Respiratory Flashcards

1
Q

What are the causes of Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease?

A

CF

Immune dysfunction
Ciliary diskineasia 
Post-infection
Inhaled foreign body 
Bronchiolitis Obliterans
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  1. What is Cystic Fibrosis

2. Viral URTI in CF needs to be treated in CF (T or F)

A
  1. Abnormal gene, abnormal CFTR gene, altered ion transport therefore increase mucus secretion, obstruction of excoriate ducts, and lung -> GI and Resp issues
  2. True - as colonisation with staph and pseudomonas and MRSA
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