Pulm 8 - all kinds of pneumonia

Question 1

What do you call ARDS without an obvious inciting factor?

Answer 1

Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP)

Question 2

predominant WBC on BAL in acute interstitial pneumonia

Answer 2

Neutrophils

Question 3

histologic pattern of acute interstitial pneumonia

Answer 3

DAD (w/ intra-alveolar hyaline membranes & temporal uniformity)

Question 4

typical age for acute interstitial pneumonia pt

Answer 4

50-55 yrs

Question 5

Tx for acute interstitial pneumonia

Answer 5

supportive care :(

Question 6

mortality rate for acute interstitial pneumonia

Answer 6

50-70%

Question 7

Tx for acute eosinophilic pneumonia

Answer 7

steroids!

Question 8

obligatory criteria for ABPA Dx (2)

Answer 8

IgE >1000 IU/mL & allergy test (+) for Aspergillus (skin test or IgE)

Question 9

Atypical pneumonia to consider in brain tumor pts (esp. on steroids)

Answer 9

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 10

Type of immunosuppression that predisposes to CMV

Answer 10

T-cell immunosuppression/-deficiency