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Respiratory Treatment Flashcards

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Asthma

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  1. SABA (salbutamol)
    • inhaled corticosteroid (beclamethasone)
  3. +LABA (salmetrol)
  4. Increase steroid
  5. +Leukotriene receptor antagonist (montelukast)
    • Theophylline
  7. Oral prednisolone
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Acute COPD

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Ipratropium bromide
Salbutamol
Oxygen (24%-28%)
Amoxicillin
Prednisolone (oral)
Doxaprem
Intubation
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Bronchiecstasis

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Postural drainage

Antibiotics according to pathogen

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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Treat inflammation
1st line: systemic corticosteroids (oral prednisolone)
2nd line: Oral Azathioprine
Anti-fibrotic agents (pirfenidone, nintedanib)
Anti-oxidant agents (acetylcysteine)
O2 if hypoxaemic
Lung transplant

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Extringic allergic alveolitis

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Remove trigger
Corticosteroid
Oral azathioprine
Immunosuppressants
NSAIDs
Monitoring
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Sarcoidosis

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Oral prednisolone
Oral azathioprine
Immunosuppresants
NDAIDS
Montoring
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Pneumonia

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  1. Oxygen, fluids, bed rest, no smoking
  2. Antibiotics
    Mild/mod – Amoxicillin
    Severe – Co-amoxiclav IV + Clarithromycin/doxycycline (step down to doxycycline)
    HAP/aspiration
    Severe: IV Amoxicillin + Metronidazole + Gentamicin (TRIPLE THERAPY)
    Non-severe: Amoxicillin + Metronidazole
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Legionella pneumonia

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Erythromycin

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Tuberculosis

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2RIPE 4RI
2 months:
Rifampicin (orange urine & tears)
Isoniazid (tingling extremities, muscle weakness)
Pyrazinamide (gout)
Ethambutol (clour-blindness, vision issues)

4 months:
Rifampicin
Isoniazid

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ARDS

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Oxygen

Mechanical ventilation

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Croup

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Oral steroids

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Cystic Fibrosis

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Oral antibiotics
Physio
Bronchodilators
Mucolytics
Ivacaftor
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Cor Pulmonale

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Treat underlying cause
Diuretics (for heart failure)
Oxygen 24-28% (for pulmonary failure)

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Empyema

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Chest drain

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Epiglottitis

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ITU
Ceftriaxone
Do not intubate or use tongue depressor

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Influenza

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Best rest, fluids, paracetamol

Antivirals - oselamivir, zanamivir

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Pickwickian Syndrome

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Weight loss

CPAP

18
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Pulmonary Oedema

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Treat underlying cause
Oxygen
Loop diuretics
Nitrates

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Pertussis/whooping cough

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Erythromycin

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Lung abcess

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IV antibiotics dependent on pathogen

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Large pneumothorax

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Thoracocentesis

Chest draing

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Tension pneumothorax

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Needle decompression with large bore cannula

Oxygen 24-28%

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Pulmonary Embolism

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Minor: anticoag
Major with RVD: Anticoag + thrombolysis
Massive with shock or syncope: thrombolysis + surgery

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Small cell cancer

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Palliative

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Adenocarcinoma

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Excision

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Squamous cell cancer

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Excision

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Large cell carcinoma

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Excision

28
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Mesothelioma

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Chemo

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