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Respiratory emergencies Flashcards

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What nerves are involved in resp physiology?

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  1. Ventral respiratory groups and dorsal respiratory groups which send impulses to diaphragm and intercostal muscles
  2. C3, C4, C5
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What questions should be asked with SOB?

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  • Onset: acute, subacute, chronic
  • Duration
  • Character: air hunger, wheeze
  • Triggers: exertion, exercise, laying flat
  • Night time symptoms: orthopnoea, wheeze, daytime fatigue
  • Exercise tolerance: how far can you walk? MRC breathlessness scale
  • Associated symptoms: cough, wheeze, chest pain, palpitations
  • Social History
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What is a tension pnuemothorax?

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life threatening condition defined as air trapped in pleural cavity under positive pressure, causing cardiopulmonary compromise (air can get in but can’t get out)

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What is the treatment for tension pneumothorax?

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  • Emergency needle decompression
  • High flow oxygen
  • Chest drain
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Where is the needle inserted for tension penumothorax?

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insert into second intercostal space at mid-clavicular line

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What is a pulmonary embolism?

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-venous thrombi that pass into the pulmonary circulation causing occlusion
-normally arise from DVTs
Perfusion mismatch

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What are RF for PE?

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  1. Immobilisation
  2. Malignancy
  3. Recent surgery
  4. HRT/COCP
  5. Thrombophilias
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What is gold standard for diagnosing PE?

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CT pulmonary angiogram

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What else can be used to diagnose PE?

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  1. Ventilation/perfusion Scan (V/Q scan): will demonstrate perfusion defects and a V/Q mismatch (if preggers so can’t have CT)
  2. Using scoring tools to help your diagnosis e.g. Wells score and Geneva score
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What is the management of a PE if they are haemdynamically unstable?

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  1. Call for help
  2. Oxygen, fluids
  3. Admit for urgent thrombolysis: local or systemic
  4. Or percutaneous embolectomy
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What is the management of PE if not haemodynamically unstable?

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Risk stratification:

  1. Hestia score
  2. PE severity index (PESI)
  3. Simplified pulmonary embolism severity index (sPESI)
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What is the management of PE if moderate to high risk?

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  1. Admit to hospital + commence LMWH

2. Give oxygen if hypoxic

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What is the management of PE if low risk?

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  1. Discharge with high dose LMWH (cancer) or DOAC and warfarin for 3 months and outpatient follow up for monitoring
  2. If unprovoked, investigate cause
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What may you see on the X ray in pulmonary oedema?

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A- alveolar oedema (bat wing opacities)
B- Kerley B lines
C-cardiomegaly 
D- dilated upper lobe vessels 
E-pleural effusion
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What is acute pulmonary oedema?

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Defined as accumulation of fluid within the lung parenchyma, resulting in impaired gaseous exchange

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What are causes and examples of acute pulmonary oedema?

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  1. Cardiogenic: heart failure, arrhythmia, MI
  2. Renal: acute, serve kidney failure
  3. ARDS: caused by lung injury e.g. infection (COVID)
    Different causes may mean different treatment approaches - treat the cause
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What is the management of acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema?

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  • ABCDE and position upright
    1. Give oxygen if hypoxic
    2. High dose IV diuretics: furosemide bolus
    3. Treat cause e.g. beta blockers for arrhythmia
    4. Re-assess
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What happens if they improve for this intial treatment of acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema?

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  1. Regular diuretics
  2. Fluid restriction
  3. Daily weight: lose 1kg a day (1L)
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What happens if they do not improve for this intial treatment of acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema?

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  1. Consider nitrate infusion (e.g. GTN) if systolic BP>100mmhg
  2. If not work consider CPAP (recruits alveoli and drives fluid out of alveolar spaces)
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What is asthma?

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Chronic, inflammatory airway disease characterised by reversible airways obstruction

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What is the defintion of a moderate asthma attack?

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  1. PEF at 50-75% of best or predicted

2. No signs of severe asthma

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What is the definition of severe asthma attack?

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  1. PEF at 33-50% of best or predicted
  2. Respiratory rate >25/min
  3. Heart rate >110/min
  4. Inability to complete sentences in one breath
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What acronym is used to find out about life threatening asthma?

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CHEST

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What are components of CHEST?

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  1. Cyanosis: SpO2<92%, PaO2<8kPA
  2. Hypotension
  3. Exhaustion: poor inspiratory effort, confusion, normal PCO2
  4. Silent chest
  5. Tachy-/brady- arrhythmias
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What is the initial management of life threatening asthma attack?

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  1. Oxygen: aim sats 98%
  2. Bonchodilators: salbutamol +/- ipratropium, IV magensium
  3. Steroids: PO prednisolone/IV hydrocortisone
  4. RE ASSESS
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What should you do next if they improve from the intial mangement of asthma attack?

