Pulmonology — Flashcards

_____ occurs when mouth anaerobic bacteria enter the lungs

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis can be treated with _____ to reduce IgE response.

The causes of _____ syndrome may be remembered with "SPARTAS" S: SepsisP: Pancreatitis, PneumoniaA: AspirationR: uRemia T: TraumaA: Amniotic fluid embolismS: Shock

Sarcoidosis is associated with _____ due to increased 1-hydroxylase activity in epithelioid histiocytes

Emphysema may be caused by excessive _____ or lack of 1-antitrypsin

Hint: general

_____-capillary pulmonary hypertension also called as pulmonary arterial hypertension involves group I of WHO classification

Type _____, also called as acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, is because of alveolar flooding and subsequent intrapulmonary shunt physiology

A patient with _____ breathes at a higher lung volume and will thus have a barrel-shaped chest (increased anterior-posterior diameter)

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is an IgE-mediated type I hypersensitivity reaction that is most often seen in individuals suffering from _____ or cystic fibrosis.

_____ is a result of inhalation of the Aspergillus fumigatus fungus and presents with wheezing, fever and migratory pulmonary infiltrate