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In DPLD, describe the change in RR and tidal volume
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RR increases
Tidal volume decreases |
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Pathologic classificaitons of idiopathic interstitial pneumonitides
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1. Usual interstitial pneumonitis (IPF)
2. NSIP (more inflammation) 3. Acute interstitial pneumonitis 4. Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis |
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Histology of IPF
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Fibroblastic foci
*pallisades of myofibrobplasts into the lumen * no inflammatory cells * number of FF correlates w/ prognosis |
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Pathogenesis of IPF
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injury/toxin damages epithelial cells
stimulates TGF-beta & PDGF which are profibrotic May be a genetic link --> gene polymorphisms predispose |
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Clinical features of IPF
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Histo: fibroblastic foci
CXR: Reticulonodular shadows, lower lobes Exam: velcro crackles, loud P2, edema, finger clubbing Outcome: poor prognosis Treatment: poor response to steroids (unlike AIP, NSIP, DIP) which have better respone to corticosteroids |
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How does ground glass appearance vs honeycombing reflect treatment of IPF?
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ground glass will repsond, honeycomb no
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What is BOOP?
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Plugs of CT in the terminal airways
Caused by virus, fume exposure, CT dz CXR: patchy consolidations |
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What is COP?
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Idiopathic version of BOOP
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What are the key characteristics of Chronic Eosinophilic Pnuemonia?
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CXR: negative image of pulmonary edema
Timing: Acute or subacute Sx: cough, fever, weight loss Treatment: corticosteroids NOT IgE mediated Biopsy: tissue infiltrate has eosinophils |
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DDx of BOOP
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Nitrofurantoin, Ascaris
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Pulmonary Alveolar proteinosis
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Alveolar spaces fill with surfactant
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Lymphangio-leiomyomatosis
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Obstruciton of lymp by smooth muscle proliferation
Childbearing-age women |
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Pulmonary langerhas-cell histiocytosis ("Eosinophilic granuloma"
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Stellate scars and cysts in upper lobes
X bodies Pneumothorax Smokers disease |
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Common epidemiology of Sarcoidosis
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Black females or scandanavians
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Systems involved in sarcoidosis
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Cholestatic defect
Bells palsy Erythema nodosum Anterior uveitis Cardiomyopahty Arthralgias Hypercalcemia |
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Sarcoidosis
-pathognominic -CXR |
Non-caseating granuloma
Bilateral hilar adenopathy and interstitial infiltrates |
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Sarcoidosis pathophysiology
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Involves macrophages and T cells
T cell over activation in affected tissues leads to depletion in peripheral blood --> skin test anergy B cell activation - hyper gammaglobulinemia |
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what disease has increased ACE levels
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sarcoidosis
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Common lung manifestations of the following CT diseases:
RA SLE Scleroderma |
RA:
Pleuritis/plerual effusion DPLD PH bronchiolitis SLE: Pleural efusion, DPLD, PH Scleroderma: DPLD & PH |
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When do you know to treat sarcoidosis?
How treat? |
If ocular, neurologic, or cardiac involvement, treat with corticoteroids
also if you have persistent cough, dypsnea, abnormal PFTs |
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Wergener's clinical manifestations
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ENT: facial pain, sinusitis, ulceration
Kidney: uremia, proteinuria, hematuria Lung: fever, coughhemoptysis |
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Pathology of Wergeners
how treat |
Necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis in upper airway, lung, kidney
corticosteroids |
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Churg Strauss
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Starts out as asthma, then get blood eosinophila to lung and gi tract
Affects heart as well: |
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Goodpastrues syndomre
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Anti-GBM antibody, crossreact against type IV collage on alveolar BM
Clinical presentation: Acute, lung hemorrage, hematuria Setting: After influenza or other airway injury Pathology: Linear immune complex deposits on the glomerular BM |
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Unique clinical features:
Asbestosis HP Beryllium Silicosis |
Asbestosis: clubbing, pleural plaques
HP: no lymphadenopathy Beryllium: lymphocyte proliferation test (looks like sarcoid) Silicosis: calcified nodes |
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Malignant mesothelioma Characteristics
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Unilatearl
Fatal |
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Asbestosis CXR and occupations
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Basilar Linear opacities
Interstital fibrosis occupations: pipe fitters, brake-lining, pulmbers, insulation, shipwuilders |
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Possible coal related diseases
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Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema Caplan's syndrome CWP |
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Specific pneumoconiosis that predisposes for MTb infection
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Silicosis
toxicity of macrophages |
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HP pathology
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Monocyte infiltrates with loose granulomas
IgG mediated |
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HP on CXR
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Increased interstitial markings
Ground glass on CT |
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Types of HP
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Acute: 4-12 hrs after exposure. Cough, dyspnea, chest tightness, fevers, chills, malaise, myalgias.
rales, tacycardia, tachypnea, inc WBC Sub-Acute Chronic Dyspnea on exertion, wheezing rales, RV fail |
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Clinical prediciton for HP
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*Exposure to known offending agent
*Recurrent episodes *Sx 4-8 hrs after exposure *Weight loss *Serum percipitins *Inspiratory crackles |
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Beryllium dose response?
