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26 Cards in this Set
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All structures of the respiratory
below the epiglottis |
LRT
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Inflammatory Condition of the
tracheobronchial tree usually occurring in winter and associated with a generalized respiratory infection which manifests itself as: |
Acute Bronchitis
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Viruses causeing Acute Bronchitis
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Influenza.
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Non-viral causes of acute bronchitis
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
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Causative agent of
whooping cough with violent spells of coughing followed by a loud inspiratory "whooping" sound. |
Bordetella Pertussis
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Bordetella Pertussis:
Gram-_____ small, pleormorphic coccobacillus. |
negative
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Bordetella Pertussis:
One of the few genera of bacteria that adheres only to _______ mucosal cells. |
ciliated
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Pertussis:
most of the manifestations of the disease are attributable to production of exotoxin which causes: |
a) enhanced cough reflex.
b) peripheral lymphocytosis. c) malaise. d) weight loss. e) hypercellularity and enlargement of the mucosal lymph follicles and peribronchial lymph nodes. |
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gold standard of Microbiologic Diagnosis of acute bronchitis
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culture
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Acute lower respiratory tract illness occurring within
the first two years of life and characterized by: 1. Cough. 2. |
Bronchiolitis
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Bronchiolitis findings on xray
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X-ray- reveal diffuse, bilateral
reticulonodular infiltrates without pleural effusions. The heart size is normal. There is no significant deviation of the trachea. |
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Definition: Invasion of pulmonary
parenchyma by microorganisms with subsequent inflammatory infiltrate so that the alveoli become filled with an exudate (consolidation). |
Pneumonia:
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Classification of pneumonia:
By anatomical location: |
Bronchopneumonia
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Classification of pneumonia:
By clinical syndrome and setting |
Community acquired
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Classification of pneumonia:
By causative organism |
Bacterial
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Bronchopneumonia:
patchy consolidation of lung usually representing: |
bronchitis or
bronchiolitis. |
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Bronchopneumonia:
microscopic |
PMNs
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Bronchopneumonia:
necrosis of alveolar ____. |
septa
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Cryptogenic Organizing bronchopneumonia COP used to be called _______
(BOOP). |
brochiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
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treatment of COP
Cryptogenic Organizing bronchopneumonia |
Tx with steroids not antibiotics.
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Morphology of lobar pneumonia: the inflammatory response is divided
into four stages: |
1) congestion- lasts 24 hours
2) red hepatization 3) gray hepatization 4) doesn't matter |
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______ accounts for 90-95%of
all lobar pneumonia. |
S. pneumoniae
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clinically distinct from lobar
pneumonia and did not respond to sulfonamides or penicillin. |
Interstitial Pneumonitis (Primary
Atypical Pneumonia) |
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viruses causing PAP
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Influenza A and B
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other non-viral causes of PAP
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae -most common cause.
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definitive procedure for
diagnosis of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. |
Lung biopsy:
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