resp incorrects Flashcards
treatment for bacterial sinusitis if allergic to penicillin?
doxycycline
bacterial sinusitis symptoms?
sick for more than 10 days, gets better than worse
sinus symptoms
headache
acute bronchitis presents as
cold like symptoms which turn into cough
cough may or may not produce sputum, 1-3 weeks
first line treatment for empyema?
thoracostomy
long term therapy for copd?
inhaled O2 if o2 less than 88%
inhaled long acting anti muscarinics sometimes with LABA
what will pleural effusion with tuberculosis exudate show?
90% lymphocytes, ADA more than 40
first line therapy to quit smoking in patients with depression
buproprion, except for people who have seizures
what does silicosis look like in the lungs?
calcification in hilar lymph nodes
latent tuberculosis looks like what in the lungs?
calcified nodules
sarcoidosis in the lungs?
reticular interstitial pattern
anthracosis in the lungs?
upper lung nodular opacifications
hyperlucency at lung apices is caused by?
copd
hyperlucency at lung bases is caused by?
alpha 1 trypsin deficiency
what to do if you have a positive tb test?
more than 5 cm for immunocompromised
more than 10 cm for high risk
cxray to confirm
small cell carcinoma of lung causes edema how?
superior vena cava syndrome
small cell lung carcinoma presents as
central hilar mass with mediastinal widening
edema
hoarseness
siadh
how to confirm influenza?
pcr test
treatment of flail chest?
pain management
and oxygen
what causes flail chest?
blunt trauma to chest
positive pressure ventilation is indication in?
respiratory failure
tension pneumothorax treatment?
needle decompression
middle aged woman with unexpected shortness of breathe?
idiopathic pulmonary arterial HTN
treatment for cystic fibrosis related diabetes?
insulin
best treatment for allergic rhinitis?
intranasal corticosteroid
how to confirm berylliosis?
high resolution ct scan
pulmonary sarcoidosis presents as?
cough, dysypnea, chest pain
high calcium
high ACE high CRP
bilateral hilar adenopathy
for prophylaxis, what kind of vaccine with oseltamivir?
inactivated
live attenuated cant be used with antivirals