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URI Flashcards

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URI

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  • Upper respiratory infections
  • Usually caused by viruses
  • Have non specific symptoms
  • Resolve spontaneously
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Acute Otitis Media

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  • Impaired mucociliary apparatus leading to Eustachian tube dysfunction
  • Middle ear becomes blocked with fluid and tympanic membrane swells
  • Bacteria then isn’t cleared and proliferates and causes infection
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Why is AOM more common in children?

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Eustachian tubes are shorter, narrower, and more horizontal than adults

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AOM Etiology

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  • 40-75% are viral

- Common bacterial pathogens: S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, Morazella catarrhalis

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AOM Clinical Presentation

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  • Usually follows viral URI: fever, difficulty sleeping, and tugging at ear
  • Bulging of tympanic membrane
  • Otorrhea (discharge), otalgia (earache)
  • Erythema of tympanic membrane
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Non-Severe AOM

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  • Mild otalgia < 48 hours
  • Temperature: <39 degrees C
  • NEED BOTH
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Severe AOM

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  • Moderate-severe otalgia for >= 48 hours
  • Temperature >= 39 degrees C
  • EITHER
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AOM Treatment: < 6 mo

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10 days of antibiotics

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AOM Treatment: 6-23 months

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  • Severe/Non-severe bilateral: 10 days antibiotics

- Nonsevere unilateral: Observe or 10 days of antibiotics

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“Observe”

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  • Watchful waiting x 48-72 hours with follow-up

- Access to doctor/antibiotics if symptoms don’t improve in 2-3 days or worse at any time

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AOM Treatment: 2+ Years

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  • Severe: 10 days of antibiotics

- Non-severe: observe or 7 days of antibiotics

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AOM: First Line Treatment

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  • Amoxicillin: 80-90 mg/kg/day PO q12h

- Augmentin: Amox - 90 mg/kg/day and Clav - 6.4 mg/kg/day PO q12h

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AOM Alternative Treatment

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  • Cefdinir: 14 mg/kg/day PO q 12-24h
  • Cefuroxime: 30 mg/kg/day PO q12h
  • Cefpodoxime: 10 mg/kg/day PO q12h
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AOM Pain Management

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  • Ibuprofen: 10 mg/kg q6h PRN

- Tylenol: 15 mg/kg q4-6h PRN

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AOM Treatment Failure

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  • Should see improvement in 48-72 hours
  • Symptoms could worsen right after diagnosis
  • Switch antibiotics if no improvement: Amox => Aug => Ceftrixone
  • Consider tympanocentesis if still no improvement - Gram stain, culture, susceptibilities
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AOM Treatment Failure Succession

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  • 1st Line: Augmentin and Ceftriaxone
  • Alternative/Failure of 2nd: Clindamycin: 30-40 mg/kg/day PO q8h +/- 3rd gen ceph.
  • Failure of 2nd: also consider tympanocentesis
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Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis

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Inflammation of contiguous nasal mucosa/paranasal sinuses

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ABR Risk Factors

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  • Anatomic abnormalities (septal defect)
  • Allergies/allergic rhinitis
  • Tobacco smoke
  • Intranasal medications
  • Viral respiratory tract infections/winter months
  • Swimming/diving
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ABR Etiology

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  • 90-98% are viral

- Bacterial causers: S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis

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ABR Diagnosis

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  • Persist signs/symptoms for 10+ days with no improvement
  • Severe signs/symptoms: Temp >= 39 C AND purulent nasal discharge/facial pain for 3-4+ consecutive days at the start of illness
  • Worsening/”double-sickening” signs/symptoms like new fever onset, headache, or increased nasal drainage after a typical 5-6 typical viral URI with improving symptoms
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Empiric ABR Children Treatment

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  • Augmentin: 45 mg/kg/day PO q12h

- Augmentin: 90 mg/kg/day PO q12h

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ABR Children Treatment + Beta Lactam Allergy

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-Levofloxacin: 10-20 mg/kg/day PO q12-24 hr

-Clindamycin: 30-40 mg/kg/day PO q8h
AND
-Cefixime: 8 mg/kg/day PO q12h 
OR
-Cefpodoxime: 10 mg/kg/day PO q12h
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Children ABR Treatment + Severe Hospitalization

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  • Unasyn: 200-400 mg/kg/day IV q6h
  • Ceftriaxone: 50 mg/kg/day IV q12h
  • Levofloxacin: 10-20 mg/kg/day IV q12-24h
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High Dose Augmentin + ABR

