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At what % inspired levels can oxygen toxicity occur?



If PaO2 cannot be maintained?

50% for 24 hours or


100% for 12 hours



If PaO2 cannot be maintained, then ventilation is needed

What are the major mechanisms (4) for pulmonary edema

increased hydrostatic pressure


decreased plasma oncotic pressure


increased vascular permability


impaired lymphatic dammage

What is the most common cause of pulmonary increased hydrostatic pressure

L sided CHF

Pulmonary edema due to decreased oncotic pressure is due to

hypoalbuminemia < 1 g/dL

Another pathological process is more common with hypoalbuminemia than pulmonary edema

pleural effusion

PE findings with pulomary edema (4)

increased effort to breath (both insp/exp)


crackes on inspiration


quiet lung sounds with severe edema (cats)


if CHF, should be tachypnic

Pulmonary edema due to increased vascular permeability is most severe in the ___ lung lobes

caudodorsal

What are some examples on non-cardiogenic edema (causes)

electrocution


sepsis


pancreatitis

Where is pulmonary edema secondary to decreased plasma oncotic pressure seen on a radiograph?

generalized interstitial or miexted interstitial pattern

TX for pulmonary edema

O2


sedatives (morphine (dogs) ace (dogs/cats)


furosemide 2-4 mg/kg IV q 4-12 hr


+/- bronchodilators

Prognosis for pulmonary edema.



How long after starting TX should rads be repeated?

variable


repeat rads q 24-48 hours

What primary pulmonary neoplasia occur in dogs and cats

MC - carcinoma that arise from the bronchial or alveolar epithelium


SCC


OSA


mesenchymal tumors

Metastatic disease can also cause lameness in animals with extensive peirosteal proliferation which is called

hypertrophic osteopathy

TX for primary pulmonary neoplasia

SX resection

What neoplasias have a high prediliction to met to the lungs

K9 OSA


K9/Fe Mammary carcinomas


K9 Oral and nail bed melanomas

What other diseases should be considered besides a pulmonary neoplsic lesion (4)

fungal


bacteral


mycobacterial


hypersensitivity (eosinophilic granuloma)

What is lymphomatoid granulomatosis

Possibly a low grade lymphoma


infilatration of pulmonary blood vessels with lymphoid and psasmacytoid cells

DX of lymphomatoid granulomatosis

SX biopsy

TX for lymphomatoid granulomatosis

chemotherapy for LSA

Prognosis for lymphomatoid granulomatosis

guarded

What other breeds of dog has malignant histiocytosis

goldens


rottweilers

How do Bermease mt. acquire malignant histocytosis?

inherited

Besides pulomonary lesions, where else dose malignant histiocytosis affect?

LN enlargment


pleural effusion


visceral orgnas


brain


spinal cord

prognosis for malignant histiocytosis

poor

What diseses should be investigated for animals with recurrent single lung lobe pneumonia

endobronchial FB


airway masses


Besides culture from TTW, what other bacterial should be evaluated for with pneumonia

Mycoplasma

What organisms are commonly found in the respiratory tract of dogs (7)

E.coli


Pasturella multocida


Klebsiella


Bordetella bronchiseptica


Staphlococcus


Streptococcus


Mycoplasma

What organisms are commonly found in the respiratory tract of cats (7)

Pasturella multocida


Klebsiella


Proteus spp


Bordetella


E.c oli


Streptococci


Mycoplasma

What are good emperic AB choices for bacterial pnuemonia

ampicillin - G+ aerobes


cefazolin - G+ aerobes


gentamicin - G- aerobes


amikacin- G- aerobes


enrofloxacin G- aerobes


doxycyline - Mycoplasma/Bordetella


Metronidazole - anaerobes

How long after TX is started for pneumonia should a diagnosis be reconsidered if the patient is not responding to ABs

24-48 hrs

What are good emperic combinations of AB for pnumonia

beta lactam or cephalosporin and


aminoglycoside or fluroquinolone

How long should a patient be TX for pnumonia with ABs?