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  1. Continue bronchodilators, steroids (5-7days), Wean O2
  2. Serial PEF: discharge if PEF>75%
  3. TAME asthma (technique, avoid triggers, monitor PEF, educate)
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What should you do next if they do not improve from the intial mangement of asthma attack?

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  1. Call for help -> ITU?HDU
  2. Oxygen: aims sats 98%
  3. Bonchodilators: salbutamol +/- ipratropium, IV magensium
  4. Steroids: PO prednisolone/IV hydrocortisone
  5. RE ASSESS
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When do you involve ITU for asthma?

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  1. Acute severe or life threatening asthma, who is not responding to treatment
  2. Requiring ventilatory support
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How can ITU/HDU help with asthma attack?

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  1. High flow oxygen: (optiflow), deliver O2 up to 60L/min

2. Ventilation: non-invasive or invasive

30
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What is cough?

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defence reflex mechanism to rid the airway of noxious compounds

31
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What are the 3 phases of cough?

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  1. Inspiratory phase
  2. Forced expiratory effort against a closed glottis
  3. Opening of the glottis, with subsequent rapid expiration that generates a characteristic cough sounds
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What questions should you ask for cough?

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  • Onset: acute, chronic (>8weeks)
  • Character: dry, productive
  • Triggers: exertion, laying flat
  • Exercise tolerance: how far can you walk? MRC breathlessness scale
  • Associated symptoms: breathlessness, fever
  • Drug history
  • Social History: smoking, travel
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What is community acquired pneumonia?

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acute lower respiratory tract infection associated with fever and chest signs

34
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What would auscultation show in CAP?

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  1. coarse crepitations
  2. dullness to percussion
  3. increased vocal fremitus
35
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What are most common pathogens in CAP?

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  1. strep pneumoniae
  2. haemophilius infeluzenae
  3. morazella cattarhalis
36
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What are normal atypical pathogens in CAP?

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  1. mycoplasam
    2, chlamydia psitasittis
  2. legionella
37
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What is the management of CAP?

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  1. ABCDE
  2. Assess severity
  3. CURB65
38
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What does CURB65 stand for?

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C: confusion AMTS <8
U: urea>7
R: resp rate>30bpm
B: systolic BP <90mmHg
65: age >65
39
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When CURB65 is over 3 what is mortality?

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high mortality up to 40%, senior review/itu

40
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What are some RF for bronchiectasis?

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whooping cough and multiple chest infections in childhood

41
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What is bronchiectasis?

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permenant dilation of bronchi and/or bronchioles due to chronic inflammation

42
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What are 3 types of bronchiectasis?

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  1. cylindrical
  2. cystic
  3. varicose
43
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What are congenital causes of bronchiectasis?

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  1. CF
  2. primary ciliary dyskineasia
  3. Young’s syndrome
44
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What are aquired causes of bronchiectasis?

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  1. Post infection
  2. Aspergillosis (ABPA)
  3. inflammatory disease (RA, UC)
45
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What is gold standard investigation for bronchictasis?

46
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What blood are investigated for bronchictasis?

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  1. immunoglobulins
  2. HIV
  3. FBC
  4. autoimmune screen
47
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What is the spriometry result for obstructive?

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obstructive pattern

48
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What is sputum culture like in bronchiectasis?

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commonly grown pseudomonas

49
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What is the conservative management for bronchiectasis?

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chest physio (airway clearance techniques)

50
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What is the medical management for bronchiectasis?

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  1. mucolytics
  2. ABx
  3. inhaled steroids and bronchodilators
  4. Itraconazole (ABPA)
51
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What is the surgical management for bronchiectasis?

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indicated only in severe localised disease or with haemoptysis

52
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What does ACE do?

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involved in breaking down bradykinin

53
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Why do you get ACE inihbitor cough?

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caused by accumulation of bradykinin and prostaglandins, which directly sensitise cough receptors

54
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How common is ACEi cough?

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15% of patients on an ACEi develop a chronic irritant cough

55
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What are resp tests like in PF?

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Low FEV1/FVC
Small lung capacity
Restirctive lung disease

56
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How does pulmonary fibrosis show on imaging?

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  1. sometimes PF shows up sometimes on XRAY and it doesn’t
  2. honeycomb on CT
  3. biopsy diagnose
57
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What is mesothelioma?

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  1. malignancy of mesothelial cells that form the pleural lining
  2. insidious onset
  3. linked with asbestos exposure
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What are investigations for mesothelioma?

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  1. X ray: CXR, CT chest

2. Surgery: video assisted throacoscopic surgery

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What is management of mesothelioma?

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  1. Pallative: surgical resection, chemotherapy, radiotherapy
  2. Pallitative care involvement
  3. Finanacial: can claim compensation due to asbestos exposur

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