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Respiratory - FA Patho p657 - 670 Flashcards

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Most common cause of rhinosinusitis?

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Most common acute cause is viral URI; may cause superimposed bacterial infection, most commonly S pneumoniae, H influenzae, M catarrhalis.

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Most common location of epistaxis? When is epistaxis most dangerous?

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Most commonly occurs in anterior segment of nostril (Kiesselbach plexus). Lifethreatening hemorrhages occur in posterior segment (sphenopalatine artery, a branch of maxillary artery).

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Most common type of cancer in head and neck?

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Mostly squamous cell carcinoma

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Risk factors of Head and neck sq cell CA?

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Risk factors include tobacco, alcohol, HPV-16 (oropharyngeal), EBV (nasopharyngeal)

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DVT Virchow’s triad?

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*ƒ Stasis (eg, post-op, long drive/flight) *ƒƒHypercoagulability (eg, defect in coagulation cascade proteins, such as factor V Leiden) *ƒƒ Endothelial damage (exposed collagen triggers clotting cascade)

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What makes the d-dimer test a good test to rule out DVT?

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High sensitivity, low specificity

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Homan sign—? What is it, which disease?

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dorsiflexion of foot –> calf pain. in DVT

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Tx for DVT works on which intermediate of the clotting cascade? (Factor?) How are they administered?

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Heparin, or LMWH work on Factor II & 10. Heparin is IV, and LMWH can be given subcutanoues

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classic triad of hypoxemia, neurologic abnormalities, petechial rash. assoc with long bone fractures?

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Fat embolli

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What metabolic disturbances with PE?

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V˙/Q˙ mismatch –> hypoxemia –> respiratory alkalosis

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This patient has codominance inheritence disorder. He has jaundice, tender hepatomegaly, ascites, polycythemia, anorexia. He has problem breathing too. when he breathes, he tries to exhale through pursed lips. What does he have?

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panacinar emphysema

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Patient comes in with coughing with cupful of pus. He has CF. what is the cause of this cough?

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Bronchiectasis

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what happen to lung compliance in emphysema? why?

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increased;

Imbalance of proteases and antiproteases –> inc elastase activity–> inc loss of elastic fibers –> inc lung compliance.

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what other condition causes increased compliance?

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normal aging

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decreased lung compliance caused by

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pul fibrosis, pneumonia, pul edema

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CO2 retention is seen in emphysema or chronic bronchitis or both?

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just chronic bronchitis

In chronic bronchitis –> mucus pug in terminal bronchioles –> huge V/Q mismatch (blue bloater)

In emphysema equal loss of V/Q–> no retention (pink puffer)

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DLCO (diffusing capacity for CO) is normal/dec/inc for 1. chronic bronchitis 2. emphysema

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  1. CB: normal 2. emphysema: decreased
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Obstructive: please tell me FEV1/FVC ratio?

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O is 80%

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Rhinosinusitis typically affects which sinus?

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Typically affects maxillary sinuses, which drain against gravity due to ostia located superomedially

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Infections in sphenoid or ethmoid sinuses may extend to _________ _______ and cause complications

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Infections in sphenoid or ethmoid sinuses may extend to cavernous sinus and cause complications (eg, cavernous sinus syndrome).

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Common causes of epistaxis?

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Common causes include foreign body, trauma, allergic rhinitis, and nasal angiofibromas (common in adolescent males).

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Prophylaxis and Tx of DVT?

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Use unfractionated heparin or low-molecularweight heparins (eg, enoxaparin) for prophylaxis and acute management.
Use oral anticoagulants (eg, warfarin, rivaroxaban) for treatment (long-term prevention).

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Imaging test of choice for DVT?

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Imaging test of choice is compression ultrasound with Dopple

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interdigitating areas of pink (platelets, fibrin) and red (RBCs) found only in thrombi formed before death - what are they?

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Lines of Zahn; help distinguish pre- and postmortem thrombi

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Imaging test of choice for PE?

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CT pulmonary angiography is imaging test of choice for PE (look for filling defects)

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Premature kids with NRDS is treated with O2. What can it result in?

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retinopathy of prematurity bronchopulmonary dysplasia intraventricular hemorrhage

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ECG abnormalities in PE?

