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Respiratory infections Flashcards

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Predisposing factors of pulmonary infections

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Decreased cough reflex
Injury to cilia
Decreased function of alveolar macrophages
Edema or congestion
Retention of secretions

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Classification of pneumonia

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-clinical setting

-by organism
by morphology

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Causative agent for bronchopneumonia

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Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza, Staphylococcus aureus

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causative agent for lobar pneumonia

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella, Legionella)

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pathogenesis of lobar pneumonia

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Exudation of fibrin-rich fluid
Neutrophil infiltration
Macrophage infiltration
Resolution

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macroscopic pathology of lobar pneumonia

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  1. Congestion
  2. Red hepatisation
  3. Grey hepatisation
  4. Resolution
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complications of lobar pneumonia

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Organisation (fibrous scarring)
Abscess
Bronchiectasis
Empyema (pus in the pleural cavity

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complications of bronchopneumonia

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Organisation
Abscess
Bronchiectasis
Empyema

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