resp Acc Flashcards
pt on 15 L NRB what should their sats be
98% but youve got ot take 10 from that to get the actual sats
pt on 15 L NRB what should their sats be
98% but youve got ot take 10 from that to get the actual sats
Meds used in acute severe asthma management
salbutamol,
ipatropium bromide,
hydrocortisone
magnesium sulphate
Features of life threatening asthma and Mx
silent chest, exhaustion hypotension resp failure pEFR 33%
Features of acute severe asthma
inability to complete sentences PEFR 33-55
Features of mod asthma
PEFR >55
stepwise managment of asthma
SABA SABA and LICS SABA and LICS and LABA SABA HICS/LICS LABA and LRA (theophyline) SABA HICS and OCS
Spirometry result in asthma
low FEV1
3 Features of asthma
Triad- sob wheeze cough
Triggers
Atopy
MRC dyspnoea scale
Activity required to induce breathlessness
- no problems
- probs going up hill
- probs walking on flat surface
- cannot walk 100m w/o stop
- cannot leave house
Blue bloater features 3
brocholitis crackles odema, cyanosis
pink puffer 3 features
pursing lips cahcexic barrelches withaccessory muscle us
What is used to calculate prognosis in COPD and what does a 0-2 score indicate
BODE- BMI, airflow obstruction, dysnoea and excersize capacity
means a 4 year survival
which level of MRC would you recommond pulmonary rehabilitation
level 3 enables them to achieve better phsyical and social outcomes
Management of exacerbation of COPD
1, VENTURI start at 28% at 4L
- salbutamol nebs with the o2
- prednisolone - IV or oral
- Antibiotics
- iv fluids
- vte prophylaxis
- theophylline if salbutamol doesnt work
IPAD INC FREQ SABA PRED PO AMOXICILLIN DOXYCYCLIN
what should you consider in a patient with recurrent exacerbations requiring steroids
osteoporsis prophylaxis
what does curb mean
confusion - amts <7 urea - > 7 rr >30 b - 90/60 65 y/o
curb of 0 what does it mean
Three day amoxicillin should be given and reviewed at three days and if needed prescribe 7-10 days and clarithromycin if alergic
CURB 1-2
dual therapy
amox and claritho
OR
Doxycycline if pregnant or BF
crb 3 what does it mean
admit and buffalo
Management of acute pul odema
OLDMAN
OXYGEN
LOOP DIURETIC - FUROSEMIDE
BALANCE FLUID - urinary catheter
ANALGESIA Morphine
GTN
Metaclopramide
CPAP may be needed
Managament of oral oneumothroax and who gets it
thin tall men
1. chest aspirate to force the air out fron 2 ics mcl
5th intercoastal midaxillary is the chest drain
Managment of tension pneumothorax
needle decompression needs to be large bore cannulae
difference between primary and secondary pneumothorax
primary tall man young
secondary is secondary to a pulmonary condition making it more likely to get this.
What is flail chest?
2 ribs fractured in 2 places
What resp condition has RBBB
pe
what resp condition has t wave inversion
pe