Respiratory Disease Flashcards
How long must u be coughing to have a “chronic cough?”
> 3 weeks
What are the most common causes of chronic cough?
Postinfectious
viral, Mycoplasma, chlamydia pneumoniae TWAR, or Bordetella pertussis
What are other causes of chronic cough?
Postnasal drip, asthma, GERD, and COPD
Which connective tissue disorders can cause a chronic cough?
Giant Cell arteritis, rheumatoid bronchiolitis, and sjoren syndrome
True or False: rarely do pts witha chronic cough ahve more that 1 cause.
False. 90% of patients have >1 cause.
This is when u cough up blood.
Hemoptysis
this is when you cough up blood that was prevously aspirated from the GI tract, nose, or supraglottic areas.
Pseudohemoptysis
Which marker diffentiates dyspnea due to CHF from that due to pulmonary dysfxn?
BNP
This is dyspnea in the supine position.
Orthopnea
This is noctunral episodes of dyspnea, resulting in frequent waking up.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
After what g/dL of DEoxygenated Hb do u see cyanosis?
> 5 g/dL
This is the pink-cheeked appearance that is caused by CO poisoning.
Cherry-red flush
This is the bulbous enlargement of the distal segment of a digit from increased soft tissue mass.
Clubbing.
What are the common causes of clubbing (use CLUBBING mnemonic)?
C- cyanotic heart disease* and cystic fibrosis* L- lung cancer and abscesses U- ulcerative colitis B- broncictasis B- benign mesothelioma I- infective endocarditis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis*, idiopathic*, and inherited N- neurogenic tumors G- GI tract disease
- most common
This is the condition where there is clubbing, painful periosteal hypertrophy of the long bones,a and symmetrical arthralgias of large joints.
Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy (HPO)
