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PLEURITIS
PAIN DUE TO ACUTE PLEURAL INFLAMMATION
DESCRIBE PAIN OF PLEURITIS
LOCALIZED, SHARP, FLEETING, AND MADE WORSE BY COUGH, SNEEZING, DEEP BREATH, OR MOVEMENT (KNOWN AS PLEURITIC PAIN)
WITH THIS CONDITION, YOU MAY HEAR A FRICTION RUB ON PHYSICAL EXAM
PLEURITIS
WHAT DOES A FRICTION RUB SOUND LIKE?
SOUND OF LEATHER RUBBING TOGETHER OR SOUND OF THUMB AND FINGER RUBBING TOGETHER ON INSPIRATION
HOW DOES INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURA AFFECT THE LUBRICANT BETWEEN THEM?
IT CAUSES LOSS OF THE LUBRICANT, RESULTING IN A FRICTION RUB WHEN THEY RUB TOGETHER
TREATMENT FOR PLEURITIS
TREAT THE UNDERLYING CONDITION (HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT) AND GIVE ANALGESICS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS FOR PAIN RELIEF
WHAT TYPE OF PAIN DOES A RIB FRACTURE CAUSE?
PLEURITIC PAIN
WITHOUT HISTORY OF TRAUMA IN A RIB FRACTURE, CONSIDER WHAT?
A PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE
WHAT ARE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF PATHOLOGICAL RIB FRACTURES
CANCER AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS; SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS
TREATMENT FOR RIB FRACTURE
PAIN MANAGEMENT AND ADEQUATE VENTILATION TO PREVENT ATELECTASIS (DO NOT USE CONSTRICTIVE BRACE); NSAIDS AND CODEINE
WHAT WILL BE THE CHANGES ON PE WITH A PLEURAL EFFUSION>
MAY BE PLEURITIC PAIN OR DYSPNEA (ALSO MAY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS); DECREASED TACTILE FREMITUS, DULLNESS TO PERCUSSION, DISTANT BREATH SOUNDS, AND EGOPHONY IF EFFUSION IS LARGE
WHAT DO WE DO TO DETERMINE ETIOLOGY OF PLEURAL EFFUSION?
THORACENTESIS
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF PLEURAL EFFUSION
CHF (ACCOUNTS FOR MOST TRANSUDATES ALSO)
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF TRANSUDATE PLEURAL EFFUSION
CHF
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF EXUDATE PLEURAL EFFUSION
BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AND CANCER
TREATMENT OF PLEURAL EFFUSION
AIMED AT THE DISEASE THAT CAUSES THE EFFUSION AND THE EFFUSION ITSELF; IN CHF AND MOST OTHER TRANSUDATES TREATING THE UNDERLYING CONDITION NORMALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM
TREATMENT OPTION FOR PLEURAL EFFUSION SECONDARY TO CANCER
DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS; CHEMICAL PLEURODESIS IS AN OPTION FOR PAIN CONTROL
TREATMENT FOR EFFUSION SECONDARY TO PNEUMONIA
AIMED AT PREVENTING THE EXUDATIVE FLUID FROM TURNING INTO FRANK PUS; ANTIBIOTIC TX OF THE PNEUMONIA USUALLY RESOLVES THE EFFUSION IF THE FLUID HASN'T TURNED TO PUS; IF FRANK PUS IS PRESENT, MUST DO TUBE THORACOSTOMY
PLEURODESIS
Pleurodesis is the adherence of the outer surface of a lung to the membrane surrounding that lung, which is performed to treat the buildup of fluid around the lung.
EMPYEMA
PUS
PROGNOSIS FOR PLEURAL EFFUSION
DEPENDS ON UNDERLYING CONDITION; POOR FOR MALIGNANCY CAUSING
WHAT POP. IS MOST AFFECTED BY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX?
TALL THIN MEN B/W 20 AND 40; USUALLY SMOKERS OR FAMILY HX
PATIENTS WITH MARFAN'S ALSO SOMETIMES GET WHAT?
PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
CAUSES OF SECONDARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
COPD, ASTHMA, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, TB, AND MANY INFILTRATIVE DISEASES INCLUDING PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIAE
WHAT IS CATAMENIAL PNEUMOTHORAX ASSOCIATED WITH?
MENSTRUATION
IS PRIMARY OR SECONDARY PNEUMOTHORAX USUALLY MORE SERIOUS?
SECONDARY (BUT DEPENDS ON THE UNDERLYING DISEASE)
CLINICAL FINDINGS IN SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
SUDDEN ONSET OF ONE SIDED CHEST PAIN AND DYSPNEA; OFTEN BEGINS AT REST OR SLEEP; MAY PRESENT AS LIFE THREATENING RESP. FAILURE IF COPD OR ASTHMA IS UNDERLYING
WHAT WILL PE ON LARGE PNEUMOTHORAX SHOW?
DIMINISHED BREATH SOUNDS, DECREASED TACTILE FREMITUS, HYPERRESONANCE ON ONE SIDE
IF THERE IS SEVERE TACHYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION, AND MEDIASTINAL OR TRACHEAL SHIFT, WHAT TYPE OF PNEUMOTHORAX SHOULD BE SUSPECTED?
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
WHAT WILL BE PRESENT ON CXR IN PNEUMOTHORAX?
A VISCERAL PLEURAL LINE; TENSION- WILL SHOW A LARGE AMOUNT OF AIR IN AFFECTED HEMITHORAX AND CONTRALATERAL SHIFT OF MEDIASTINAL STRUCTURES
WHAT WILL TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX RESULT IN?
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF PNEUMOTHORAX
SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA MAY OCCUR; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM CAN CAUSE RUPTURE OF THE ESOPHAGUS OR BRONCHUS
TREATMENT FOR SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
DEPENDS ON SEVERITY AND NATURE OF UNDERLYING DISEASE; IF LESS THAN 15%, TREATED W/ BEDREST, SYMPTOMATIC CARE, AND SERIAL X-RAYS; FOR GREATER THAN 15%, A CHEST TUBE IS USUALLY PLACED AND SUCTION APPLIED UNTIL LUNG EXPANDS
IF A TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX IS SUSPECTED, WHAT IS THE TX?
A LARGE BORE NEEDLE INSERTED IMMEDIATELY FOR DECOMPRESSION AT THE 2ND ICS MCL; TUBE THORACOSTOMY THEN FOR DEFINITIVE CARE
A PRIMARY TUMOR ARISING FROM THE SURFACE LINING OF THE PLEURA OR PERITONEUM
MESOTHELIOMA
MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT?
ASBESTOS EXPOSURE
SYMPTOMS OF MESOTHELIOMA
INSIDIOUS ONSET OF SOB, NON PLEURITIC CHEST PAIN, AND WEIGHT LOSS
PHYSICAL FINDINGS- MESOTHELIOMA
DULLNESS TO PERCUSSION, DIMINISHED BREATH SOUNDS, AND OCCASIONALLY CLUBBING
CXR- MESOTHELIOMA
NODULAR, IRREGULAR, UNILATERAL PLEURAL THICKENING, AND SOMETIMES UNILATERAL EFFUSION
PROGNOSIS FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
75% DIE WITHIN ONE YEAR, TX IS PALLIATIVE
WHAT IS TX FOR NON-MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA
TREATED ACCORDING TO SYMPTOMS ANS SIGNS
FOR FLUID TO BE VISIBLE ON CXR WHEN PLEURAL EFFUSION IS PRESENT, WHAT VIEWS ARE USED?
FOR FLUID GREATER THAN 250 ML, PA VIEW; FOR LESS THAN 250 ML FLUID, USE LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION
TRANS OR EXU- CHF
TRANSUDATE
TRANS OR EXU- TRAUMA
EXUDATE
TRANS OR EXU- CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
TRANSUDATE
MALIGNANCIES- TRANS OR EXU
EXUDATE