Respiratory Flashcards
NIV: Indications
- COPD with respiratory acidosis
- T2RF secondary to chest wall deformity, NM disease or OSA
- Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
- Weaning for intubation
Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
Farmer’s lung
Asperillus clavatus
Malt workers lung
EAA: imaging
Fibrosis in upper / mid-zone
EAA: Mx
PO steroids
Varenicline: MoA
Partial nicotinic receptor agonist
Varenciline: SE
Nausea
Headache
Insomnia
Abnormal dreams
Bupropion: MoA
Norephinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor
Nicotinic antagonist
Bupropion: CI
Epilepsy, pregnancy and breast feeding
When to discharge patient with primary PTX
Rim of air <2cm and not SoB
Insertion of chest drain for secondary PTX
> 50 years and >2cm +/- SoB
Aspiration of secondary PTX
1-2 cm and admit for 24 hours
Bronchiectasis: Causes
A SICK AIRWAY Airway obstruction / lesion Sequestration Infection / inflammation CF Kartagener's ABPA Immunodeficiencies William Campbell Aspiration Yellow nail syndrome
CI to surgery in NSCLC
Stage IIIb or IV FEV1 <1.5L Malignant pleural effusion Near hilum Vocal cord paralysis SVC obstruction
Small cell LC: Paraneoplastic Sx
ADH, ACTH, Lambert-Eaton
Squamous cell LC: Paraneoplastic Sx
Parathyroid related protein
Clubbing
Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
Hyperthyroid
Sarcoidosis: Indications for steroids
CXR stage 2 or 3
Hypercalcaemia
Eye. heart or neuro involvement
Sarcoidosis: poor prognosis
Insidious onset, symptoms >6 months
Absence of erythema nodosum
Extra-pulmonary manifestations
CXR: III-IV
COPD: no asthmatic features
LABA + LAMA
COPD: asthmatic features
LABA + ICS
Safety triangle
Base of axilla
Lateral edge pec major
Lateral edge lat dorsi
5th intercostal space
Lung fibrosis: upper lobes
CHARTS Coal worker's Hypersensitivity pneumonitis / histiocytosis AS Radiation TB Silicosis / sarcoidosis
Lung fibrosis: lower zones
Idiopathic
SLE
Amiodarone, bleomycin, methotrexate
Asbestosis
Loffler’s Syndrome: features
CXR shadowing and eosinophilia
Fever, cough, and night sweats
Self limiting
Oxygen dissociation: shift to left
LOWER Low H+ Low pCO2 Low 2,3-DPG Low temperature