Respiratory Disorders

Question 1

Acute Viral Rhinitis

Answer 1

upper respiratory: common cold ; spread by airborne droplets or contact

Question 2

Influenza

Answer 2

upper respiratory: flu ; spread by droplet; group A & group B. Group A infect humans and animals H1N1, bird flu, swine flu

Question 3

Pneumonia

Answer 3

acquired by: aspiration, inhalation, spread from other infection. causes: viral, bacterial, fungi, parasites, chemical, mycoplasma

Question 4

clinical manifestations of PNA

Answer 4

productive cough (rust colored with pneumococcal PNA), confusion, lung crackles

Question 5

Tuberculosis

Answer 5

Gram + acid fast bacilli: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; usually affect lungs but can travel to other organs

Question 6

clinical manifestations of TB

Answer 6

weight loss, fatigue, night sweats, white frothy sputum, frequent cough, hemoptysis (advanced)

Question 7

TB Drug Therapy - RIPE

Answer 7

Rifampin- turns body fluid orange
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol- decrease in red/green color discrimination

Question 8

Coccidioidomycosis

Answer 8

Valley fever; soil borne fungus found in desert regions. not contagious from person to person