PULMONARY Flashcards
Danjurr signals:
PULMONARY EMBOLUS CLASSIC CASE STUDY
- An older adult c/o sudden onset of dyspnea and coughing
- Cough may be productive of pink tinged frothy sputum
- Other symptoms are tachycardia, pallor, and feelings of impending doom
- Any condition that increases the risk of blood clots will increase the risk of PE…Ex: Afib, estrogens?, surgery, pregnancy, long bone fractures, and prolonged inactivity
Danjurr signals:
IMPENDING RESP FAILURE (ASTHMATIC PATIENT)
- Asthmatic pt p/w tachypnea (rr>25/min), tachycardia or bradycardia, cyanosis, anxiety.
- Pt looks like shit, theyre exhausted, fatigues, and diaphoretic using accessory muscles to breathe.
- Physical exam reveals cyanosis and “quiet” lungs with no wheezing or breath sounds.
So whats your next step?
- Get Adrenaline injection STAT. O2 4-5 L, albuterol nebulizer treatments, parenteral steroids and antihistamines (dyphenhydramine and cimetidine).
- After treatment, a good sign is if breath sounds and wheezing are present (a sign that bronchi are becoming more open). Usually discharge with oral steroids for several days (i.e., Medrol Dose Pack).
Normal Lung Findings
EEEEgophany
Lower lobes: vesicular breath sounds are soft and low
Upper lobes: Bronchial breath sounds are louder
Egophonys: Normal will hear “eee” clearly instead of “bah.” Abnormal: Will hear “bah” sound.
Normal: The “eee” sound is louder over the large bronchi because larger airways are better at transmitting sounds. The lower lobes have a softer sounding “eee.”
Normal Lung Findings:
TACTILE FREMITUS
Touch my lungs
-Instruct patient to say “99” or “one, two, three.” Use fi nger pads to palpate lungs and feel for vibrations. Normal: Stronger vibrations palpable on the upper lobes and softer vibrations on lower lobes.
Abnormal: The findings are reversed; may palpate stronger vibrations on one lower lobe (i.e., consolidation). Asymmetrical findings are always abnormal.
Normal Lung Findings:
Whispered Pectoriloquy
- Instruct patient to whisper “99” or “one, two, three.” Compare both lungs.
- If there is lung consolidation, the whispered words are easily heard on the lower lobes of the lungs.
Normal: Voice louder and easy to understand in the upper lobes. Voice sounds are muffled on the lower lobes.
Abnormal: Clear voice sounds in the lower lobes or muffled sounds on the upper lobes.
Normal Lung Findings:
PERCUSSION
- Normal: Resonance.
- Tympany or hyperresonance: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema (overinflation). If empty, the stomach area may be tympanic.
- Dull tone: Bacterial pneumonia with lobar consolidation, pleural effusion (fluid or tumor). A solid organ such as the liver sounds dull.
Normal Lung Findings:
PFT
Measures Severity of Obstructive or Restrictive Pulmonary Dysfunction
-Obstructive dysfunction (reduction in airflow rates). Asthma, COPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema), bronchiectasis, others
– Restrictive dysfunction (reduction of lung volume due to decreased lung compliance). Pulmonary fibrosis, pleural disease, diaphragm obstruction, others.
COPD
- COPD is a term that includes both emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
- The disease is characterized by the loss of elastic recoil of the lungs and alveolar damage that takes decades.
- The most common risk factor is chronic cigarette smoking and older age.
- COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
Loss of elasticity
- Coughing with excessive mucus production for at least 3 or more months for a minimum of 2 or more consecutive years
- Chronic bronchitis component: Productive cough, wheezing, and coarse crackles.
EMPHYSEMA
HYPERINFLATION
- Permanent alveolar damage and loss of elastic recoil results in chronic hyperinflation of the lungs.
- Expiratory respiratory phase is markedly prolonged
Classic Case Elderly male with a history of many years of cigarette smoking complains of getting short of breath upon physical exertion that worsens over time; accompanied by a chronic frequent cough that is productive of large amounts of white to light yellow sputum (chronic bronchitis) or progressive dyspnea with minimal cough, barrel chest, and weight loss (emphysema).
-Emphysema component: Increased AP diameter, decreased breath and heart sounds, use of accessory muscles, pursed-lip breathing, and weight loss. Percussion: Hyperresonance.
Tactile fremitus and egophony: Decreased
Chest x-ray: Flattened diaphragms with hyperinfl ation. Sometimes bullae present.
COPD TX
LABA: Inhaled long-acting β2-agonists: salmeterol, formoterol, olodaterol, and indacaterol, are used on a regular basis, adding short-acting inhaled β2-agonists, usually albuterol, as needed.
LAAA: Long-acting anticholinergic agents: tiotropium, aclidinium, and glycopyrronium.
Combination inhalers of short-acting β2-agonists with anticholinergic agents include fenoterol/ipratropium and salbutamol/ipratropium.
When treating COPD pt pick abx that over
H. Influenza (gram neg)
COPD Exacerbation
FIRST LINE:
Short-acting β2-agonists and anticholinergic agents are first-line therapies in the management of acute, severe COPD.
SABA: albuterol, proventil, xoponex, ventolin
ANTICHOL: Itraproprium bromide
ED Management of COPD Exacerbations
O2
CV monitoring
ABG, after 20–30 min if arterial oxygen saturation remains <90% or if concerned about symptomatic hypercapnia:
Administer bronchodilators
β2-Agonists and/or anticholinergic agents by nebulization or metered-dose inhaler with spacer
Add oral or IV corticosteroids
Consider antibiotics if increased sputum volume, change in sputum color, fever, or suspicion of infectious etiology of exacerbation
Consider adding IV methylxanthine if above treatments do not improve symptoms
Consider noninvasive mechanical ventilation
Evaluation may include chest radiograph, CBC with differential, basic metabolic panel, ECG
Address associated comorbidities
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Six
Hundred
Staph
Strep…..#1
H influenza
Staph aerus
ACUTE BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA OR CAP S/S
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Six Hundred Staph
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-#1 culprit is STREPtococcus pneumonia AKA PNEUMOCOCKus (gram +)
H influenzae (NEG), staph aerus (POS)
- Acute onset: high fever, chills, productive cough and large amounts of GREEN to RUST colored sputum. Pleuritic chest pain w/cough. decreased breath sounds, dull
- CBC: leukocytes; elevated neutrophils, band forms may be seen
- CXR: Lobar infiltrates, Bilateral
ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA
-#1 culprit MYCOplasma Pneumonia
chlamydia, legionella
-Gradual onset: low grade fever, headache, sore throat, cough, wheezing, someitmes rash
CXR: Intersitital to patchy infiltrates and usually UNILATERAL
VIRAL PNEUMONIA
- Influenza, RSV
- Fever, cough, pleurisy, SOB, scanty sputum production. Myalgias
- Breath sounds: decreased, rales
ACUTE BRONCHITIS
- Dry and severe cough that interrupts sleep
- cough dry to productive, light colored sputum
- can last up to 4-6 weeks
- No antibiotics! just treat symptoms
CAP Organisms
1 Streptococcus aka pneumocockal
Staph aureus (+)
Moraxella catarrhalis (-)
Six(+) Hundred(-) Staph(+) eat Mozarella(-) Arugula(-)
CAP Organisms with COPD/SMOKER
COPD and/or smoking:
Haemophilus influenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Legionella species, S. pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Chlamydia pneumoniae
CAP Organims with ETOH
Streptococcus pneumoniae, oral anaerobes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacterspecies, Mycobacterium tuberculosis