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| Rapid, deep labored breathing |
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Definition
| Kussmaul breathing – DKA, Metabolic acidosis |
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| Deep breathing alternating w/ apnea |
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Definition
| Cheyne-Stokes breathing – heart failure, brain damage |
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Definition
| Infections – lung abscess, TB (Gohn focus) |
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| Apical infiltrates, F, C, dry cough |
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| Pleural thickening on CXR |
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Definition
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| Ground glass appearance on CXR |
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Definition
| Asbestosis (shipbuilders, building demolition) |
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| Reticular to nodular pattern on CXR |
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| Granulomas and inflammation of alveoli, small bronchi and small blood vessels |
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| Dyspnea after surgery, travel (airplane), LE Fx. May have c/o calf pain also. |
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Definition
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| Lung scan with perfusion defects |
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Definition
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| Venous stasis, vessel wall injury, hypercoagulability |
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Definition
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| Pediatric with barking cough, stridor |
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Definition
| viral croup (laryngotracheobronchitis); Tx w/ racemic epi and glucocorticosteroids if stridor at rest. |
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Definition
| lower respiratory FB, asthma |
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| Drooling, sniffing position, tripod, toxic |
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Definition
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Definition
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Definition
| FB, viral croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) |
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Definition
| FB, viral croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) |
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| Premature infant with respiratory distress |
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Definition
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Term
| Preemie CXR w/ hypoexpansion (ATX), air bronchograms |
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Definition
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| Smoker, chronic productive cough. NO hemoptysis, wt. loss. |
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Definition
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Definition
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| Hyperinflation on CXR, tear drop heart |
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Definition
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| Wheezing, prolonged expiration |
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Definition
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| Airway edema with eosinophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes |
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Definition
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| Fever, cough, sputum. Crackles, decreased breath sounds, dullness to percussion, +egophony, pectoriloquy. CXR – infiltrates or consolidation |
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Definition
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| >35yo with PNA. Rusty colored or yellow-green sputum. Acute onset F/C |
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Definition
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| <35 yo, college students. Fever, cough, +/- sputum, chills, muscle aches |
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Definition
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Definition
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| PNA w/ DM, immunocompromised, EtOH. Currant color sputum. |
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Definition
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| PNA w/ Water, late summer, construction site. Diarrhea. Toxic looking |
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Definition
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| PNA from Nursing homes, chronic care facility. Purulent sputum |
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Definition
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Term
| PNA & HIV+, AIDS, Immunocompromised. Sx out of proportion to exam. Diffuse interstitial & alveolar infiltrates |
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Definition
| Pneumocystis jerovecii; TMP-SMX = Drug of choice |
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Term
| PNA & decreased mental status, poor dental hygiene, dentures, foul smelling sputum, bronchiectasis. Patchy infiltrates in dependant lung zones |
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Definition
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| Pediatric with Hx recurrent lung infections, pancreatitis, reproductive problems, FTT |
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Definition
| Cystic fibrosis (Staph & Pseudomonal infections usually cause of death) |
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Definition
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Definition
| Pseudomonas aueroginosa causative agent |
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Term
| < 2 days post-op with fever |
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Definition
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Term
| Stab wound, hyperresonance to percussion, decreased breath sounds, tympany |
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Definition
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Term
| Stqb wound, dullness to percussion, decreased breath sounds. |
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Definition
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Term
| Tall, skinny, male, band student, acute onset one-sided chest pain, dyspnea |
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Definition
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Term
| Stab wound to chest. Hypotension, tracheal shift |
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Definition
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Term
| Poor sleeping, obese, daytime fatigue & drowsy, snoring, HTN, PM wakening |
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Definition
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| s/p thoracic trauma. Multiple rib fractures. Chest wall moves in with inspiration, out with expiration. |
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Definition
| Flail chest (pain control, incentive spirometry, pulmonary toilet, intubation) |
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