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Early inspiratory and expiratory crackles are hallmark for…

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Chronic bronchitis

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When do you hear late inspiratory crackles

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Pneumonia, CHF

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When would you hear crackles?

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Associated with lung abnormalities- pneumonia (fluid in lungs), fibrosis. Or in airway disease like bronchitis or bronchiectasis.

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What do wheezes suggest and when do you hear them?

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Narrowed airways- asthma, COPD, bronchitis,

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Rub- when do you hear these?

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Dry crackling, grating, low pitched sound heard in pleurisy when 2 inflamed surfaces slide by one another

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What sounds discontinuous, intermittent, nonmusical, and brief?

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Crackles- fine are brief and discontinuous, coarse are louder, last longer, and lower in pitch

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What sounds continuous, muscal, and prolonged?

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wheezes and rhonchi. Wheezes are high-pitched, rhonchi are low-pitched with snoring quality.

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What do rhonchi suggest?

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Secretions in large airways. Heard in the chest wall where bronchi are, not over any alveoli.

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What would egophony tell you?

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If sounds like “ay” then, lobar consolidation like in pneumonia or fibrosis. If absent, pneumothorax.

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Decreased tactile fremitus

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Emphysema

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Increased tactile fremitus

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Pneumonia

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Types of PFT

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clinical assessment, spirometry, lung volume measurements, maximal respiratory pressure measurements, DLCO

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When would a 6 min walk test show abnormal results?

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When SaO2 decrease more than 4%- further testing needed

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When would post-bronchodilator show good response?

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If FEV1 increases by more than 12%- means patient responding well to that treatment

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Is spirometry good for diagnosing or monitoring asthma?

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monitoring because mild asthmatics have normal spirometry between acute exacerbations

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What is the gold standard for lung volume measurement?

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Body plethysmography

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What does plethysmography measure

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RV, TLC, FRC (functional residual capacity)

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RV and TLC would be ___ in emphysema

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increased because of air trapping and hyperinflated lungs

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RV and TLC ___ in chronic bronchitis

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RV is increased because of air trapping- so more than normal amount of air is still left in lungs after exhalation. TLC is the same.

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What does maximal respiratory pressure measurement measure?

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respiratory muscle WEAKNESS. Maybe that’s why having a hard time breathing.Also helps to figure out why there are decreases in vital capacity.

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Maximal and expiratory pressures are achieved by using what device?

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Blocked mouthpiece

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What is DLCO helpful to diagnose in?

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Restrictive and obstructive lung disease

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Procedure of DLCO

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Inhale deep breath of 0.3% CO and 10% helium. Hold breath for 10 seconds, then exhale quickly. Alveolar sample of exhaled gas is analyzed- see how much CO diffused from alveoli to RBC.

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DLCO increased and decreased in…

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Increased in asthma, decreased in COPD, PE, CF, pulmonary vascular disease, anemia

