Pulmonary Flashcards
What is the difference between carotid body and carotid sinus?
carotid body- chemoreceptor
carotid sinus- baroreceptor
What color is air on xray?
black
What color is fluid/solid on xray?
white
What disease has a steeple sign on neck film?
epiglotitis
What disease has a thumb sign on neck film?
epiglotitis
What is a blue bloater?
bronchitis
What is a pink puffer?
emphysema
What are the PIE syndromes?
pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia churg-straus loefler's allergic bronchopulmonary aspergiliosis strongyloides
What drugs cause pulmonary eosinophils?
nitrofurantoin
sulfonamides
What are the risk factors for lung cancer?
smoking
radon
second hand smoke
pneumonconiosis (except anthracosis)
What diseases have hemoptysis?
bronchiectasis bronchitis pneumonia TB lung cancer goodpasture's wegner's
Where is bochdalek hernia?
dorsal diaphragm
Where is morgagni hernia?
anterior/middle diaphragm
What disease have respiratory alkalosis?
restrictive lung disease anxiety pregnancy gram negative sepsis PE
What disease have respiratory acidosis?
obstructive lung disease
What diseases have metabolic alkalosis?
low volume state
vomiting
diuretics
GI blood loss
What diseases have metabolic acidosis?
diarrhea RTA acid production (MUDPILES) M: methanol, metformin U: uremia D: DKA P: paraldehyde, phenformin I: iron, INH L: lactate E: ethylene glycol S: salicylates, shock, sepsis, starvation
What does a stridor tell you?
extrathoracic narrowing (narrows when breathing in)
What does wheezing tell you?
intrathoracic narraowing (narrows when breathing out)
What do rhonchi tell you?
mucus in airway
obstructive lung disease
What does grunting tell you?
blowing open collapsed alveoli
restrictive lung disease
