Pulm SAS and Misc. Review Flashcards
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Is the following consistent with hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
Upper lobe nodules
Yes
Community acquired pneumonia with dense consolidation is most likely caused by…
- H. influenzae*
- S. pneumoniae*
If a patient with this CT had a history of smoking but no other exposures or significant laboratory findings, what is the most likely diagnosis?
IPF
Idiopathic = no clear cause of the lung disease
Is the following consistent with a UIP pattern on HRCT?
Diffuse ground glass
No
Is this consistent with sarcoidosis?
Occurs exclusively in smokers
No
You are rounding on the pulmonary consult service and asked to evaluate a patient with an abnormal chest CT. The CT shows diffuse interlobular septal thickening. This radiographic abnormality can be caused by pathology in which structures?
Lymphatics and pulmonary veins
Which fungal pneumonia is characterized by “halo sign” on CT?
Aspergillosis
The patient with the solid flow-folume loop has isovolume flows that are _____ compared to a healthy lung (dotted line)
The patient with the solid flow-folume loop has isovolume flows that are high compared to a healthy lung (dotted line)
This is indicative of restrictive physiology
You are caring for a mechanically ventilated patient in the ICU with pneumonia. She is deeply sedated and paralyzed. Her tidal volume is set to 600 mL and her RR is 10. What happens if you change her settings to a tidal volume of 200 mL and a RR of 30?
A. You have lowered V̇A
B. Nothing, V̇E is unchanged
C. You have lowered V̇D
D. You have increased V̇E
A. You have lowered V̇A
Is the following consistent with hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
Lymphocystic infiltrate
Yes
For mechanically ventilated patients, we try to keep transpulmonary pressure < 25 – 30 cmH2O to not injure the delicate alveolar capillary barrier.
You are managing a patient whose Palv (plateau pressure) is set to 20 cm H2O. Over the course of the day, he develops large bilateral pleural effusions
What is true about the patient’s management?
A. Palv can likely be safely raised
B. Palv should be lowered
C. Palv should be kept the same
A. Palv can likely be safely raised
- The patient has pleural effusion - fluid in the pleural space
- Alveolar pressure should be raised to compensate
Transpulmonary pressure = Palv - Pip
Normal: 20 - (-5) = 25
This paient: 20 - (some number >-5) = <25
Palv should be increased in order to maintain transpulmonary pressure
What drug is most often implicated (as far as this module goes) in drug-induced ILD?
Amiodarone
Any patient with an abnormal HRCT who is taking amiodarone can be assumed to have drug-induced ILD
How does hypoalbuminemia cause edema?
Hypoalbuminemia = few proteins in the serum, resulting in low oncotic pressure in the capillaries. This can cause leakage of fluid out of the capillaries into the interstitium, leading to edema
Is this pattern nodular or reticular
Nodular
In a patient with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, what would you expect to find on lung biopsy?
Loosly formed, non-caseating granulomas
If this x-ray is from a 68-year-old male in the MICU with septic shock following cholangitis has this chest x-ray. He is refractory to oxgyen, does not have elevated filling pressures, and is not taking drugs toxic to the heart.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
If he had the exact same thing without the cholangitis, what would be the most likely diagnosis?
Most likely = ARDS
Most likely if no inciting incident = Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
(AIP = Idiopathic ARDS)
Pathologic findings of loosely formed, non-caseating granulomas would increase suspicion for which ILD?
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP)
Neutrohpilic exudate in a pleural effusion is associated wtih…
Infection (ex: bacterial pneumonia)
Which PH group affects location C?
Group 3 - Pulmonary Hypertension Owing to Lung Disease
What is lymphangitic carcinomatosis?
Dilation of lymphatic channels
May indicate widespread malignancy or pulmonary venous hypertension
A patient is experiencing pulmonary edema. The edema fluid is low in proteins
What is causing the edema?
If the edema fluid is low in proteins, fluid is leaking out of the microvasculature due to high intravascular hydrostatic pressure
Proteins are prevented from crossing the intact endothelial barrier, resulting in low-protein fluid in the interstitial space
Is vomiting associated with metabolic acidosis or metabolic alkalosis?
Metabolic alkalosis (chloride responsive)
Which PH group affects location A?
Group 4 - Chronic Thromoboembolic Pulmonary HTN
A lung cancer with lots of bright pink keratin is most likely which kind of cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma
What are the common driver mutations of adenocarcinoma?
ALK and EGFR
What is the most worrisome pathology if a patient has high minute ventilation but normal to high PaCO2?
Pulmonary embolism
High ventilation usually results in low CO2 because you breathe it off
However, if CO2 is normal or elevated when a patient is hyperventilating, it indicates the presence of dead space.
There are a number of cuases for this, but the most worrisome is dead space
What causes “high pressure” aka “cardiogenic” pulmonary edema?
High intravascular hydrostatic pressure pushes fluid out of the microvasculature, usually due to left heart problems
What is the DDx for hypoxemia with a large A-a difference?
(A-a > 10 is abnormal)
- Shunt
- Pulmonary: V/Q = 0
- Blood, pus, water, atelectasis
- Pulmonary: V/Q = 0
- Ventilation/Perfusion mismatch
- V/Q is low but not zero
- COPD
- Asthma
- PE
- V/Q is low but not zero
- Diffusion impairment
- ILD
- Emphysema
Which vessels in the lung become enlarged when a patient has left heart failure?
What will you see on an HRCT?
