Resp - handbook Flashcards
1
Q
Resp history main Qs?
A
cough chest pain SOB: when? wheezing/stridor constitutional symptoms
2
Q
Resp risk factors?
A
smoking CVD prev. cancer recent illness recent travel sick contacts FHx atopy occupational exposure prev. CXRs or PFTs
3
Q
what are obstructive lung diseases
A
asthma COPD CF bronchiolitis bronchiectasis (can be mixed)
4
Q
what are restrictive lung diseases?
A
interstitial lung disease
neuromuscular disease
chest wall disease
pleural disease
5
Q
ddx for resp causes of dyspnea
A
- airways (wheeze)
- parenchymal disease (ARDS, pneumonia, ILD)
- pulmonary vascular (PE, HTN, Vasculitis)
- Pleural disease (peumothorax, effusion)
6
Q
ddx for neuromuscular causes of dyspnea?
A
polymyositis, myasthenia GBS C-spine injury ALS diaphragm
7
Q
cardiovascular ddx for causes of dyspnea?
A
elevated pulmonary pressures
LV-failure with pulmonary edema
mitral stenosis
8
Q
haem ddx for causes of dyspnea?
A
anaemia severe
9
Q
psychiatric causes of dyspnea
A
anxiety/psychosomatic
