Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

What is the management of uncomplicated influenza patients at ↑ risk? _____

Influenza A is named according to _____ & neuraminidase (NA) subtypes

In influenza the antigen _____ facilitates viral release by cleaving sialic acid

Influenza is transmitted via respiratory droplets more commonly in _____ months

Influenza _____ is the most severe & most common

What is the management of uncomplicated influenza in healthy patients? _____

An elderly patient with +ve RT-PCR for influenza A develops worsening SOB, oxygen saturations of 88% and bilateral interstitial infiltrates on CXR, what is the likely diagnosis? _____

Hint: ?diagnosis

What is the management of complicated influenza? 1st-line: _____ 2nd-line: Inhaled zanamivir

IM influenza vaccine = _____ Intranasal influenza vaccine = live attenuated

Hint: live/inactivated

Antigenic _____ necessitates annual influenza vaccine updates to match circulating strains