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May have S1Q3T3 abnormality on ECG

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Air emboli most commonly present in what patients?

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nitrogen bubbles precipitate in ascending divers (caisson disease/decompression sickness); treat with hyperbaric O2; or, can be iatrogenic 2° to invasive procedures (eg, central line placement

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Contents of mediastinim?

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heart, thymus, lymph nodes, esophagus, and aorta

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Which mediastinal masses are seen in the anterior compartment?

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Anterior—4Ts: Thyroid, Thymic neoplasm, Teratoma, “Terrible” lymphoma

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Which mediastinal masses are seen in the middle compartment?

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Middle—esophageal carcinoma, metastases, hiatal hernia, bronchogenic cysts

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Which mediastinal masses are seen in the post compartment?

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Posterior—neurogenic tumor (eg, neurofibroma), multiple myeloma.

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Common causes of mediastinitis?

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Commonly due to :

  • postoperative complications of cardiothoracic procedures (pathology ≤ 14 days),
  • esophageal perforation
  • contiguous spread of odontogenic/retropharyngeal infection
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Common cause of chronic mediastinitis has what geographical association? pathomech of chronic mediastinitis?

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Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys - Histoplasma capsulatum
Patho mech: fibrosing mediastinitis; due to inc formation of connective tissue in mediastinum

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Sx of mediastinitis?

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fever, tachycardia, leukocytosis, chest pain, and (especially with cardiac procedures) sternal wound drainage.

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What is this a picture of?

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Pneumomediastinum:

Presence of gas (usually air) in the mediastinum (black arrows show air around the aorta, red arrow shows air dissecting into the neck

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Causes of pneumomediastinum?

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Can either be spontaneous (due to rupture of pulmonary bleb) or 2° (eg, trauma, iatrogenic, Boerhaave syndrome).

Ruptured alveoli allow tracking of air into the mediastinum via peribronchial and perivascular sheaths

[Boerhaave - transmural, usually distal esophageal rupture due to violent retching.]

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Sx of Pneumomediastinum

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chest pain, dyspnea, voice change, subcutaneous emphysema, and Hamman Sign

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What is ⊕ Hamman sign?

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crepitus on cardiac auscultation

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Sx of Chronic bronchitis?

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Findings: wheezing, crackles, cyanosis (hypoxemia due to shunting), dyspnea, CO2 retention,

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Chronic Bronchitis can lead to secondary _______?

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polycythemia

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What happens to Reid Index in chronic bronchitis and why? What is Reid Index?

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Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of mucus-secreting glands in bronchi –> Reid index > 50%.

Reid Index = thickness of mucosal gland layer to thickness of wall between epithelium and cartilage

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T or F DLCO is normal in chronic bronchitis

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True

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When do we a define a patient as having chronic bronchitis?

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\ productive cough for > 3 months in a year for > 2 consecutive years.

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Difference in location of Centriacinar vs Panacinar lesion in emphysema?

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Centriacinar— Frequently in upper lobes

Panacinar— Frequently in lower lobes

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Which form of emphysema is assoc with smoking?

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Centriacinar

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Diff in DLCO in emphysema is due to?

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dec DLCO from destruction of alveolar walls

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Signs on Xray for Emphysema?

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Inc AP diameter, flattened diaphragm, inc lung field lucency

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Sx of asthma?

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: cough, wheezing, tachypnea, dyspnea, hypoxemia, dec inspiratory/ expiratory ratio, pulsus paradoxus, mucus plugging

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Dx of Asthma done by?

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spirometry

methacholine challenge

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What are pictured here?

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, Curschmann spirals F (shed epithelium forms whorled mucous plugs)

Charcot-Leyden crystals G (eosinophilic, hexagonal, double-pointed crystals formed from breakdown of eosinophils in sputum).

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hyperresponsive bronchi in asthma lead to what pathological changes in the smooth musc?

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Hyperresponsive bronchi –> reversible bronchoconstriction. Smooth muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia

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What happens in aspirin induced asthma?

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Aspirin-induced asthma is a combination of COX inhibition (leukotriene overproduction –> airway constriction), chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps, and asthma symptoms

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purulent sputum, recurrent infections, hemoptysis, digital clubbing are sx of ?