Left heart failure = increased left atrial pressure
- > Increased pulmonary vein size
- > Interlobular septal thickening
How does the Starling Equation change in ARDS vs. normal?
Starling equation:
QE = KF [(Pmv - Pis) - σ (πmv - πis)]
In ARDS, σ -> 0; there is no oncotic pressure sucking fluid back into the capillary
Hydrostatic pressure pushes fluid out of the capillary into the interstitial space
Is this consistent with sarcoidosis?
Multi-system involvement
Yes
Based on this volume-time curve, what medication will this patient likely need?
This patient is showing signs of obstructive physiology
If COPD: LAMA or LABA (bronchodilators), combine if symptoms persist, add ICS if high risk of exacerbation
If asthma: Control with ICS, add LABA if poorly controlled on ICS
When fluid starts to fill a normally air-filled structure, what sign are you likely to see on x-ray?
Silhouette Sign
You will not see a clear border between the heart and the fluid-filled lung
Which occupational lung disese is this chest x-ray significant for?
Sillicosis with progressive massive fibrosis
or
Coal miners pneumocosis with progressive massive fibrosis
Diagnose based off of clinical histor
What usually mediates indirect injury to the lung?
Cytokines
Is the following consistent with a UIP pattern on HRCT?
Diffuse nodules
No
What is the prototypical example of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema?
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Which pulmonary hypertension group is most prevalent?
Group 2 - Pulmonary venous hypertension
Group 2 > Group 3 > Group 4 > Group 1
(owing to left heart disease)
Which PH group affects location B?
Group 1 - Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
A 35-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Department with pleuritic chest pain. She has had symptoms of a viral respiratory tract infection for the past 5 days. She is tachycardic with a heart rate of 110 beats per minute. Her other vital signs are normal and she appears comfortable. Based on your history and physical exam, you calculate a Wells score of 1.5.
What is the appropriate next step to evaluate for pulmonary embolism?
Obtain a D-dimer
If >500 ng/mL, start anticoagulants and order CTPA
If <500 ng/mL, no further testing is needed
Which variable is most strongly correlated with outcome in CF?
A. Genetics
B. Number of affected organs
C. Severity of diabetes
D. Lung function
D. Lung function
A patient with the following chest x-ray has a shunt of some kind
He has no JVD and his lower extermities are without edema.
Does he have ARDS or cardiogenic edema?
Is the fluid likely to be high or low in protein?
The patient has ARDS.
The fluid will be high in protein
Normal filling pressures indicate that the cause of the patient’s edema is not cardiogenic; rather the capillaries are leaky or damaged. The result is high protein fluid in interstitial spaces
For the purposes of the pulmonary module, pneumonia is defined as…
For the purposes of the pulmonary module, pneumonia is defined as inflammation of the pulmonary parenchyma
(Not necessarily caused by infection)
Name the type of PH:
35 y/o male with systemic sclerosis and mPAP 55 mmHg
Group 1
A 50 y/o healthy male has spirometry performed (dark line). What would he have to do to generate the curve shown with the dashed red line?
The curve with the red line is impossible due to dynamic airway compression
You will never have faster flow at the end of expiration than at the beginning; the end is effort-independent
In cardiogenic pulmonary edema, is the fluid flooding the lungs high-protein or low-protein? Why?
Low protein
Fluid flooding the lungs crosses an intact endothelial barrier; proteins cannot cross, so the fluid is low in proteins
Is the following consistent with a UIP pattern on HRCT?
Basilar, sub-pleural predominance
Yes
Is diarrhea associated with metabolic acidosis or metabolic alkalosis?
Metabolic acidosis (Non-anion gap)
This HRCT is often associated with which exposure?
Asbestos
Calcified pleural plaques (bright pleura) are characteristic of asbestos exposure
A 40-year-old patient with influenza is admitted to the MICU with hypoxemic resp failure. He is receiving 90% FiO2 via high-flow nasal cannula. ABG is 7.45/46/60.
What is the predominant mechanism of hyoxemia?
Shunt
If the patient has a PaO2 of 60 even when breathign 90% oxygen, they are refractory to oxygen
Shunt is the only cause of hypoxemia that is completely refractory to increased oxygen
What is the difference between bronchiectasis and traction bronchiectasis?
- Bronchiectasis
- Any dilation the airways
- Ex: honeycombing
- Any dilation the airways
- Traction bronchiectasis
- Dilation of the airways due to fibrosis betwen the alveoli
- A type of bronchiectasis
A patient is experiencing pulmonary edema. The edema fluid is high in proteins
What is causing the edema?
If the edema fluid is high in proteins, fluid is leaking out of the microvasculature due to injury of the alveolar-capillary barrier
Proteins are not prevented from crossing the barrier, resulting in high-protein fluid in the interstitial space
If a patient with this CT had a 30 pack-year history of smoking and notable silica exposure, what is the most likely diagnosis?
Occupational lung disease
UIP pattern with clear occupational exposure
Even though smoking may have contributed as well, the occupational exposure only has to contribute to or exacerbate a lung disease to be considered an “occupational lung disease”
Name the type of PH:
40 y/o female with progressive dyspnea, mPAP 20 mmHg
Not PH
mPAP must be above 25 mmHg to be classified as PH
Which finding is specific for pneumothorax?
- Lung sliding
- Lung point
b. Lung point
Both are usually seen in pneumothorax, but lung point is specific for PTX
How can respiratory distress syndrome be prevented?
Give steroids to moms at risk for pre-term delivery prior to 34 weeks