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Need at least one risk factor:

  • High endemic rates of penicillin non-susceptible S. pneumoniae
  • Severe infection: systemic toxicity, T >= 39 C, threat of suppurative complications
  • Attending daycare
  • <2 y.o. or >65 y.o.
  • Recent hospitalization
  • Antibiotic use within past month
  • Immunocompromised
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ABR Empiric Adult Treatment

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  • Augmentin: 500/125 mg PO q8h OR 875/125 mg PO q12h
  • Augmentin: 2000/125 mg PO q12h
  • Doxycycline: 100 mg PO q12h
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ABR Adult Treatment + B-lactam Allergy

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  • Doxycycline: 100 mg PO q12h
  • Levofloxacin: 500 mg PO q24h
  • Moxifloxacin: 400 mg PO q24h
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ABR Adult Treatment + Severe Hospitalization

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  • Unasyn: 1.5-3g IV q6h
  • Levofloxacin: 500 mg PO/IV q24h
  • Moxifloxacin: 400 mg PO/IV q24h
  • Ceftriaxone: 2g IV q24h
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ABR Adjunctive Therapy

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  • Nasal irrigation with saline
  • Analgesics: NSAIDs, APAP
  • Intranasal corticosteroids
  • Decongestants and antihistamines = NOT recommended
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Pharyngitis

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  • Acute, painful inflammation of throat
  • Most commonly effects children 5-15 y.o.
  • Occurs most in winter and early spring months
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Pharyngitis Etiology

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  • Virus: causes majority of cases

- Bacterial causers: GAS (S. pyogenes)

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Pharyngitis + Viral Symptoms

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  • Conjunctivitis
  • Coryza
  • Oral ulcers
  • Hoarseness
  • Diarrhea
  • Rash
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Pharyngitis + Bacterial Symptoms

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  • Abrupt onset of sore throat
  • Fever
  • Headache
  • GI upset
  • Patchy exudates
  • Palatal petechiae
  • Scarlatiniform rash
  • Anterior cervical adenitis
  • Exposure to GAS pharyngitis
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Pharyngitis Patho

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  • Possible alteration in host immunity
  • Flora of orotharynx may migrate to cause infection
  • Pathogenic factors: pyrogenic toxins, streptokinases, proteinases
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Pharyngitis Diagnosis

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  • Throat cultures if presentation isn’t consistent with viral pharyngitis
  • Rapid detection tests are highly specific but not sensitive and a negative reading would need to be confirmed by a culture
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Centor Criteria

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  • Temp > 38 C: 1
  • Absence of cough: 1
  • Swollen/tender anterior cervical nodes: 1
  • Tonsillar swelling/exudate:1

Age

  • 3-14 y.o.: 1
  • 15-44 y.o.: 0
  • > =45 y.o.: -1
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Penicillin

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  • Children: 250 mg PO q8-12hr
  • Adults: 250 mg PO q6h OR 500 mg PO q12h
  • Duration: 10 days
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Amoxicillin

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  • Children: 50 mg/kg/day PO q12-24 h
  • Adults: 1000 mg PO q24h OR 500 mg PO q12h
  • Duration: 10 days
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Benzathine Penicillin

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  • <27 kg: 600,000 units IM
  • > = 27 kg: 1,200,000 units IM
  • 1 dose
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Cephalexin

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  • Used for penicillin allergies
  • Children: 20 mg/kg PO q12h
  • Adults: 500 mg PO q12h
  • Duration: 10 days
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Clindamycin

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  • Used for penicillin allergies
  • Children: 7 mg/kg PO q8h
  • Adults: 300 mg PO q8h
  • Duration: 10 days
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Azithromycin

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  • Used for penicillin allergies
  • Children: 12 mg/kg PO q24h
  • Adults: 500 mg day 1, 250 mg days 2-5
  • Duration: 5 days
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Pharyngitis Treatment: Clarithromycin

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  • Used for penicillin allergies
  • Children: 7.5 mg/kg PO q12h
  • Adults: 250 mg q12h
  • Duration: 10 days
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Centor Criteria: =<1

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  • =< 0: 1-2.5% risk of strept infection
  • 1: 5-10% risk of infection
  • No further testing or antiobiotics
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Centor Criteria: 2-3

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  • 2: 11-17% risk of strept infection
  • 3: 28-35% risk of infection
  • Culture all
  • Antibiotics for positive culture results only
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Centor Criteria: >=4

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  • > = 4: 51-53% risk of strept. infection

- Treat empirically with antibiotics and/or culture

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