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NOT dose response.
Very little amt can cause the disease Cell mediated res;ponse |
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Beryllium Disease
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Granulomatous disease
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How do you test for beryllium disease?
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Lymphocyte transformation.
Lymphocytes have been sensitized when exposure first occurs. On second exposure, they transform into blasts and proliferate. Positive even w/o clinical symptoms. |
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Etiology of work related asthma
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Immune mediated: isocyantates, animal dander, latex
Irritant mediated: High dose gives you reactive airways dysfunction syndrome |
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Bronchiolitis Obliterans
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* Fixed airway obstruciton
*Air trapping on CT *usually seen in post-transplant *can also be due to large exposures of ammonia, chlorine, diacetyl |
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normal amt of fluid in pleural space
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1-10cc
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Pressure of vascular supply to parietal and visceral pleura
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Visceral --> bronchail vessels (lower pressure)
Parietal --> intercostals (higher pressure) |
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Pressure in pleural space at rest
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Negative (-5)
there are no normal situations with a positive Ppl |
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Palv pressure on expiration is
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Positive
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Pleural fluid is genearlly moved (in/out) of the pleural space on the (parietal/visceral) surface
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out/visceral
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Spontaneous pneumothorax
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Primary:
Tall, smokers, males Blebs pop Secondary: Bullae pop, emptying air into pleural space Due to COPD, asthma or b/c of inflammation, or b/c of lung fibrosis |
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Most common clinical sx of pneumothorax
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Chest pain
Dyspnea |
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Why give O2 to a pneumothorax pateitn
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Increase gradient between Ppl gas pressure and venous capillary pressure to promote gas absorpiton into venous side
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Tension pneumothorax described as
who at risk |
Ppl positive
people on mechanical venitlators, b/c you are pumping positive pressure into them |
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During forced expiration, Ppl is
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Positive
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Relationship of Ppl to Patm in stab wound
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Ppl = Patm
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Ppl in tension pnuemorthorax is...
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positive
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Criteria for pleural effusion
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1) LDHpl/LDHserum <.6
2) proteinpl/proteinserum <.5 3) total LDH 200 IU or >.6 upper normal serum limit |
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What is loculation and when do you see it?
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Pleural effusion with fibrosis.
Usually because of an inflammatory process |
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Most common symptom of sarcoidosis
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Dyspnea
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Most common noninfectious granulomatous disease of teh liver
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Sarcoidosis
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Why are babies more prone to respiratory distress and fatigue?
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More type 2 fibers (fast twitch)
Flatter diaphragm |
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During what stage are terminal air sacs formed
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Saccular
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What is the signifcicange of pores of kohn in relation to peds
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They dont develop until 1 year old, so peds are more prone to atelectasis
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Canals of lambert
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connect bornchioles
develop when 7 years of age |
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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia defined as
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oxygen dependency for at least 28 days after birth
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Reasons for hypoxia in BPD
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Hypoventilation
V/Q mismatch Shunt Diffusion abnormalities |
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Sound worse than they are
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Croup
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Stridor
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Croup
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Clinical triad of eppligotitis
what causes this |
Drooling (b/c unable to swallow)
Dysphagia Respiratory distress HIB *no cough present |
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Look worse than they sound
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Epiglottitis
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Thumb sign
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Epiglottitis
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Steeple sign
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Croup
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RSV
Pathogeneiss CXR |
Pathogenesis:
RSV -->inflamation and necrosis --> edema --> air trapping --> V/Q mismatch & hypoxia CXR: Hyperinflation, peribronchial thickening, atelectasis |
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Classic CF
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*Excessive Cl in sweat
*Fat malabsorption *Chronic bacterial infection of airways and sinuses *Infertilitiy |
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Most common CF mutation
what chromosome |
DeltaF508
phenylalanine deletion chomosome 7 |
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Pulm manifestations of CF
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Mucus plugs in lungs
If secretions cannot be cleared, they are at risk for bacterial infections. Chronic infections --> chronic inflammatory response and therefroe lung damage |
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Why do CF patients have defective mucociliary transport?
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Absence of periciliary liquid layers (PCL) with formation of mucus plaques
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most common infections in CF patients
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S aureus
P aeruginosa |
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Treatment for CF
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DNase
Bronchodilators Hypertonic saline --> inc mucociliary clearance Macrolides (azythromicin) as immunemodulator |
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Why is there pancreatic insufficiency in CF?
