Shell Test 1 Flashcards
Upper airway disease is characterized by increased (expiratory/inspiratory) effort.
Inspiratory
Lower airway disease is characterized by incresed (expiratory/inspiratory) effort.
Expiratory
Pawing at the nose is indicative of (upper/lower) airway disease
Upper
What is the hallmark of upper respiratory disease?
Nasal Discharge
What is the hallmark of lower airway disease?
Coughing
Nasal discharge is a hallmark of what type of disease?
(Can also be pulmonary parenchymal)
Nasal Cavity Disease
What are the four types of nasal discharge?
Serous
Mucopurulent
Mucoid
Hemorrhagic
Sneezing is a hallmark of what type of respiratory disease?
Nasal Cavity Dz
Soft tissue obstruction will cause what type of sound?
Stertor
Tracheal collapse will cause what type of breathing sound?
Stridor
Snoring or gurgling noises are called?
Stertor
A whine on inspiration is called what type of sound?
Stridor
A rigid obstruction will cause what type of breathing sound?
Stridor
Laryngeal paralysis will cause what type of breathing sound?
Stridor
A cough is indicative of what diseases?
Tracheal Disease
Lower lung disease
Cardiac Disease
Labored breathing, characterized by air hunger
Dyspnea
Overall cause of dyspnea?
HYPOXEMIA
What are the five things that contribute to dyspnea?
Insufficient O2
Insufficient ventilation
Insufficient circulation
Insufficient RBCs
Abnormal Hemoglobin
Term for only breathing in an upwright position with abducted elbows…
Orthopnea
Orhopnea is characteristic of what respiratory dz?
Pleural Dz
Normal lung sound heard on expiration, especially over the hilus…
Bronchial
Normal lung sound heard on inspiration, best heard in the peripheral lung field…described as rustling leaves
Vesicular
Normal lung sound mostly heard on expiration, heard at the central airway. Harsh, increased.
Bronchovesicular
What are crackles from?
Fluid- snapping of airways
What are wheezes from?
Air flowing through a small opening
During what part of the respiratory cycle are wheezes heard?
Expiration
A collapsed intrathoracic trachea, carina or mainstem bronchi will cause what abnormal sound?
Snap over the hilus at the end of expiration
Tracheal collapse will cause what sound?
Goose honk/Kazoo
Pleural friction will cause what sound?
Creaking/Grating
What is the most important diagnostic tool for respiratory disease?
Imaging
What direction do you enter the nose for a rhinoscopy?
Mediodorsal
You should not pass this location of the skull for a blind nasal biopsy…Why?
Medial Canthus of the eye
Cribriform Plate Penetration
A transtracheal wash or aspirate is performed in what animals?
Medium or large breed dogs
What is the landmark in the trachea for transtracheal wash?
Cricothyroid ligament
Endotracheal and transoral wash are indicated in what animals?
Small dogs, Cats
What is the most likely cause of nasal discharge in old dogs? Young dogs?
Old = carcinoma
Young = aspergillosis
A sudden onset of acute sneezing is indicative of what?
Nasal foreign body
Describe the nasal discharge with foreign bodies
Serous -> mucopurulent
What are the ddx for rhinitis?
Infectious (viral/bacterial/fungal)
Parasitic
Allergic
Lymphocytic plasmacytic
What agents make up 90% of upper respiratory disease in cats?
Herpesvirus
Calicivirus
What signs are associated with herpes in cats?
Ulcers (hallmark)
Associated with the eyes
What signs are associated with calicivirus in cats?
Ulcers in the oral cavity
Pneumonia
Limping Kitten Syndrome
What signs are associated with chlamydophila in cats?
Conjunctivitis with chemosis (edema)
What disease in cats is caused by herpesvirus?
Feline viral rhinotracheitis
Describe “snuffler” and what causes it
Caused by herpesvirus
Turbinate damage predisposes to secondary bacterial infections of the nasal cavity
How would you adminidter the feline herpes vaccine in the case of an outbreak?
Intranasal
What are the signs of limping kitten syndrome?
Lameness
Ulcers on paw
Sore joints
T/F: Bacterial rhinitis is a top ruleout for runny nose
False!!!
It is never a top ruleout and is very rarely a primary disease process
If you see nasal ulceration and depigmentation, what is the most likely cause?
Aspergillosis
Why are radiographs not good for nasal aspergillosis?
Cant distinguish between neoplasia and fungal rhinitis
CT/MRI better
Plaques in the nasal cavity is indicitave of what?
Aspergillosis
Tx for nasal aspergillosis?
1% clotrimazole or 2% enilconazole in nasal cavity over 1 hour
What test should you do to diagnose cryptococcosis in a cat?
Serum titer
(antigen test)
What are the signs of a dog affected by Pneumonyssus caninum?
Sneezing
Reverse sneezing
T/F: Dogs on heartworm prevention can still be infected by Pneumonyssus caninum
False
What type of discharge will you most commonly see with LPR?
Mucoid or mucopurulent
But can be serous or hemorrhagic