Respiratory Flashcards
Bupropion should not be used with?
Epilepsy as it reduces seizure threshold
Smoking cessation options
NRT, Varenicline and Bupropion. All to be offered with no priority
Varenicline
Nicotine receptor partial agonist
Nausea is the most common adverse effect
Caution in H/o depression and self harm
Contraindicated in Pregnancy and breast feeding
Psittacosis
Chlamydia psittaci
Fever and bird contact
Response to tetracyclines and macrolides (1st and 2nd line respectively)
Non-Small cell lung cancer surgery contraindications
SVC obstruction
FEV <1.5
Malignant pleural effusion
Vocal cord paralysis
Predisposing factors for OSA
Obesity
Macroglossia - hypothyroidism, amyloidosis, acromegaly
Upper zone fibrosis
Remember CHARTS
- Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis
- Histiocytosis
- AS
- Radiation induced
- TB
- Silicosis
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
Sarcoidosis
Lower zone fibrosis
- Asbestosis
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- SLE
- Drug induced - Amiodarone, Bleomycin, Methotrexate
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
- Bloods
- Raised IgE
- Raised eosinophils - B/L pulmonary infiltrates
- Treatment
Oral steroids
Primary Pneumothorax
< 2 cms - Discharge
> 2 cms - aspirate, if fails - chest drain
Secondary Pneumothorax
< 1 cm - Give oxygen and monitor
1-2 cms - aspirate, if fails - - > chest drain
> 2 cms/> 50 years old - chest drain
Most common cause of occupational asthma
Isocyanates
Indications for steroids in Sarcoidosis
Parenchymal lung disease
Uveitis
Hypercalcemia
Neurological or cardiac involvement
Prevention of Acute mountain sickness
Acetazolamide
Churg Strauss (EGPA) criteria
Any 4 among:
Asthma
Eosinophilia
Neuropathy
Sinus abnormalities
Flitting Pulmonary infiltrates
Extravascular eosinophils histologically
pANCA