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Tests that can be done to assess lung function/analysis
PFT, ABG, Radiologic Imaging, measures of oxygenation
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Indications for ABG's
Assess breathing difficulties, monitor treatment response, monitor ventilation, and assess acid-base status
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What is the most common initial screening tool for pulmonary disorders?
CXR
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CT scans with IV contrast benefits
Provide further detail, used to evaluate chest pain, dyspnea, tumor, trauma, pneumothorax
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What is a subset of CT scan w/contrast where the contrast is timed to be present in the vascular system
CT angiography
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Non contrast CT scans
COPD, ILD, bronchiectasis,
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What is normal for resting SaO2?
Greater than or equal to 95%
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A-a oxygen gradient
Difference between the amount of oxygen in the alveoli and the amount of oxygen dissolved in plasma.
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What does a high A-a oxygen gradient show
PE
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Normal PaO2/FiO2 ratio
300-500 mmHg
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When is oxygenation index used?
In neonates with persistent pulmonary HTN of the newborn
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Causes of hypoxemia
V/Q mismatch (PE), hypoventilation, right to left shunt, diffusion impairment, high elevations
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Nasal cannula administers oxygen rates between...
1-6L/min
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Types of masks
Simple, air entrapment masks (Venturi), partial rebreathing, and nonbreathing systems
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What is a Venturi?
Air entrapment mask-more controlled. Not as much exchange between room air and oxygen.
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Supplemental oxygen devices
Nasal cannula, masks, enclosure systems (hoods or tents)
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What supplemental oxygen device would you use for infants?
Hoods or tents (enclosure systems)- passive so not on face
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What device would you use on patient who requires airway assistance but not emergent intubation?
NPPV- noninvasive positive pressure ventilation- COPD, obesity hypoventilation syndrome
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Absolute contraindication for NPPV
Need for emergent intubation
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Relative contraindication for NPPV
If can't cooperate, impaired consciousness, facial trauma or surgery, high aspiration risk, anticipated prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation (should go directly to invasive in this case)
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NPPV types
Standard ICU ventilator, portable ventilator. Interfaces include face mask, nasal mask-better tolerated but not as effective, and nasal plugs
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NPPV modes
CPAP and BIPAP more common. Others- assist control, pressure support ventilation, and proportional assist ventilation
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When to use CPAP vs. BPAP?
Use CPAP in more non-urgent conditions, BiPAp in URGENT conditions.
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CPAP- how does it work?
Patient initiates each breath, ventilator provides continuous positive airway pressure to keep airways open
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How does BiPAP work?
Delivers both inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressure- when patient not able to initiate his/her own breath
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Assist control
Sets the minimal minute ventilation by setting the respiratory rate and tidal volume. patient can still initiate breaths
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Pressure support ventilation
Patient triggers each breath, but can't go all the way so there is pressure support from the ventilation with each breath
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Proportional assist ventilation
provides automatic synchrony between the patient and the ventilatory cycle-delivers inspiratory pressure that is proportional to patient effort
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NPPV monitoring
Monitor closely in 1st 8 hours of therapy
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When is NPPV considered successful?
Improvement in pH and PaCO2 in 30 min-2hours
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What if no improvement in alotted time for NPPV or changes in mental status/agitation?
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
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Benefits of NPPV
Improved mortality rates compared to invasive, decreased need to use invasive mechanical ventilation since you have this as an alternative, and decreased incidence of nosocomial infections
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Disadvantages of NPPV
poorly tolerated by patients, esp face mask
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Invasive positive pressure ventilation indicaions
for insufficient oxygenation and/or ventilation
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Most common pulmonary symptoms seen
cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and hemoptysis
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PE of dyspnea
HEENT, neck, chest, heart, lower extremities
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diagnostic testing of dyspnea
CXR, ABG, spirometry, EKG, cardiac workup
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What will distinguish chest pain from other systems?
Pulmonary/pleural problem-pleuritic chest pain vs. regular chest pain with cardiovascualr, musculoskeletal, GI, psychiatric
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Pleuritic chest pain questions- to differentiate from CV origin
Does it get worse when you take a deep breath in, when you cough, when you change positions?
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PE for chest pain
pulmonary, CV, GI, MS
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DIagnostic tesing for pleuritic chest pain
EKG, cardiac markers helpful to evaluate for cardiac etiology. CXR/CT helpful for pulm, esp if associated pulm symptoms
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Acute cough
less than 3 weeks
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Acute cough cause
Viral- most people will have symptoms resolve in less than 3 weeks
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Cough + dyspnea =
More serious illness- evaluate thoroughly. May be chronic lung disease, CHF, or anemia
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Persistent cough
3-8 weeks
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Chronic cough
more than 8 weeks
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Subacute cough
Post-infectious cough that persists for more than 3 weeks
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Cause of cough
postnasal drip, asthma, COPD, GERD, ace inhibitors, pertussis
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Cough + constitutional symptoms=
carcinoma evaluation
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If history of recurrent cough or complicated infections with
consider bronchiectasis (RECURRENT)
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What are signs of infection?
fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, sputum
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What are signs of consolidation?
crackles, decreased breath sounds, fremitus increased, egophony
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PE for cough
evaluate for sings of infection, consolidation, and cardiac disease
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Diagnostic studies for cough
ABG, pulse ox, CXR, CT, spirometry for airflow, testing for specific infections- sputum cultures, PCR for pertussis
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What is hemoptysis classified as?
Trivial, mild, or massive
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Where can bleeding in hemoptysis originate from?
Airways, pulmonary vasculature, or pulmonary parenchyma
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Diagnostic testing for hemoptysis
CBC, UA, BMP, coag studies, D-Dimer, CXR/CT, Bronchoscopy

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