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What is cystic fibrosis?

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defective chloride transporter; meconium ileum, steatorrhea, bronchiectasis

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What is obstructive lung disease?

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mucus filled lungs can’t get air OUT; ratio decreased (< 80%)

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What is the Light Criteria?

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Effusion protein/ serum protein > 0.5
Effusion LDH/ serum LDH > 0.6
Effusion LDH > 2/3 upper limit of normal serum LDH

one or more = exudate

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What is asthma?

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chronic inflammatory disease of the airways
characterized by variable and recurring symptoms;
wheezing on expiration;
elevated IgE and eosinophils

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What is restrictive lung disease?

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small stiff lungs; can’t get air IN;
ratio normal or increased (>/= 80%)

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Whats disease have metabolic alkalosis?

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low volume states = vomiting, diuretics, GI blood loss

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Who gets anthracosis?

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coal workers (extensive fibrosis)

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What does tracheal deviation tell you?

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if its moves away, tension pneumothorax.
if it moves toward, atelectasis.

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What is croup?

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respiratory condition that is usually triggered by an
acute viral infection of the upper airway;
steeple sign on x-ray;
barking cough

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What is bronchitis?

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increased sputum production

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What causes transudate effusions?

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increased hydrostatic pressure (CHF), or decreased colloid osmotic pressure (cirrhosis, nephrosis)

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What is bronchiolitis?

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asthma in kids less than 2 years old

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Who gets berylliosis?

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radio/ TV repairmen, aerospace manufacturers, beryllium miners, or fluorescent light manufacturers

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What is tracheomalacia?

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soft cartilage and stridor since birth

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Who gets silicosis?

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sandblasters and glassblowers

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What causes exudate effusions?

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infection,
malignancy,
PE,
collagen vascular diseases

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What are the pulmonary eosinophilia syndromes?

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Churg-Strauss, Loeffler’s, Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

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Who gets asbestosis?

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shipyard workers, pipe fitters, brake mechanics, insulation installers

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clues for typical pneumonia

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short illness,
high fever,
usually > 40y,
one-lobe;
usually strep

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What is the difference between carotid body and carotid sinus?

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Body = chemoreceptor
Sinus = baroreceptor

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clues for atypical pneumonia

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prolonged illness,
low fever,
usually > 40y,
diffuse;
usually haemophilis, mycoplasma, or chlamydia

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What do fremitus, egophany, and bronchophany tell you?

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consolidation (pathognomonic for pneumonia)

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What is a blue bloater?

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chronic bronchitis

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Where is a Bochdalek hernia?

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occur more commonly on the posterior left side of the diaphragm; most common congenital diaphragmatic hernia

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What does auscultation of crackles tell you?
blowing collapsed alveoli open (restrictive lung disease)
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What is epiglottitis?
inflammation of epiglottis, thumb sign on x-ray, excessive drooling
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What diseases have hemoptysis (7)?
bronchiectasis, bronchitis, pneumonia, TB, lung cancer, Goodpasture's, Wegener's
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What is laryngomalacia?
epiglottis rolls in from side to side
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How do you get aspergillosis?
mold, compost piles, associated with peanuts (aflatoxin)
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What diseases have respiratory acidosis?
obstructive lung diseases
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What drugs cause pulmonary eosinophilia?
nitrofurantoin and sulfonamides
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What is seen with sarcoidosis?
non-caseating granulomas w| epithelioid histiocytes eggshell calcifications around lymph nodes increased ACE levels hypercalciuria hypervitaminosis D
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What does dullness to percussion tell you?
something is between the airspace and chest wall absorbing the sound
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How do you detect a pulmonary embolus?
tachypnea, increased V/Q scan, ECG may show signs of right heart strain of acute cor pulmonale in cases of large PEs (S1Q3T3)
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Where is a Morgagni hernia?
anterior/ middle of the diaphragm; bowel sounds in thorax; seen on ultrasound in utero; surgery to fix immediately after birth
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What does auscultation of stridor tell you?
extra thoracic narrowing (seen on inspiration on X-ray)
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What does auscultation of rhonchi tell you?
mucus in the airway (obstructive lung disease)
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What diseases have metabolic acidosis?
MUDPILES and diarrhea Methanol, Uraemia, Diabetes, Paraldehyde, Iron (and Isoniazid), Lactate, Ethylene glycol, and Salicylate
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What is seen with squamous cell lung cancer?
seen in smokers; high PTH and high calcium
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What are the 4 clinical findings seen in Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Temperature > 100.4 or < 96.8 HR > 90 RR > 20 or PaCO2 < 32 WBC > 12,000 or < 4,000 or 10% bands
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What is a pink puffer?
emphysema
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What is cardiac tamponade?
decreased breath sounds, decreased blood pressure, distant heart sounds, distended jugular veins
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What is emphysema?
Obstructive disease; also occurs with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
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What is bronchoalveolar cancer?
looks like pneumonia; due to pneumoconiosis, occurs in non-smokers
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What disease has a steeple sign on neck films?
croup
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What diseases have respiratory alkalosis?
restrictive lung diseases, anxiety, pregnancy, gram-negative sepsis, pulmonary emboli
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What are the risks for lung cancer?
smoking, radon, secondhand smoke, pneumoconiosis (except anthrocosis)
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What is bronchiectasis?
bad breath, purulent sputum, and hemoptysis
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What is tracheitis?
acute upper respiratory infections; patients look toxic, grey pseudomembrane, leukocytosis
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What is pneumothorax?
absent breath sounds on one side
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Who gets byssinosis?
cotton workers and textile workers
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What does auscultation of wheezing tell you?
intra thoracic narrowing (seen on expiration on x-ray)
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What is seen with carcinoid syndrome?
B3-FDR = Bronchospasm (wheezing), 3- Niacin deficiency Flushing, Diarrhea, Right sided heart issues; (endocardial fibrosis/thickening of heart valves)
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What is seen with small cell lung cancer?
Located at carina; malignant Cushing's syndrome, SIADH, SVC syndrome, LEMS (lambert eaton myasthenic syndrome)
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What does hyperresonance tell you?
air in that region of the lungs
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What is pneumonia?
consolidation of airway
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What is color of air on x-ray?
black = radiolucent
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What is the color of fluid or a solid of x-ray?
white = radiopaque
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What is Virchow's node?
left supraclavicular lymph node --associated with gastric cancer--
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What is sinusitis?
inflammation of the paranasal sinuses; tooth pain worsens upon bending forward

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