Pulmonology Flashcards
Which of the following will you find in a croup patient?
A. Nasal flaring
B. Expiratory wheezing
C. Tachypnea
D. Lip cyanosed
Answer: all??
Most children have just a “croupy” cough and hoarse cry. Some may have stridor only upon activity or agitation, whereas others may have audible stridor at rest and clinical evidence of respiratory distress. Overall however, a child with croup typically does not appear toxic. Paradoxically, a child with a severe case of croup may have “quiet” stridor due to a significant degree of airway obstruction. In mild cases, respiratory sounds at rest are normal; however, mild expiratory wheezing may be heard. Children with more severe cases have inspiratory and expiratory stridor at rest with visible suprasternal, intercostal, and subcostal retractions. Air entry may be poor. Lethargy and agitation occur and are due to marked respiratory difficulty and, hence, causing hypoxemia and increasing hypercarbia. Respiratory arrest may occur suddenly during an episode of severe coughing. Additional warning signs of severe respiratory disease include tachypnea, tachycardia (out of proportion to fever), and hypotonia. Children unable to maintain adequate oral intake will become dehydrated. Cyanosis is a late, ominous sign.
Child with croup. What will you find in chest auscultation?
A. Wheezing
B. Crepitation
C. Gasp
D. Silent chest ( not sure about this option)
Answer: A
Mother brought her 2 years old child to the er with history of upper respiratory tract infection for the last 3 days with mild respiratory distress. This evening the child started to have hard barking cough with respiratory distress. On examination: rr 40/min, associated with nasal flaring, suprasternal & intercostal recessions. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Viral pneumonia
B. Bacterial pneumonia
C. Bronchiolitis
D. Acute epiglottitis
E. Laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)
Answer: e
What is the most common cause of acute bronchiolitis?
A. Respiratory syncytial virus (rsv)
B. Adenovirus
C. Parainfluenza
D. Mycoplasma pneumonia.
To which part of body it can go ?
A.Spleen
B.Bladder
C. Kidney
D. Liver
Answer: a
RSV
Answer: d
Rsv may be recovered from extrapulmonary tissues, such as liver, cerebrospinal fluid, or pericardial fluid
Baby came with barking coughing ( croup case ) what you will hear on pulmonary auscultation?
A. Bronchial breathing
B. Decreased breath sounds
C. Prominent increase inspiratory sound
D. Increase exploratory wheezing
Answer: c
inspiratory stridor “uptodate”
Child presented with croup presentation (barking cough … etc.), what is the management in ER ?
A. Inhaled steroid
B. Inhaled epinephrine and oral steroid
C. Oral steroid with antibiotics
D. Empirical antibiotics
Answer : b epinephrine
During otoscopy examination of a child, pulling the ear at which direction is going to help to see tympanic membrane?
A. Anterior and inferior
B. Posterior and inferior
C. Anterior and superior
D. Posterior and superior
Answer: b
3 years of age & older >> Straighten the patient’s ear canal by pulling the pinna up and back
younger than 3 years of age >> down and back
In general: in children, the auricle should be pulled downward and backward.
Child present to er with fever and sore throat for one week. Now he has paroxysms` cough and cyanosis at end of cough ?
A. Epiglotitis
B. Sinusitis
C. Croup
D. Bronchitis
Answer : c
16 months post-partum present with progressive loss of hearing in rt ear , and now in lt , conductive h , dehiscent semilunar canal :
A. Glue ear,
B. Otosclerosis
C. Tympanosclerosis
D. Meniere disease
Answer: b
Child came with wheezing and cough, diagnosed to have asthma and his dr. prescribed beclomethasone space inhaler or nebulizer?? twice daily. you will be worried about:
a. Growth retardation
b. Extraocular problem
Answer: A
NB. Corticosteroids inhalers can lead to oral thrush (yeast infection of the mouth).
Child football player on short acting β-agonist 5 time a week use + on zafirlukast A. Long β agonist
B. Inhaled steroid
C. Theophylline
D. It’s okay no thing is needed
Answer: b
Explanation: the child has uncontrolled asthma for which we should add steroids to his management
Child presented with Asthma exacerbation. The patient did not respond to Beta agonist. What is your next step?
a. Aminophylline
b. Systemic steroid
Answer: B
case of pertussis ,, How to diagnose of pertussis?
Nasopharyngeal swab
Whooping cough (pertussis)
•Caused by Bordetella pertussis
• Paroxysmal cough followed by inspiratory whoop and vomiting; in infants, apnoea rather than whoop, which is potentially dangerous
• Diagnosis: culture of organism on pernasal swab, marked lymphocytosis on blood film.
•Although erythromycin eradicates the organism, it decreases symptoms only if started during the catarrhal phase. close contacts should receive erythromycin prophylaxis, and unvaccinated infant contacts should be vaccinated.
Boy presented with unilateral nasal obstruction and foul smelling. What is the diagnosis?
answer : Foreign body
Child with thumb sign on lateral Xray. What is the diagnosis?
Answer: Epiglottitis