Resp Flashcards
How would you estimate the severity of pneumonia (risk of mortality)?
CURB65
What urea level scores a point on the CURB65 score?
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What resp rate scores a point on there CURB65 score?
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What scores points on the CURB65 score?
Confusion
Urea (>7mmol/L)
Resp rate (>30)
BP (SBP<90 or DBP<60)
65 (age>65)
What blood pressure levels score a point on CURB65?
What four drugs are used to treat active TB?
RIPE -
Rifampicin (6 months)
Isoniazid (6 months)
Pyrazinamide (2 months)
Ethambutol (2 months)
What’s the main side effect of rifampicin?
discolouration of bodily fluids (e.g red urine, yellowy sweat/saliva)
Give four examples of obstructive lung diseases.
What spirometry measurements are affected in obstructive lung disease?
What’s the diagnostic FEV1/FVC ratio for COPD?
What spirometry measurements are affected in restrictive lung disease?
What gene is mutated in CF and on what chromosome?
What size is a small vs large pneumothorax?
What imaging technique is used in diagnosing interstitial lung disease?
High resolution CT thorax
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
Type III
In which type of respiratory failure would you see raised HCO3-?
chronic type II
Give two conditions that cause type I respiratory failure.
Give two conditions that cause type II respiratory failure.
What ventilation support can be used to treat type I respiratory failure? what about type II?
CPAP and BiPAP (Bi = 2)
In which type of respiratory failure do you see raised CO2?
Type II
What is the mode of action of tiotropium bromide?
Give two signs of a life-threatening asthma attack
HRCT findings in pulmonary fibrosis?
What’s the treatment pathway for treating ASTHMA?
- SABA
- ICS
- ICS + LABA (=MART)
- LTRA / increase dose of ICS
(LTRA = leukotriene receptor antagonist)
Management of tension pneumothorax?
Where can chest drains be safely inserted?
1st line treatment for Goodpasture’s syndrome?
IV methylprednisolone
Inheritance pattern of CF?
Incubation period for influenza?
1-4 days
Give three signs of COPD on an X-ray
bulla = an air-filled space >1 cm (due to emphysematous destruction)
what’s the difference between full and partial respiratory compensation?
full compensation = pH restored to normal range
partial = pH not restored to normal range
Exposure to what results in bird-fancier’s lung?
avian proteins (from bird droppings)
What type of pleural effusion is most likely in cor pulmonale?
transudate
What protein in the blood protects lung cells against neutrophil elastase? where is it made?
(neutrophil elastase destroys alveolar walls)
alpha-1 antitrypsin
made in liver
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is caused by a mutation on which chromosome?