Pulm Flashcards
RDS
Surfactant
XR ground glass, air bronchograms
DDX transient tachypnea of newborn (XR fluid interlobar fissures, hyperinflation), persistent pulm HTN (XR dec pulm vasc markings)
Croup
Inhaled dex —> inhaled racemic epi
Transient tachypnea of newborn
Impaired reabs alv fluid, clear breath sounds, XR fluid in interlobar fissures, hyperinflation
Maternal DM
RDS
Epiglottitis
Hib
Intubate if unstable
Abx
Immunization
CF v primary cilliary diskinesia
CF panc sx, failure to thrive
PCD 50% situs inversus, nl growth
Exudate v transudate
Exudate = Pl prot > 1/2 serum, pl LDH > 60
Chothorax thoracic duct (after cardiac surg, triglycerides, lymphocytes), infx (low glucose, neutrophils)
Transudate nephrosis, high pulm vasc pressure (heart failure, PE), hep hydrothorax
Cor pulmonale
Lung disease, big liver, split S2=increased pulm pressure
CF in an older kid
Interstitial lung dz, clubbing, cyanosis