Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

Pneumonia which develops after _____ of hospital admission is classified as hospital acquired pneumonia

Patients with _____ severity CAP should have what additional investigations? Blood cultures, sputum cultures, pneumococcal & legionella urinary antigen tests

Aspiration pneumonia is most common in people with an _____

Hint: Abnormality

The first line at home treatment for an adult with CAP is _____ for 5 days

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presents with a _____ onset of flu-like symptoms which are typically preceded by a non-productive cough

Microbiological tests should not be routinely offered to patients with _____ severity CAP

The most common symptoms of pneumonia are _____ & dyspnoea

What are the most common causative organisms of HAP? _____, Staphylococcus aureus

Patients with pneumonia should have a repeat _____ at ~6 weeks after the first CXR

Hint: Investigation

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an _____ pneumonia which is more common in younger patients

Hint: Typical/Atypical