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Bronchiectasis

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Bronchiectasis is assoc with?

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bronchial obstruction, poor ciliary motility (eg, smoking, Kartagener syndrome), cystic fibrosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.

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Restrictive lung diseases have two major causes - what are they?

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  1. Poor breathing mechanics :
  • Poor muscular effort—polio, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Poor structural apparatus—scoliosis, morbid obesity
  1. Interstitial lung diseases
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What are the differences between poor breathing mechanics and interstitial lung disease in terms of a) location, b) DLCO, and c) A-a gradient?

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Poor breathing mechanics

extrapulmonary, normal DLCO, normal A-a gradient)

Interstitial lung diseases

pulmonary, dec DLCO, inc A-a gradient

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Ex of interstitial lung diseases?

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  • Pneumoconioses (eg, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, silicosis, asbestosis)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Goodpasture syndrome
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)
  • Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (eosinophilic granuloma)
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Drug toxicity
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4 drugs that can lead to restrictive lung disease?

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(bleomycin, busulfan, amiodarone, methotrexate)

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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is what type of HS?

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—mixed type III/IV hypersensitivity reaction to environmental antigen.

62
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Asbestosis assoc with which occupations?

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Associated with shipbuilding, roofing, plumbing

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Pathognomic lesion of asbestosis?

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supradiaphragmatic and pleural plaques are pathognomonic of asbestosis.

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Which cancer is more common with asbestosis? Which lung cancer has the highest association with asbestosis?

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a) Bronchogenic CA
b) mesothelioma

I.e. if you have asbestosis, you are likely to get bronchogenic CA, but if you have mesothelioma, then you most likely had asbestosis

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Asbestosis looks like what histologically?

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golden-brown fusiform rods resembling dumbbells , found in alveolar sputum sample, visualized using Prussian blue stain, often obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage.

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Of all the pneumoconioses, which effect upper and which affect lower lobes

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All affect upper lobes except Asbestosis, which affects lower lobes.

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Which occupation is assoc with Berylliosis?

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Associated with exposure to beryllium in aerospace and manufacturing industries

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Berylliosis inc risk of what diseases?

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cancer and cor pulmonale

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What is Caplan syndrome and which pneumoconioses inc risk for developing it?

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis develop lung nodules after being exposed to things like silica and coal dust -

inc risk with asbestosis, Coal workers pneumoconiosis and silicosis, but not berylliosis

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Silicosis is assoc with which occupations?

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Associated with sandblasting, foundries, mines

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CXR signs of Silicosis

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“Eggshell” calcification of hilar lymph nodes on CXR

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What marker is positive in mesothelioma?

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Calretinin ⊕ in almost all mesotheliomas, ⊝ in most carcinomas

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Patho features of mesothelioma?

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May result in hemorrhagic pleural effusion (exudative), pleural thickening

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Histological sign seen in Mesothelioma?

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Psammoma bodies

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Hyaline membrane of ARDS

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Pathomech of ARDS

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Alveolar insult –> release of pro-inflammatory cytokines –>neutrophil recruitment, activation, and release of toxic mediators (eg, reactive oxygen species, proteases, etc) –> capillary endothelial damage and inc vessel permeability –> leakage of protein-rich fluid into alveoli –> formation of intra-alveolar hyaline membranes and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema

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Most common cause of ARDS? Other causes?

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Sepsis is most common cause. Other causes: aspiration, pneumonia, trauma, pancreatitis

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How to Dx ARDS?

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  • Abnormal chest X-ray (bilateral lung opacities)
  • Respiratory failure within 1 week of alveolar insult
  • Decreased Pao2/Fio2 (ratio < 300, hypoxemia due to  intrapulmonary shunting and diffusion abnormalities)
  • Symptoms of respiratory failure are not due to HF/fluid overload
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T or F ARDS presents with normal PCWP

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true, Pulm edema is non cardiogenic

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Definition of sleep apnea

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Repeated cessation of breathing > 10 seconds during sleep –>disrupted sleep –>daytime somnolence. Diagnosis confirmed by sleep study.

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Recurrent nocturnal hypoxia due to sleep apnea lead to which consequences?

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systemic/pulmonary hypertension, arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation/flutter), sudden death

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Central sleep apnea due to?

