Respiratory medicine Flashcards
Occupational Asthma
Serial peak flow measurements
Drugs thought to be useful in IPF
Pirfenidone and nintendanib (intracellular tyrosine kinase inhibitor)
NICE 2020 asthma guidelines
- SABA reliever 2. Low dose ICS + reliever 3. LTRA + LD ICS + reliever 4. LABA + LD ICS + reliever (consider continuation of LTRA) 5. Maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) - > form of combined ICS and LABA treatment in which a single inhaler, containing both ICS and a fast-acting LABA, is used for both daily maintenance therapy and the relief of symptoms as required. 6. Increase to moderate ICS dose or consider additional drugs
LEgionnaires disease
Macrolide and second line levofloxacin
Treatment algorithm Ptx

How does immunoglobulin IgG1 deficiency present?

OSA Ix
Polysomnography
Poor prognosis in PPH
NT-BNP raised as well as development of AF
KCO in pulmonary fibrosis
Reduced KCO
What is erythem gyratum repens?
Rash seen in bronchial carcinoma - erytheatous scalin rash over the abdomen witha wood grain appearance.
PCP classical radiological featrues

Tx of aspergilloma

Sx of histoplasmosis

Sx of histiocytosis X

When is pseudomonal peumonia common?

LEgionella pneumonia tx
1st macrolide
if pen allergic ciprofloxacin
Last rifampicin
Minimum acceptable criteria prior to pneumonectomy

ABPA presentation
vigorous IgE response to aspergillus, positive skinprick test to aspergillus and flitting consolidation on CXR