Respiratory Flashcards
What color is air on x-ray?
Black, radiolucent
What is the difference between a carotid body and a carotid sinus?
Carotid body: chemoreceptor
Carotid sinus: baroreceptor
What color is fluid /solid on x-ray?
White, radiopaque
What disease has steeple sign on x-ray?
Croup (measles)
What disease has the thumb sign on x-ray?
Epiglottitis
What is a blue bloater?
Bronchitis
What is a pink puffer?
Emphysema
What diseases have pulmonary eosinophilia?
Aspergillosis, Strongyloides
What drugs cause pulmonary eosinophilia?
Nitrofurantoin, Sulfonamides
What are the risk factors for lung cancer?
Smoking, Radon, 2nd hand smoke, pneumoconiosis (except anthracosis).
What diseases have hemoptsysis?
Bronchiectasis, bronchitis, pneumonia, TB, lung cancer
Where is Bokdalek hernia?
Back of the diaphragm
Where is a Morgagni hernia?
Middle of the diaphragm
What diseases have respiratory alkalosis?
Restrictive lung diseases ( anxiety, pregnancy, Gram - sepsis, PE)
What diseases have respiratory acidosis?
Obstructive lung diseases
What diseases have metabolic alkalosis?
Low volume state (vomiting, diuretics, GI blood loss).
What diseases have metabolic acidosis?
Acid production (MUDPILES, RTA II, diarrhea)
What does stridor tell you?
Extrathoracic narrowing=> narrows when breathes in=>neck x-ray.
What does wheezing tell you?
Intrathoracic narrowing=>narrows when breathe out=> chest x-ray
What does ronchi tell you?
Muchus in the airway=>obstructive lung disease
What does grunting tell you?
Blows collapsed alveoli open=>restrictive lung disease
What does dull percussion tell you?
Something between the airspace and chest wall absorbing sound (fuid or solid)
What does hyperresonance tell you?
Air in the lungs
What does tracheal devaition tell you?
Away from pneumothorax or toward atelectasis “airphobia”