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pancreatic ducts obstructed by thick secretions
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Cutoff levels to define CF (sweat test)
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<40 mml/L normal
40-60 mmol/L bornderline abornomar (atypical) >60 mmol/L abnormal |
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Neonatal screenign of CF looks for
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Trypsinogen
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Normal MPAP
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10-18
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PH --> what is the MPAP
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25
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Normal RVP
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20-30/2-8
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iPH most common in...
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women
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A PaO2 less than what will stimulate breathin
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60 mmHg
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Discuss the interaction between ventilatory response and relationship of PO2 and PCO2
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If you dec PCO2 you will dec response to hypoxia...this is DANGEROUS
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Acute Mountain Sickness:
Description Risk Factors Clinical features |
Person goes up a mountain and doesnt ahve the ventilaory drive to compensate for dec PiO2
RF: Rate of descent, extreme altitude CF: Headache, dizzineess, anorexia, fatigue, insomnia, pulm edema, cerebral edema |
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PaO2 response is central or peripheral
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Peripheral
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Differnen response of body to metabolic vs respiratory acidosis
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fast for resp b/c co2 can diffuse across BBB
slow for metabolic |
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What is Ondine's Curse?
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No ventilatory drive.
So problem when awake |
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What are causes of Hyperventilation?
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Anxiety
Asprin Fibrosed lung Acute hypoxia (asthma attack) |
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Ashtmatics usually have a respiratory acidosis or alkalosis?
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Alkalosis
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What is Shock?
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Diminished delivery of oxygen and nutrients to vital organs
Compromised renal fxn and imparied abiltiy to remove wastes |
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Shock: Effect
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Anaerobic meetabolism --> lactic acidosis
poor organ fxn (espeically brain and kidney) death |
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Shock
Signs |
Hypotension
Fever Cold, clammy hands Tachycardia Tachypnia Confusion |
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What is livido reticularis
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poor perfusion due to plugging of capillaries
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Microvascular effect of shock?
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Activation of endothelial cells, coag, immune system, cytokine response
Results in leukocyte adhesion, DIC, coagulation, capillary leak, altered rbc morphology |
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Sepsis vs. severe spesis vs spetic shock
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sepsis is SIRS w/ infeciton
severe sepsis is SIRS w/ infection and organ dysfxn, hypoperfusion, or hypotension Septic shock - hypotension despite adaquet fulid resuscitation |
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Types of emphysema
which types are asociated w/ smokign or loss of AAT |
Centrolobular
Paraseptal Panacinar Irregular Centriacinar and panacinar |
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Emphysema affects what part of airway
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Respiratory unit
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Centrilobular ephysema
pathogenesis |
Most common type in smokers
Apical segments of upper lobes Distal terminal bornchioles and RBs |
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Where does centrilobualr emphysema affect more and why?
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upper lobes, b/c distance from bronchi to bronchioles is shorter
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Emphysema that contributes to spontaneous pneumothorax
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Paraseptal
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Emphysema in lower lubes
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Panacinar
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Bulla vs. bleb
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Bulla is part of emphysema
Bleb is like a blister; spont pneumothorax |
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why is a ghon focus usually visible on CXR?
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It is calcified
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Classic location for TB primary infection
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Lobar fissure
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Loose granulomas refers to...
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Wergeners Granulomatosis
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Treat sleep apnea w/ what resp care
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CPAP
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How do we practice EBM?
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1) Ask an answerable question, using info from the patient
2) Track down best evidence to answer question 3) Critically appraise question: Validity, impact, applicability 4) Integrate w/ clinical expertise and patient values and circumstance 5) Evaluate how well you did the above steps |
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Quantity of which inflammatory cell is a marker for the severity of COP?
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Macrophage
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Specific pathogens that trigger asthma
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RSV and rhinovirus
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Fungus that survives inside the phagocyte
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Histoplasmosis
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Most aggressive lung cancer
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Small cell carcinoma
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Pathology of adenocarcinoma
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•Found at periphery
•Spiculated parenchymal •Ultrastructure: Short, plump microvilli |
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Cancer with large promient nucleoli
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Large Cell carcinoma
Rarely seen Aggressive |
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Hamartoma
periphery or central? |
Peripheral
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Most common primary lung tumor in children
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Carcinoid
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Types of Carcinoid tumors
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Typical:
Central and stains for synaptophysin Atypical Periphery, high mitotic activity, necrosis |
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Most common places to metastazie (Lung cancer)
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o Hilar lymph nodes
o Adrenal o Lung/pleura o Liver o Brain o Bone |
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Lung Cancers not associated with smoking
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Adenocarcinoma
Large Cell carcinoma Carcinoid |
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K-Ras associated with
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Adenocarcinoma
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Sputum of pnuemococcus
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rust, red, mucopululent
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Process S is regulated by...
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homeostasis
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Biggest dec in HR, BP, and CO comes in which phase of sleep?
lesat dec? |
Biggest Dec --> Tonic REM
Least --> Phasic REM |