Respiratory Diseases Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Respiratory Diseases Flashcard Deck - 33 Cards
Flashcard 1: _____ is a common cause of pneumonia in cystic fibrosis patients
Answer: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Flashcard 2: Acute _____ presents with high fever, sore throat, and drooling with dysphagia
Answer: epiglottitis
Flashcard 3: Respiratory papillomatosis most commonly presents with gradually progressive _____ and respiratory distress in childhood
Answer: hoarseness
Flashcard 4: Obstructive sleep apnea may be caused by _____ hypertrophy in children (age group)
Answer: adenotonsillar
Flashcard 5: The following are considered danger signs in pneumonia (severe pneumonia) and require hospital admission:Not able to _____persistent vomitingconvulsions;lethargic or unconsciousstridor in a calm childsevere malnutrition
Answer: drink
Flashcard 6: Palivizumab is used as _____ prophylaxis in premature infants
Answer: RSV pneumonia
Flashcard 7: _____ syndrome refers to the inability of the lungs to grow after a severe obstructive bronchiolitis
Answer: Macleod
Flashcard 8: _____ presents with a hoarse, 'seal bark' cough and inspiratory stridor
Answer: Laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)
Flashcard 9: _____ syndrome is a rapidly fatal syndrome of respiratory distress and septicemia in cystic fibrosis patients due to infection with B. cepacia
Answer: Cepacia
Flashcard 10: RSV causes _____ in infants and URTI in adults. (LRTI/URTI)
Answer: LRTI
Flashcard 11: _____ is a respiratory complication associated with supplemental O2 therapy in NRDS patients
Answer: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Flashcard 12: Laryngomalacia usually disappears by _____ years of age and has a good prognosis
Answer: 2
Flashcard 13: According to WHO guidelines, on reassessing a child taking abx for pneumonia after 2 days, if the signs get worse, then _____
Answer: refer
Flashcard 14: Which respiratory distress severity scoring is more comprehensive and can be applied to any gestational age and condition?Bonus Q: What are the components?_____
Answer: Downes Score
Flashcard 15: According to WHO guidelines, on reassessing a child taking abx for pneumonia after 2 days, if the signs stay the same, then _____
Answer: change the antibiotic
Flashcard 16: Pneumonia is supected when respiratory rate is _____ for infants 12 months to 5 years
Answer: > 40
Flashcard 17: According to WHO guidelines, a child with fast breathing/chest indrawing should be treated with _____
Answer: oral amoxycillin and home care advice
Flashcard 18: Most common cause of pneumatocele is _____ pneumonia
Answer: Staph. aureus
Flashcard 19: _____ is the most common benign neoplasm of the larynx in children.
Answer: Respiratory papillomatosis
Flashcard 20: Pneumonia is supected when the child has _____ chest wall retractions
Answer: lower
Flashcard 21: Is chest indrawing considered a danger sign for pneumonia according to WHO?_____
Answer: No
Flashcard 22: _____ is the most common cause of stridor in newborns.
Answer: Laryngomalacia
Flashcard 23: High dose vitamin E maybe used in the rx of _____ (pulmonary)
Answer: bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Flashcard 24: According to WHO guidelines, on reassessing a child taking abx for pneumonia after 2 days, if the signs improve, then _____
Answer: finish the course of abx
Flashcard 25: What is the next best step in treatment for a child with a suspected foreign body in lung?_____
Answer: Rigid bronchoscopy
Flashcard 26: The most common mutation in surfactant dysfunction disorders is _____
Answer: ABCA3
Flashcard 27: In the first step of management of moderate to severe croup: the patient should be given racemic _____ nebulisation
Answer: epinephrine
Flashcard 28: Pneumonia is supected when there is presence of _____ in a calm child
Answer: stridor
Flashcard 29: Pneumonia is supected when respiratory rate is _____ for infants 2 months to 12 months
Answer: > 50
Flashcard 30: What is the most common cause in children causing bilateral serous otitis media?_____
Answer: Adenoid hypertrophy
Flashcard 31: _____ in sitting position should be monitored yearly from 5-6 years of age, in a patient of duchenne muscular dystrophy
Answer: Vital capacity
Flashcard 32: All congenital _____ conditions have a tendency to regress with growth
Answer: laryngeal
Flashcard 33: Swyer James syndrome is most likely due to late sequelae of _____virus infection.
Answer: adeno
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