1 week past clinical and radiographic resolution

What are 3 zoonotic bacterial respiratory pathogens

mycobacteria


yersinia pestis


Franciella tularensis

What are K9 viral diseases that can cause pulmonary disease

distemper


canine adenovirus


parainfluenza - rare - not as sole pathogen

What are Feline viral diseases that can cause pumonary disease?

calicivuris - MC with URI


FIP


FIV/FeLV - oppertunistic

What tick born diseases causes a vasculitis and although uncommon presentation, can present with respiratory signs

Ehrlichia and


Rickettsia rickettsii (RMSF)

This protozoal disease in cats is a common cause of pulmonary disease

toxoplasam gondii

How is Toxoplasmosis diagnosed?

- supported by serologic results - increased IgM or IgG


- finding T. gondii tachyzoites in BAR


- FNA of lung lesions

What systemic fungal infection are also resporatory pathogens (4)

Blastomyces dermatitidis


Histoplasma capsulatum


Coccidiodes immitis


Cryptococcus neoformans

What fungal diseases are most common in dogs and cats to present with respiratory signs

K9- blastomycosis


Fel - histoplasmosis

Which fungal disease is less likely to have parenchymeal diseases

cryptococcal

How are parenchymal disease diagnosed?

- demonstration of the organism in tissue


- Cryptococcosis with serology

TX of systemic fungal diseases

azole category


amphotericin B


This is a fungal organism that can be found in the alveoli of normal aniamls but can cause clinical pulmonary disease in animals with immune system dysfunction

Pneumocytis carinii

This is the lung fluke of dogs and cats

paragonimus kellicotti

What region of the country do dogs and cats get exposed to the Paragonimus kellicotti (lung fluke)

southern


midwestern


Great Lakes

How do animals become infected with paragonimus kellicotti (lung fluke)

ingestion of a freshwater snail or crayfish (intermediate host)

On radiographs what should raise suspicion of paragonimus kellicotti?

cystic or bullous lesions


+/- pneumonthorax

How is paragonimus kellicotti diagnosed

fecal sedimentation technique - ova


tracheal wash or BAL - ova

TX for paragonimus kellicotti (lung fluke)

praziquantel x3 days


fenvbendazole BID x14 days

These are pulmonary parasites of dogs and cats that most animals are asymptomatic but can present with cough.

Capillaria aerophila

How is capillaria aerophila DX?


How is capillaria aerophila treated?

ova in respiratory wash or float


fenbendazole BID x14 d

What dose the egg of capilaria aerophilia look like?

Similar to trichuris vulpis, but smaller

What pulmonary parenchymal parasite have cats as the principle host

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus


cat lungworm

What are the intermediate hosts of aelurostrongylus abstrusus

snal or slug


cat lungworm

How is aelurostrongylus abstrusus DX

Baermann technique - larve


BAL - larve


feline lungworm

TX of aelurostrongylus abstrusus

fenbendazole SID x 14 d


feline lungworm

This is a lungworm that infects domestic and wild canids

crenosoma vulpis

This is the heartworm of Frace

Angiostrongylus vasorum

Eosinophillic infiltrative pulmonry disease is belived to be a hypersensitivity to

enviromental or endogenous antigens

Which breed of dogs are predisoposed to eosinophillic bronopneumonpathy?


What aged dogs

Huskies


young to middle aged

How is eosinophilic bronchopenumopathy diagnosed

R/O other dz - HWD, parasites, bacteria,fungal


broncoscopy


cytology of material/culture

TX for eosinophilic bronchopneumonpathy?

glucocorticoids - immunosuppressive


allergy testing - not successfull

These 4 parasties are commonly diagnosed using the Baermann Test

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Fe)


Strongyloides stercoralis (K9)


Crenosoma vulpis (Europe)


Angiostrongylus vasorum (europe)

How is the Baermann Test performed

Float FRESH feces in cheese cloth >8 hours in water


bottom of wine glass (funnel) pull off fluid


examine under the microscope


if see motile larve = parasite

What common lungworms does Baermann not work for?



Why?

Oslerus osleri


Filaroids



Rare in US and best diagnosed with zinc sulfate due to the first stage larvae do not move vigorously and not recovered with a Baermann Test.

These fluke eggs are best recovered using a fecal sediment.

Paragonimus kellcotti


salmon posioning


Alaria spp.