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Impaired respiratory effort due to CNS injury/toxicity, HF, opioids. May be associated with Cheyne-Stokes respirations (oscillations between apnea and hyperpnea). Think 3 C’s: Congestive HF, CNS toxicity, Cheyne-Stokes respiration

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Normal pulm artery pressure? Pulm HTN?

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Normal mean pulmonary artery pressure = 10–14 mm Hg; pulmonary hypertension ≥ 25 mm Hg at rest.

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Pulm HTN - patho consequences?

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Results in arteriosclerosis, medial hypertrophy, intimal fibrosis of pulmonary arteries, plexiform lesions

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heritable PAH is due __________ mutation in _____ gene?

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Heritable PAH can be due to an inactivating mutation in BMPR2 gene (normally inhibits vascular smooth muscle proliferation)

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Other non heritable causes of PAH?

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drugs (eg, amphetamines, cocaine), connective tissue disease, HIV infection, portal hypertension, congenital heart disease, schistosomiasis.

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4 types of atelectasis

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Obstructive, Compressive, Contraction, Adhesive

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Explain 4 types of atelectasis and give ex of cause for each one?

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  • Obstructive—airway obstruction prevents new air from reaching distal airways, old air is resorbed (eg, foreign body, mucous plug, tumor)
  • Compressive—external compression on lung decreases lung volumes (eg, space-occupying lesion, pleural effusion)
  • Contraction (cicatrization)—scarring of lung parenchyma that distorts alveoli (eg, sarcoidosis)
  • Adhesive—due to lack of surfactant (eg, NRDS in premature babies)
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name 4 types of pneumothorax

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primary spontaneous

secondary spontaneous

traumatic

tension

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clinical symptoms of pneumothorax?

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all on affected side

unilateral chest pain

dyspnea

unilateral chest expansion

dec tactile fremitus

hyperresonancy

diminished breath sounds

92
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what type of pneumothorax is due to rupture of apical blebs or cysts? patient pop?

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primary spontaneous; usually tall, thin young males and smokers

93
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what type of pleural effusion is also known as chylothorax?

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lymphatic pleural effusion

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2 causes of lymphatic (chylothorax) effusions?

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thoracic duct injury from trauma, malignancy

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what content is high in chylothorax?

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TGs

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Diff between transudate and exudative pleural effusion? causes?

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Transudate - dec protein content.

Due to inc hydrostatic pressure (eg, HF) or dec oncotic pressure (eg, nephrotic syndrome, cirrhosis).

Exudate - inc protein content, cloudy.

Due to malignancy, pneumonia, collagen vascular disease, trauma (occurs in states of inc vascular permeability). Must be drained due to risk of infection.

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Light criteria

Pleural fluid

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Pleural fluid is exudative if ≥ 1 of the following criteria is met:
ƒƒ Pleural fluid protein/serum protein ratio > 0.5
ƒƒ Pleural fluid LDH/serum LDH ratio > 0.6
ƒƒ Pleural fluid LDH > 2⁄3 of the upper limit of normal for serum LDH
Exudate = Excess protein and LDH

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name 3 bugs that cause lobar pneumonia

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S. pneumoniae (95%) Legionella Klebsiella

99
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what is bronochopneumonia?

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acute inflammatory infiltrates from bronchioles into adjacent alveoli, patchy distribution involving more than 1 lobe

100
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4 bugs that cause bronchopneumonia?

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S. pneumoniae S. aureus H. influenza Klebsiella

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name 7 agents that cause interstitial (atypical) pneumonia

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Viruses influenza, CMV, RSV, adenoviruses Mycoplasma, Legionella, Chlamydia

102
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What type of pneumonia is seen here?

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Interstitial (atypical pneumonia)

Diffuse patchy inflammation localized to interstitial areas at alveolar walls; CXR shows bilateral multifocal opacities

103
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List the 4 phases of lobar pneumonia, and how many days each one takes?

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Congestion 1-2 d

Red hepatization 3-4 d

Gray hepatization 5-7d

Resolution 8+

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How does the lung look in each phase of lobar pneumonia and contents?

