RESP Flashcards
WHAT INFECTIONS CAN OCCUR IN THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
CORYZA
PHARYNGITIS
TONSILITIS
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA
SINIBITITIS
WHAT PATHOGENS CAUSE CROUP
RHINOVIRUS
RSV
WHAT ARE THE TREATMENTS OF CORYZA
ANALGESIA
REASSURENCE
INFORM COUGH CAN LAST FOR 4 WEEKS
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF CROUP
RHINORRHEA
SORE THROAT
LOW GRADE FEVER
INSPIRATORY HARSH STRIDOR
BARKING COUGH
RESP DISTRESS/CHEST RECESSION
WHAT IS THE TREATEMENT OF CROUP
SUPPORTIVE UNLESS O2 SATS DROPPING
THEN
PREDNISIOLONE
O2
NEBULISED ADRENALINE
WHAT IS PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS CROUP
SEVERE INFLAMMATION OF URT ASSOCIATED WITH SLOUGHING OF RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM AND MACROPAPULENT SECRETIONS
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS CROUP
HIGH FEVER
ILL LOOKING CHILD
RAPIDLY PROGRESSING OBSTRUCTION
COUPIUS THICK AIRWAY SECRETIONS
WHAT PATHOGEN CAUSES PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS CROUP
STAPH AUREUS
WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS CROUP
IV ABX - VANCOMYCIN
INTUBATION
VENTILATION
DEFINE PHARYNGITIS
PHARYNX AND SOFT PALLETTE INFLAMMED
DEFINE TONSILITIS
A FORM OF PHARYNGITIS MAINLY AFFECTING TONSILS CAUSING INTENSE INFLAMMATION+PURULENT EXUDATE
WHAT PATHOGEN USUALLY CAUSES PHARYNGITIS AND TONSILITIS
B HEAMOLYTIC STREP
EVB
ADENOVIRUS
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF BACTERIAL TONSILITIS
HEADACHE
WHITE EXUDATE
FEVER
CERVIACLE LYMPHADENOPATHY
ABDO PAIN
WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF PHARYNGITIS
PENICILLIN
ERYTHROMYCIN
AMOXICILLIN
WHAT IS STRIDOR
A HARSH MUSICAL SOUND DUE TO A PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY
HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH THE SEVERITY OF CROUP
NON AUDIBLE
CRYING
RESTING
BIPHASIC
WHAT ARE THE COMMON CAUSES OF STRIDOR
VIRAL LARYNGOBRONCHITIS
EPIGLOTITIS
FOREIGN BODY
WHAT ARE CAUSES OF CROUP
PARAINFLUENZA
RHINOVIRUS
(RSV AND INFLUENZA CAN HAVE A SIMILAR PICTURE)
WHAT IS RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common, and very contagious, virus that infects the respiratory tract
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF RSV
cold SX sx - coryza etc
But for a small percentage, infection with RSV can lead to pneumonia or bronchiolitis,
what are the RF for a serious RSV infection
prem
Children<2y w heart or lung disease
Immunocomprimised
Children under 8 to 10 weeks old
how do you diagnose RSV
nose and throat swab
chest x ray
what can be given to high risk babies t prevent rsv
palivizumab
what is acute epiglotitis
intense swelling of the epiglottis and surrounding tissue
what are the dangers of acute epiglotitis
associated w septicemia
can cause airway obstruction
at what ages does acute epiglotitis usually present
1-6y