Respiratory Flashcards
Most common cause of bronchiolitis
RSV
Most common age group to get bronchiolitis
Under 6 months
Rarer under 1 year
Symptoms of bronchiolitis
Coryzal symptoms, dyspnoea, tachypnoea, LOW GRADE FEVER, wheeze and crackles
5 signs of respiratory distress
Use of accessory muscles, nasal flaring, head bobbing, tracheal tugging, recessions.
Cause of grunting
Exhaling with glottis partially closed to increase PEEP
Typical RSV infection history
URTI with coryzal symptoms
3-4 days later, half develop bronchiolitis
Reasons to admit children with bronchiolitis
Under 3 months
Prematurity, downs, CF
Clinical dehydration
O2 sats below 92, resps above 70
Bronchiolitis management
Supportive
High flow humidified O2
RSV vaccination drug
Palivizumab
Which children should receive Palivizumab
Congenital heart disease and premature
Which children should receive Palivizumab
Congenital heart disease and premature
Monthly until 1/2 years
Poiseuille’s law
Flow rate is proportional to radius^4
Half airways = 1/16th flow
Features of viral induced wheeze instead of asthma
Presenting before 3 years
No atopic history
Only occurs during viral infections
Does asthma cause a focal wheeze
NO - foreign body or tumour
Management of viral induced wheeze
Same as acute asthma
Type of wheeze in asthma
Expiratory
Heard throughout the chest
Asthma severity in extremely tachycardic and tachypnoeic children
Severe
Any HR/ RR cannot cause life threatening asthma. Raised causes severe
Type of asthma severity with 91% sats
Can be severe or life threatening.
Depends on other symptoms
4 key types of management in VIW/ acute asthma
O2, bronchodilators, steroids, abx
4 common bronchodilators
Salbutamol, ipatropium, MgSO4, aminophylline
7 step wise management in acute asthma
Salbutamol spacer, salbutamol/ ipratropium nebs, oral prednisone, iv hydro, iv mgso4, iv salbutamol, iv aminophylline
3 causes of a focal wheeze
foreign body, tumour, lobular pneumonia
NOT VIW/ ASTHMA
Step down approach for child on inhaled salbutamol and starting dose
10 puffs every 1 hour 10 puffs every 2 hours 10 puffs every 4 hours 6 puffs every 4 hours 4 puffs every 6 hours
What do you need to check when giving high doses of salbutamol
Potassium (of course)
Course of steroids in asthma
3 days
When is asthma typically worse
Night and early morning (unless obvious triggers such as a pet)
4 ways to diagnose asthma (all ages)
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide
Spirometry with reversible testing (salbutamol)
Direct bronchial challenge test (with histamine)
Peak flow diary
Management of asthma is split by age. What are the different age groups?
Under 5 years - montelukast or ICS 2nd line
5-12 years - LABA line 3
12 + years (adults) - LABA line 3
Effects of steroids in children
If treatment greater than 12 months 1 cm growth height reduction and growth velocity reduction
Atypical bacterial cause of pneumonia in kids and treatment
Mycoplasma
Macrolide - erythromycin
Pneumonia sound on acusultation
Bronchial breath sounds
Focal course crackles
(Dull to percussion)