pneumonia Flashcards
Normal breath sound
Vesicular
Breath sounds heard in pneumonia
Bronchial sound
Tactile fremitus in pneumonia
Increased
Adventitious lung sounds
Crackles Wheezes or rhonchi Stridor Pleural rub Mediastinal crunch
Adventitious sound:
It results from series of tiny explosions when small airways pop open, or air bubbles flowing thru the secretions or lightly closed airways during respiration
Crackles
Adventitious sound:
It occurs when air flows rapidly thru bronchi that are narrowed nearly to the point of closure
Wheezes or rhonchi
Adventitious sound:
Wheeze that is entirely or predominantly Inspiratory. It indicates partial obstruction of larynx or trachea.
Stridor
Adventitious sound:
Inflamed and roughened pleural surfaces grate against each other as they momentarily and repeatedly delayed by increased friction. Movement produce creaking sound
Pleural rub
Adventitious sound:
Series of precordial crackles synchronous with heart beat, not with respiration
Mediastinal crunch
Adventitious lung sound heard in pneumonia
Bacterial: crackles
Viral: wheezes
Percussion note in pneumonia
Dull in airless area
How to diagnose pneumonia
- Epidemiological aspect: Classify if CAP or HAP
- Age
- X-ray
- PE
- History
Acquiring infection in respiratory due to digestive bacteria
Aspiration
Aspiration may be obtained thru / by
- Unconscious person
- Drug overdose
- Sleeping
.4. Repeated vomiting - Lost of laryngeal/ pharyngeal muscle control
Dense area in the lungs
Consolidation, diffused
Most common COPD-associated pathogens in pneumonia
Haemophilus influenza
Moraxella catarrhalis
Viruses that cause pneumonia
Parainfluenza virus
Adenovirus
Influenza virus
RSV
Organisms that cause patchy infiltrates
SAMPLE Staph aureus Anaerobes Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumocystis jiroveci Pseudomonas aeroginosa Legionella pneumophila E.coli
Organisms that cause lobar consolidation
SHaKLaM Strep.pneumoniae H. influenza Klebsiella pneumoniae Mortadella catarrhal is
Common responsible organism in organ transplant patient
CMV
Most common alcohol-associated organism
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Strep. Pneumoniae
Most common CAP organism
Strep. Pneumoniae
Most common Atypical CAP organism
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Most common influenza-associated CAP organism
Staph. Aureus
HAP organisms
Pseudomonas aeroginosa
E.coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Staph. Aureus
With characteristic rusty colored sputum
Step pneumoniae
With characteristic foul smelling sputum
Anaerobes
Mechanical and structural host defenses
Cough/gag reflex Airway branching Mucociliary clearance Nose Normal oropharyngeal flora