneumothorax

32
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Transudative effusions

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Result from systemic imbalances in hydrostatic

and oncotic forces

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Causes for Transudative effusions

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  1. Heart Failure
  2. Nephrotic syndrome
  3. Hepatic hydrothorax
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Exudative effusions

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Pleural capillary permeability ↑ leading to elevated protein/cellular content

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Causes for Exudative effusions

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  1. Malignancy
  2. Infectious
  3. PE
  4. Postcardiac injury
36
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Chylothorax

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Build up up cholesterol

37
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long term management of pleural effusion

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  1. PRN thoracentesis
  2. PleurX catheter- Refactory effusions
  3. Pleurodesis: Surgical and Chemical (Talc, Bleomycin)
38
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Pneumothorax

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  • Presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity

- Usually spontaneous

39
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Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP)

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Occurs without a precipitating event in a person without known lung disease

40
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Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (SSP)

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Occurs as complication of an underlying lung disease

41
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What is the #1 cause for Pneumothorax?

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Smoking= 91%

42
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What is the most common population of a spontaneous Pneumothorax?

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Tall, thin, young men from age 20-40

43
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax clinical presentation

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Sudden onset of dyspnea (80%) and pleuritic CP (90%)***

44
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Indication for CT chest in a Spontaneous Pneumothorax

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  1. Differentiate pneumothorax from large subpleural bullae
  2. Evaluate for underlying lung pathology
    3.
45
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What indicates a Spontaneous Pneumothorax on an US?

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Absence of “sliding lung sign”

46
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Define what a small pneumothorax is and treatment

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< or equal to 2-3 cm= Observe

47
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Define what a large pneumothorax is and treatment?

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> 3 cm

Needle aspiration

48
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Indication for chest tube

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  1. No response to needle aspiration
  2. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP)
  3. Recurrent PSP
  4. Hemothorax
49
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What is a Video Assisted Thoracoscopy? (VATS)

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Pleurodesis by:

  1. Pleural abrasion
  2. Partial pleurectomy
50
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Indications for VATS

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  1. Persistent air leakr
  2. Recurrence
  3. Chest tube required on first occurrence
  4. Job where recurrence could be harmful to others (ie. Pilot), 4. bleb/bullae resection (COPD pt)
51
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Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax treatment

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  1. Hospitalized

2. Chest tube> Thoracentesis

52
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Tension Pneumothorax clinical presentation

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  1. Worsening dyspnea
  2. Hypotension
  3. Diminished BS
  4. Distended neck veins
  5. Tracheal deviation
53
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Tension Pneumothorax Treatment

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IMMEDIATE decompression

Chest tube

54
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Tension Pneumothorax CXR findings

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  1. Mediastinal shift and tracheal
    deviation to contralateral side
  2. Ipsilateral flattening or
    inversion of diaphragm
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Hallmark clinical presentation of acute respiratory distress

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  1. Bilateral radiographic opacities
  2. Hypoxemia
  3. Significant SOB 6-72 hrs after inciting event
56
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Hallmark pathologic findings acute respiratory distress

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Diffuse alveolar damage

57
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CXR findings in acute respiratory distress

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  1. Diffuse or patchy B/L infiltrates

2. Usu. spare the costophrenic angles

58
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Acute respiratory distress diagnostics

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ABG:

  • Hypoxemia
  • acute respiratory alkalosis
  • PaO2/FiO2 < 300 mm Hg
  • Increased alveolar-arterial oxygen (A-a) gradient
59
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Acute respiratory distress treatment

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  1. Intubation
  2. Mechanical ventilation
  3. Prone positioning in bed
  4. DVT and GI prophylaxis
    * HIGH MORTALITY

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