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Congestion: Red-purple, partial consolidation of parenchyma Exudate with mostly bacteria

Red hepatization:
Red-brown, consolidated Exudate with fibrin, bacteria, RBCs, and WBC

Gray hepatization:
Uniformly gray Exudate full of WBCs, lysed RBCs, and fibrin

Resolution:
Enzymes digest components of exudate

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106
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5 risk factors for lung cancer

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smoking, second hand smoking, radon, asbestos, family hx

107
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name 5 complications of lung cancer

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SPHERE of complications:

  • Superior vena cava/thoracic outlet syndromes
  • Pancoast tumor
  • Horner syndrome
  • Endocrine (paraneoplastic)
  • Recurrent laryngeal nerve compression (hoarseness)
  • Effusions (pleural or pericardial)
108
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what lung cancer is associated with kulchitsky cells?

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small cell carcinoma

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what lung cancers are + chromogranin A? Other markers for same disease?

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small cell bronchial carcinoid tumor;

Chromogranin A ⊕, neuron-specific enolase ⊕, synaptophysin ⊕.

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what lung cancer is associated with myc oncogene amplification?

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small cell

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small cell carcinoma of the lung can produce 2 types of antibodies, what are they?

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  1. Ab against presynaptic (P/Q type) Ca2+ (Lambert Eaton)
  2. Ab against neuron that can lead to paraneoplastic myelitis/encephalitis (anti-Hu)
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List Paraneoplastic manifestations of small cell lung cancer?

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  1. Ab against presynaptic (P/Q type) Ca2+ (Lambert Eaton)
  2. Ab against neuron that can lead to paraneoplastic myelitis/encephalitis (vs purkinke cells anti-Hu)
  3. Opsoclonus - myoclonus ataxia
  4. Inc ADH —> hyponatremia, Cushings (inc ACTH)
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Cancer dx assoc with KRAS, EGFR, and ALK.

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adenocarinoma

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Cancer Dx assoc with apparent “thickening” of alveolar walls. Tall, columnar cells containing mucus.

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Bronchioalveolar subtype of adenocarcinoma

115
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A woman with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is likely to have which type of lung cancer?

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adenocarcinoma

116
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Marker assoc with adenocarcinoma

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Mucin (+)

117
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Lung cancer dx assoc with keratin pearls and intercellular bridges?

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Sq. cell carcinoma

118
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Why does Squamous cell carcinoma lead to hypercalcemia?

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produces PTHrP

119
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Assoc with pleomorphic giant cells?

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Large cell CA

120
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Which lung cancer is more likely in nonsmokers vs smokers?

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Nonsmokers - adenocarcinoma

Smokers - large cell carcinoma, squamous cell , small cell

121
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Which lung cancers are located central vs peripheral?

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Central - small cell, squamous cell and bronchial carcinoid

Peripheral - adenocarcinoma, large cell, and broncial carcinoid

122
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Marker of bronchial carcinoid ?

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chromogranin A

123
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what type of cells are seen in carcinoid tumor?

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neuroendocrine

124
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Bact causes of lung abscess?

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Due to anaerobes (eg, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Peptostreptococcus) or S aureus.

125
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Lung abscess will form where if due to aspiration - if upright vs supine?

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RLL if upright, RUL or RML if recumbent.

126
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What lung lesion is assoc with hoarseness or Horner syndrome? why?

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Pancoast tumor

Compression of:

Recurrent laryngeal nerve –> hoarseness
ƒ Stellate ganglion –> Horner syndrome (ipsilateral ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis)

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What other structures (3) can be compressed by pancoast tumor? consequences?

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ƒ Superior vena cava –> SVC syndrome

ƒ Brachiocephalic vein –> brachiocephalic syndrome (unilateral symptoms)
ƒ Brachial plexus –> sensorimotor deficits

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Sx of SVC syndrome

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(“facial plethora”; note blanching after fingertip pressure in A), neck (jugular venous distention), and upper extremities (edema).

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Causes of SVC syndrome?

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Commonly caused by malignancy (eg, mediastinal mass, Pancoast tumor) and thrombosis from indwelling catheters

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An infant comes in with bulging anterior fontanelle, hypotension, decerebrate posturing, tonic-clonic seizures, irregular respirations. Could it be child abuse?

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germinal matrix immature –> intraventircular hemorrhage

if child abuse: Subdural hemorrhage and retinal hemorrhge

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