Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

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

Pneumonias may present with signs of systemic inflammation such as _____ and tachycardia

Which pneumonia-causing organism is associated with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and erythema multiforme in young adults? _____

What initial non-bedside investigations should be done for suspected pneumonia? _____, U&Es, CRP, Procalcitonin, CXR

Hint: Bloods

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

Hint: Typical/Atypical

Antibiotic therapy for pneumonia based on CRP: _____ mg/L - Do not routinely offer ABx therapy 20-100 mg/L - Consider a delayed ABx prescription >100 mg/L - Give ABx therapy

Patients with bronchiectasis are most commonly infected by _____, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus

Hint: most common

Red-currant sputum is characteristic of _____

Aspiration pneumonia is most common in people with an _____

Hint: Abnormality

The _____ scoring system is used to assess the severity of community acquired pneumonia in secondary care (hospital) The CRB-65 scoring system is used to assess the severity of community acquired pneumonia in primary care (GP)