Respiratory

Question 1

How can CF present

Answer 1

FTT, steatorrhea, low serum albumin, low sodium, pseudomonas infection

Question 2

What are the odds of a healthy sibling of someone with CF being a carrier

Answer 2

2/3

Question 3

What is the carrier rate of CF in the general caucasian population

Answer 3

1 in 25

Question 4

If two carriers of CF are married what is the chance of having a child with CF

Answer 4

1/4

Question 5

If a sibling of someone with CF marries someone from the general population what is the chance of them having a kid with CF

Answer 5

2/3 * 1/25 * 1/4 = 1 in 150

Question 6

Vitamin deficiencies in CF

Answer 6

Vitamin E

Vitamin K

Question 7

GI manifestations of CF in neonatal period

Answer 7

Meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, unconjugated hyperbili

Question 8

Tx of acute exacerbations of CF

Answer 8

Aminoglycoside and piperacillin

Question 9

Presentation of cor pulmonale

Answer 9

Lower body edema, hepatomegally, gallop rhythm, clubbing

Question 10

Lab findings with chylorhorax

Answer 10

TG > 110, elevated lymphocytes, protein > 3

Question 11

Lab findings with an exudate

Answer 11

Pleural LDH are at least 2/3 of the concentration in serum, protein > 3

Question 12

What conditions are associated with exudares

Answer 12

Pneumonia, cancer, trauma or inflammatory disease

Question 13

What condition is associated with a transudate

Answer 13

Congestive heart failure

Question 14

Lab findings for transudate

Answer 14

Less than 2/3 pleural LDH and less than 3g of protein

Question 15

Risk factors for SIDS

Answer 15

African American race, male, premature <37w, prenatal maternal smoking or alcohol use

Prone or side sleeping, sleep on adult mattress/couch/playpen/soft bed, bed sharing, URI, maternal smoking

Question 16

What organism is bronchiolitis obliterans (a rare complication of pneumonia) associated with

Answer 16

Adenovirus