Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

Chest percussion of a pneumonia may reveal focal _____

_____ pneumonias have non-infective causes

Which pneumonia-causing organism is associated with contaminated air conditioning/water systems, hyponatraemia and low levels of lymphocytes on FBC? _____

_____ is NOT present in COPD

Hint: clinical sign

The majority of bacterial pneumonias are caused by _____

Hint: Organism

Patients with CAP and a CURB65 score of _____ should be treated at home

Classic complications of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections are _____, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, erythema multiforme

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

Oxygen saturation target for exacerbations should be _____. If pCO2 is normal, this should be adjusted to 94-98%

COPD exacerbations with an increase in _____ are likely due to an infective cause